Quigly's Dilemma

Literature & Fiction

Dellinger, John

United States

Turtle Books

It is wintertime in the city and freezing cold, but not everyone is inside and warm. Ben and his sister Lizzie know that there is a lady who lives outside in a box over a warm air vent. The children worry about the kind-looking lady, and begin sneaking food and clothes out of their apartment for her. Gently told and powerfully illustrated in rich hues, The Lady in the Box deals candidly with the issue of homelessness.

The Lady in the Box

Children's Books

McGovern,Ann

La Senora de la Caja de Carton

While searching the city for the source of a beautiful sound, Martina, a gorgeous cockroach, rejects a series of marriage proposals from a menagerie of animals, who woo her with their own individual noises.

La Cucaracha Martina: A Caribbean Folktale

Moreton, Daniel

A cockroach rejects marriage with various noisy city animals

LA Cucaracha Martina : A Caribbean Folktale (Spanish) (Spanish Edition)

Growing up under the blistering sun of the desert, the boy Mexicatl can hardly imagine being chosen to lead his people - until he has a vision. One day the Morning Star tells him to search for "a place of harmony" and reveals the sacred image of the eagle and snake. Only after Mexicatl learns the hard lessons of leadership do his people prosper. Richly illustrated, this is an enchanting story of faith and wisdom, drawn from ancient Aztec history.

The Legend of Mexicatl

Harper, Jo

Casilla, Robert

La leyenda de Mexicatl: The Legend of Mexicatl, Spanish-Language Edition (Spanish Edition)

Biographies

Rhyming verse and brilliantly colored computer art teach children to identify numbers from one to twenty while following the story of twenty cars that start a race but one by one fall out until one car is declared the winner.

Vroom, Chugga, Vroom-Vroom

Miranda, Anne

Murphy, David

Neville’s father works in Jamaica’s sugarcane fields, and while the family makes do, there’s no extra money for Neville’s fondest wish: to buy his mother a pretty new dress. When Neville learns that the crabs he catches for pay are being mistreated, he must decide either to look the other way or protect the wildlife he loves and forget about buying a present for his mother. The Crab Man raises important questions about doing what’s right in an uncertain world.

The Crab Man

Van West, Patricia E.

Animals

Neville sees the hermit crabs which he collected being mistreated at a Jamaican hotel

El hombre de los cangrejos: The Crab Man, Spanish-Language Edition (Spanish Edition)

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