A journey of a naughty little king who is accidentally kind and watches the magical transformation of his kingdom.--Google Books.

A tiny pea, scorned by the other peas because he dreams of growing into a tree, begins to lose hope when he is picked to be part of a tuna casserole, but fate and a helpful worm come to the rescue.

Little Mole is sad, so his mother teaches him about hope by leading the way out of their dark burrow into a bright world filled with the promise of spring.

Oscar Dunleavy, a teenager who used to make incredible apple tarts, has gone missing and everyone thinks he is dead, but Oscar's best friend Meg and his little brother Stevie, form a band as they try to figure out what happened to him.

After the death of her parents, Lotties loses her colorful magic and is sent to the gray wasteland to live with her uncle, but the discovery of a locked-up garden, a wise cardinal, and a hidden boy gives Lottie a second chance at bringing color back into her life.

"Yatandou lives in a Mali village with her family and neighbors. And though she is only eight years old and would much rather play with her pet goat, she must sit with the women and pound millet kernels. To grind enough millet for one day's food, the women must pound the kernels with their pounding sticks for three hours. It is hard work, especially when one is eight years old. But as they work, the women dream of a machine that can grind the millet...

Hope is the story of a boy whose mother guides him to a brighter future through her strength and support. Shaggy's story reveals how love instills hope, faith and the power to succeed.

"It is 1786. Alma lives with her family in a lush African valley. She spends her days exploring their blissful homeland. But everything changes when her little brother finds a secret way out of the valley. Alma sets out to find him but she soon has to face terrible dangers in a continent ravaged by the slave trade. The journey to bring her brother home quickly becomes a thrilling adventure to save herself, her family, and the memory of her people....

While vacationing in the country, eleven-year-old Toby, a cancer patient, learns some important lessons about living and dying from an elderly poet and her cow. A memorable trio of characters, each fighting for independence Eleven-year-old Toby Steiner wants to do normal things on his vacation: he wants to hike and race his bike down the hill and learn to fish out on the lake. The last thing he wants is to return to the children's hospital where his...

A celebration of all the things that hope can mean and how to reach for your dreams, whether they are as big as the night sky or as small as a bowl of ice cream.