It's finally cold enough for Maya to wear her favorite sweater! But when her cat pulls a thread loose, her beloved sweater quickly begins to unravel. Maya is heartbroken, but she doesn't have time to fix it before school. She starts to realize that maybe her sweater can help other people--and that's when the magic begins! Maya uses her sweater to help folks in her community throughout the day. But of course, what goes around, comes around and when Maya needs help, someone comes to her rescue. The Helping Sweater is an accessible, uplifting picture book with an engaging heroine and an empathetic message.

For fans of Jerome By Heart and Julie Fogliano's My Best Friend is this sweet picture book that celebrates what it feels like to have a best friend. It's that person who makes you laugh, who's always got your back and whose face you'd recognize in a crowd of a million-gazillion people. Or when you're really, really old, who will dress up with you as wrinkled raisins for Halloween. With charming text and funny, heartwarming illustrations, the story is a wonderful tool to help kids learn about emotions and what it means to be a good friend.

When Bear feels low, like his pocket is full of sads that are weighing him down, Rabbit becomes determined to find the cure but discovers there's no easy fix--except, maybe, friendship, in this uniquely humorous approach to sadness that encourages mindfulness.

Rosie is so excited to see her abuela and tell her everything that's been going on--but Abuela doesn't speak English, and Rosie doesn't speak Spanish. They quickly learn over lunch, though, that hunger has no language--and neither does love!

Based on Rachel's own experience, this story speaks to the power to communicate outside of spoken language.