Books like Thank You, Omu!
By Oge Mora
For the kid who wants to share the last bite of their favorite snack, this book turns generosity into something worth celebrating. Warm, cozy, and communal, with the comforting rhythm of a knock at the door repeating again and again.
Three traveling monks arrive in a war-weary village where suspicious neighbors hide their food and shutter their windows — until the monks offer to make soup from nothing but stones.
Three hungry soldiers march into a French village where every scrap of food has been hidden, so they announce they'll make soup from nothing but water and stones — and talk the wary townspeople into adding just a little more.
A little girl treasures Mooshka, a quilt stitched by her grandmother from family scraps that whispers ancestral stories at bedtime — until a new baby sister disrupts everything and the quilt falls silent.
A young girl feeling as gray as a pigeon on a rainy Saturday joins her busy mom on a trip to their favorite Chinatown store, gathering produce, seafood, and spices for a family dinner.
A little bear cub coughs HCK HCK! right at bedtime, and Mrs. Bear tries syrup, comfort, and quiet care to see him through the cold night.
A little girl named Malika treasures a beautiful new pair of red shoes until they pinch her growing feet, so she and Nana take them to a resale shop to begin a new life with someone else.
A young girl finds a box of yarn that never runs out and knits sweaters for everyone and everything in her gray town — until a greedy archduke decides he wants the box for himself.
A carload of relatives drives all the way from Virginia in a rainbow-colored station wagon for a summer visit full of hugging, garden-tending, and porch music that ends, happily, with a promise to return.
A little boy named Jay Jay spends Sunday dinner at Grannie's house, surrounded by family, tasty dishes, and hugs that make the whole day full of love.
A poor washerwoman on the island of Martinique uses her mother's magic wand to help her beloved goddaughter Cendrillon win the heart of a rich man's son.
A father is proud of both his daughters, but when the Great King summons the most worthy young women in the land to appear before him, only one can become queen.
A poor, ailing tailor in Gloucester races to finish a grand coat and waistcoat for the Mayor's Christmas wedding, until a house full of mice takes up the unfinished work.
