FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE • LONGLISTED FOR THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS BOOK AWARD
a historical spotlight on struggles silenced by time
a city kid turned country girl whose life has been changing nonstop is settling into her new place in the family—only for unexpected drama to strike between sisters
enrolling in pilot school (some in secret) and eventually flying for their countries in World War II
With the help of his cousin and best friend Maritza
Sleep Like a Tiger Bree Paulsen FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZEA magical bedtime story, honored as a Caldecott Honor Book. In sincere and imaginative dialogue between a child and her kind and understanding parents, the little girl decides "in a cocoon of sheets, a nest of blankets," she is ready to sleep, warm and strong, just like a tiger. The lyrical narrative echoes a Runaway Bunny like cadence: "Does everything in the world go to sleep?" the little girl asks. Artist Pamela Zagarenski's rich, luminous mixed