Books like I Wish You More
By Amy Krouse Rosenthal
For the parent who wants to say everything they feel in one sitting, this book hands you the exact words. Tender, playful, and quietly wise, with a warmth that never tips into sappy.
A skilled quiltmaker refuses to make a quilt for a rich, unhappy king unless he gives away everything he owns — and the more he gives, the happier he becomes.
A dog named Rocket sits under his favorite tree as a little yellow bird teaches him the alphabet, letter by letter, until sounds turn into words he can read all on his own.
A decommissioned aircraft carrier, the USS Oriskany, is stripped down and sunk off the coast of Florida, transforming from a retired warship into the world's largest artificial reef.
A little girl named Little Miss plants a kiss in the ground, then tends and believes in it as it grows into something far bigger than she imagined.
A little girl named Jane grows up watching birds, trees, and animals with her toy chimpanzee Jubilee always at her side, dreaming of a life spent living among and helping all creatures.
A boy who longs to be a trumpeter can only play an imaginary horn, until a musician from the neighborhood night club notices his ambition and takes him seriously.
On a hot summer night the power goes out across the city, and a boy's family — bored, hot, and disconnected from their screens — heads to the roof and discovers stars, neighbors, and each other.
A lyrical, free-verse journey traces enslaved Black Americans' path to freedom, from the moment shackles fell in 1865 Galveston, Texas to how Juneteenth is honored today.
A parent looks at a child and wonders aloud, in rhyme, about all the different people they might grow up to be — brave, clever, silly, wise — no matter what.
A girl from the Muscogee Creek Nation dreams of jingle dancing at the next powwow, but her dress has no jingles — so she turns to the women in her family and community to borrow theirs.
A young Asian girl notices her eyes look different from her friends' — then realizes her eyes match her mother's, grandmother's, and little sister's, and learns to see them as beautiful.
