Baby Blessings
by Deloris Jordan (Author),
James E. Ransome (Illustrator)

A prayer for the Day You are Born. Deloris Jordan, mother of Michael Jordan and James Ransome celebrate new life and family in this joyful book about the power of love.

ISBN: 978-1-4169-5362-3
Publisher:  Simon & Schuster

Award-winning author Sarah L. Thomson deftly integrates Abraham Lincoln's famous words into the narrative, revealing the inspiration and determination that led to his greatest achievements. Renowned illustrator James E. Ransome has created striking paintings that illuminate Lincoln's enthusiasms and passions from childhood through his adult life.

ISBN: 978-0060848194
Publisher: Harper Collins

Helen Keller: The World in Her Heart
by Lesa Cline-Ransome & James Ransome

For Helen Keller, w-a-t-e-r was a cool, slippery splash. S-u-n was the warm afternoon glow coating her skin.  L-i-l-y was a sweet-smelling petal, soft and  delicate to her touch.  This evocative portrait reminds us that there are many ways to experience the world through the senses--but the most important things in life are savored within the heart.

ISBN 978-0-06-057074-3
Publisher: Harper Collins

"...Cline-Ransome is able to match the spirit of Keller's autobiographical writings. James Ransome cites John Singer Sargent as his inspiration for his bright, handsome paintings. An excellent, accessible introduction to a fascinating woman." Kathleen Kelly MacMillan, Carroll County Public Library, MD

Young Pele: Soccer's First Star
by Lesa Cline-Ransome & James Ransome

The inspiring story of how a poor Brazilian boy--who kicked rocks down roads and dribbled balls made from rags--went on to become the greatest soccer player of all time.

Review
Starred Review, Booklist, September 1, 2007:
"With handsome oil paintings and a stirring story, this picture-book biography will first grab children with its action."
—Hazel Rochman

Sky Boys
by Deborah Hopkinson

Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the opening of the Empire State Building

Look--on the corner of Thirty-fourth Street and Fifth Avenue, something amazing is happening!  A building, straight and simple as a pencil, is being built in record time.

Travel back to Depression-era Manhattan and join a boy just your age as he watches the world's most famous building take miraculous shape before his eyes.

ISBN 0-375-83610-1
Random House