Flying Lessons & Other Stories

Whether it is basketball dreams, family fiascos, first crushes, or new neighborhoods, this bold anthology-written by the best children's authors-celebrates the uniqueness and universality in all of us.

In a partnership with We Need Diverse Books, industry giants Kwame Alexander, Soman Chainani, Matt de la Peña, Tim Federle, Grace Lin, Meg Medina, Walter Dean Myers, Tim Tingle, and Jacqueline Woodson join newcomer Kelly J. Baptist in a story collection that is as humorous as it is heartfelt. This impressive group of authors has earned among them every major award in children's publishing and popularity as New York Times bestsellers.

From these distinguished authors come ten distinct and vibrant stories.

Table of Contents amp; Cast of Narrators:
"Foreword," written and read by Ellen Oh
"How to Transform an Everyday Hoop Court Into a Place of Higher Learning and You at the Podium" by Matt de la Peña, read by Dion Graham
"The Difficult Path" by Grace Lin, read by Samantha Quan
"Sol Painting, Inc.," written and read by Meg Medina
"Secret Samantha" by Tim Federle, read by Julia Whelan
"The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn" by Kelly J. Baptist, read by Adam Lazarre-White
"Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," written and read by Tim Tingle
"Main Street" by Jacqueline Woodson, read by Abigail Revasch
"Flying Lessons" by Soman Chainani, read by Sunil Malhotra
"Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents," written and read by Kwame Alexander
"Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push" by Walter Dean Myers, read by Dominic Hoffman
"About We Need Diverse Books," read by Ellen Oh

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Flying Lessons & Other Stories

Whether it is basketball dreams, family fiascos, first crushes, or new neighborhoods, this bold anthology-written by the best children's authors-celebrates the uniqueness and universality in all of us.

In a partnership with We Need Diverse Books, industry giants Kwame Alexander, Soman Chainani, Matt de la Peña, Tim Federle, Grace Lin, Meg Medina, Walter Dean Myers, Tim Tingle, and Jacqueline Woodson join newcomer Kelly J. Baptist in a story collection that is as humorous as it is heartfelt. This impressive group of authors has earned among them every major award in children's publishing and popularity as New York Times bestsellers.

From these distinguished authors come ten distinct and vibrant stories.

Table of Contents amp; Cast of Narrators:
"Foreword," written and read by Ellen Oh
"How to Transform an Everyday Hoop Court Into a Place of Higher Learning and You at the Podium" by Matt de la Peña, read by Dion Graham
"The Difficult Path" by Grace Lin, read by Samantha Quan
"Sol Painting, Inc.," written and read by Meg Medina
"Secret Samantha" by Tim Federle, read by Julia Whelan
"The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn" by Kelly J. Baptist, read by Adam Lazarre-White
"Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," written and read by Tim Tingle
"Main Street" by Jacqueline Woodson, read by Abigail Revasch
"Flying Lessons" by Soman Chainani, read by Sunil Malhotra
"Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents," written and read by Kwame Alexander
"Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push" by Walter Dean Myers, read by Dominic Hoffman
"About We Need Diverse Books," read by Ellen Oh

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Overview

Whether it is basketball dreams, family fiascos, first crushes, or new neighborhoods, this bold anthology-written by the best children's authors-celebrates the uniqueness and universality in all of us.

In a partnership with We Need Diverse Books, industry giants Kwame Alexander, Soman Chainani, Matt de la Peña, Tim Federle, Grace Lin, Meg Medina, Walter Dean Myers, Tim Tingle, and Jacqueline Woodson join newcomer Kelly J. Baptist in a story collection that is as humorous as it is heartfelt. This impressive group of authors has earned among them every major award in children's publishing and popularity as New York Times bestsellers.

From these distinguished authors come ten distinct and vibrant stories.

Table of Contents amp; Cast of Narrators:
"Foreword," written and read by Ellen Oh
"How to Transform an Everyday Hoop Court Into a Place of Higher Learning and You at the Podium" by Matt de la Peña, read by Dion Graham
"The Difficult Path" by Grace Lin, read by Samantha Quan
"Sol Painting, Inc.," written and read by Meg Medina
"Secret Samantha" by Tim Federle, read by Julia Whelan
"The Beans and Rice Chronicles of Isaiah Dunn" by Kelly J. Baptist, read by Adam Lazarre-White
"Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains," written and read by Tim Tingle
"Main Street" by Jacqueline Woodson, read by Abigail Revasch
"Flying Lessons" by Soman Chainani, read by Sunil Malhotra
"Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Nine Cents," written and read by Kwame Alexander
"Sometimes a Dream Needs a Push" by Walter Dean Myers, read by Dominic Hoffman
"About We Need Diverse Books," read by Ellen Oh


Product Details

BN ID: 2940171938093
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Publication date: 11/15/2019
Edition description: Unabridged
Age Range: 8 - 11 Years
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