Alaina is ready for the school play, and the excitement feels almost too big to hold.
She has an important job: as a kindergartner, she will thank the audience after the performance. But when the magic of live theater sweeps her up and she finds herself center stage, the words she planned do not come out the way she expected.
Alaina and the Great Play is a joyful picture book about imagination, performance, and the thrill of discovering theater for the first time. Eloise Greenfield captures Alaina’s wonder and nervous excitement with warmth, while Colin Bootman’s illustrations help bring the school play and Alaina’s big feelings to life for young readers.
6-8 Years
32 Pages
Queen has crowns, pretty dresses, a castle-like house, and a very high opinion of herself. On 33rd Street, she expects people to treat her like royalty.
Then Leroy arrives at school on a broken bike, wearing worn-out clothes and telling stories Queen does not believe. When he says he is an African prince from Senegal, Queen becomes determined to prove he is lying. But the more she watches him, the more she begins to see that there may be more to Leroy, and to herself, than she first understood.
The Broken Bike Boy and the Queen of 33rd Street is a lively chapter book about friendship, pride, kindness, and learning that being important is not the same as being good to others.
6-8 Years
9-12 Years
144 Pages
