"Robots try to figure out the difference between facts and opinions"--

Explains that a cookie jar that seems empty, a floor after toys have been put away, and the strange noise in the middle of the night all demonstrate nothing.

A narrator sets out to prove that there is nothing like a puffin but discovers that many things, including a newspaper and a helicopter, are a little bit like one and that a penguin is very much like a puffin.

Ian always follows the rules and his sister, Jenny, never does but when she angers some monsters while breaking all the rules of their vacation house in the woods, Ian first runs away, then realizes there should be a rule about protecting your sister from being eaten by monsters.

"In southern Africa, there is a belief called ubuntu--the idea that we are all connected. No matter where we're from or who we are, a person is a person through their connections to other people. With simple, lyrical text and charming artwork, this lively picture book first published in South Africa is the perfect introduction to the concept of ubuntu for young kids. A celebration of friendship and kindness, the book shows children the many ways that...

"Once, animals of all kinds roamed the world of Chima. Then a mysterious mountain appeared in the sky. It was overflowing with a magical substance called CHI. One by one, the animals drank the CHI... and transformed into creatures that could walk, talk, and do amazing things--things they'd never dreamed of. For hundreds of years, all was well. The animal tribes lived together in harmony. Until the day a curious young Lion and Crocodile ventured...

In a series of amusing comparisons, a boy shows how humans are much more like each other than we are like any other thing on Earth.