"Getting along can be tough, even with friends. So what happens when you have to get along with the playground bully? When working on a project together lands Zara and Penelope in a big messy argument, help shows up just in time. . . . 'Zara's Big Messy Playdate' offers young readers a method for handling tricky situations and expressing themselves in safe, effective ways"--

Grief looks different for everyone, and that's okay. After seven-year-old Zara experiences a death in her family, she learns that being sad can look different for different people. With her mama's help, Zara also learns a way to find comfort when big messy goodbyes feel too big and messy.

The first edition was featured as #1 best-seller in Gender on Amazon, and is being used by gender studies & sociology professors on 3 continents. Now with a new foreword by the author, brand new chapters, fixed tpyos, and more gender! 100% of royalties from this edition go directly to hues, a global justice collective. Where do we start, when it comes to learning about something that's everywhere, infused into everything, and is often one of the primary lenses through which we see ourselves and others? When it comes to understanding gender, it's best to begin with deep breath, then with section one of this book by social justice advocate Sam Killermann, who uses clear language, helpful examples, and a bit of humor to help the medicine go down. This book is not overwhelming, it's not overly complicated, and it's not exhausting to read. It is a few hundred pages of gender exploration, social justice how-tos, practical resources, and fun graphics & comics. Sam dissects gender using a comprehensive, non-binary toolkit, with a focus on making this subject accessible and enjoyable. All this to help you understand something that is so commonly misunderstood, but something we all think we get: gender. A Guide to Gender is broken into four sections: Basic Training (which sets the foundation of knowledge for the book, defining concepts of social justice, oppression, privilege, and more); Breaking through the Binary (beginning with a discussion of gender norms, and working toward a more nuanced understanding of gender identity, gender expression, and sex); Feminism & Gender Equity (how feminism can be a solution to the injustices folks of all genders face); and Social Justice Competence (a series of short, practical lessons that will help readers put the learning from the book to work). It's written for people who want to learn for themselves, educators who are hoping to better communicate themes of gender to others, and activists who want to add a gender equity lens to their vision of justice. It's not meant to be the end of one's journey into understanding gender, but a great place to start. Because gender is something we all deserve to understand.

“In a world where we are so often dividing ourselves into us and them, this book feels like a kind of magic, celebrating all beliefs, ethnicities, and unknowns.” —The New York Times Book Review Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe meets Roswell by way of Laurie Halse Anderson in this astonishing, genre-bending novel about a Mexican American teen who discovers profound connections between immigration, folklore, and alien life. It’s been three years since ICE raids and phone calls from Mexico and an ill-fated walk across the Sonoran. Three years since Sia Martinez’s mom disappeared. Sia wants to move on, but it’s hard in her tiny Arizona town where people refer to her mom’s deportation as “an unfortunate incident.” Sia knows that her mom must be dead, but every new moon Sia drives into the desert and lights San Anthony and la Guadalupe candles to guide her mom home. Then one night, under a million stars, Sia’s life and the world as we know it cracks wide open. Because a blue-lit spacecraft crashes in front of Sia’s car…and it’s carrying her mom, who’s very much alive. As Sia races to save her mom from armed-quite-possibly-alien soldiers, she uncovers secrets as profound as they are dangerous in this stunning and inventive exploration of first love, family, immigration, and our vast, limitless universe.

Meet Joyce, LuLu, and Violet, three 9-year-old girls on ordinary day at school. Uninspired by their studies, they'd rather daydream than pay attention in class. But the day quickly turns from ordinary to remarkable when a classmate has an accident on the playground and the girls have to hurry to her rescue. This is the moment when the girls discover their "Yay!" Yay! what? Yay! is a word to describe the girls' special powers. Yay! is a celebration of a moment in time, the things that make us unique (and that often make us feel like outsiders), and all the myriad ways we can express ourselves when we feel happy, confident, and free to be ourselves. Yay! is the magic we can all tap into when we commit to honoring and accepting who we are. Told in rhyming Haiku, a Japanese style of poetry, children will have fun listening to and reading the words of the story while learning that there's unique magic to be found in each one of them, too.