Books like The Courage of Sarah Noble
By Alice Dalgliesh
For the kid who feels scared and still does the brave thing anyway, Sarah Noble's journey shows that courage was never about not being afraid. quiet, dignified, and gently tense, with the hush of deep woods and the warmth of an unlikely friendship.
A young girl is separated from her mother at the last moment and must sail to America alone, only to discover the address for her family in New York has smudged into illegible ink.
During the Syrian Civil War, an ambulance driver stays behind in Aleppo when his neighbors flee, and finds himself feeding and comforting the many cats they left behind.
A timid squirrel afraid of thunder, hawks, and dark forest paths must carry soup through Buckthorn Forest to her sick Granny Oak, facing creatures who want to help — and some who want the soup.
A young girl leaves her grandmother's house in Mexico to join her parents and brother in New York, facing a new language, unfair accusations, and the slow work of calling a new place home.
A determined mountaineer dreams of climbing despite being told no by men, sponsors, and gear made only for men's hands — so she leads an all-women team up Everest, battling avalanches and icy crevasses along the way.
A picture-book biography traces Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s path from a childhood in the segregated South to becoming a minister and civil rights leader, told through his own powerful words.
A Pilgrim family sails to the New World aboard the crowded Mayflower, where a new baby brother arrives mid-voyage, and once ashore they face hunger, cold, and sickness until Native Americans help them survive to their first harvest.
A gentle pony too plain for the beautiful horses inside the walled city ends up the only one who can save its children when the bridge breaks in half.
A granddaughter joins her granny and a growing group of neighbors on a mysterious, important walk through their community — one granny says will shape her into a leader.
A six-year-old girl becomes the first Black child to attend an all-white elementary school in New Orleans in 1960, walking past angry mobs of parents every day just to learn.
A young girl must flee her family's home in Dehradun during the Partition of India, leaving behind her beloved doll Gurya in the rush to catch a train to safety.
An egg named Humpty Dumpty loves nothing more than watching birds from high on the city wall — until a great fall leaves him terrified of heights, and he must find the courage to climb again.
