Books like God's Dream
By Desmond Tutu
For families who want the biggest ideas — kindness, forgiveness, belonging — put into words small enough for a toddler's ears. Gentle, hopeful, warm as a held hand.
A four-year-old boy loves visiting his grandmother and great-grandmother, Nana Downstairs and Nana Upstairs, until one day his mother tells him Nana Upstairs won't be there anymore.
A shy mountain boy walks miles to a village school each day and is shunned as an outcast for years — until a new teacher, Mr. Isobe, finally notices what makes him remarkable.
A sheltered prince leaves his palace, encounters suffering and death for the first time, and gives up his family and wealth to search for the truth of life — a journey that ends in enlightenment beneath a bodhi tree.
On the Isle of Struay, a girl's two grandmothers couldn't be more different — one plain and island-tough, one glamorous and mainland-chic — until a prize sheep and a secret beauty formula bring them together.
A mouse family faces the loss of someone they love, and gentle Bear helps each one — including quiet little Tiny — find their own way to understand and express their grief.
A beloved dinosaur bakes cookies, helps old ladies cross the street, and plays with kids in town — while one boy, Reginald Von Hoobie-Doobie, insists she's scientifically extinct and shouldn't exist at all.
A family leaves the comfortable, familiar house they love and moves somewhere new, discovering that home is really the people you share it with.
A quiet meditation on the everyday moments — love and loss, hope and joy, wonder and mystery — that thread through every single life, shown through glowing art and spare text.
A celebration of moms in all their forms shows the everyday moments that make them amazing — reading stories, making us laugh, and snuggling us close when we're sad.
A nature-loving little girl grows up alongside the maple tree her parents planted in her honor, until a new baby sister arrives and needs some of that same loving attention.
A retired schoolteacher receives a baby boa constrictor as a birthday gift from her son in Brazil and raises him in her French village, where he grows up to become a hero.
