Boston: Little Brown, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - Story set in the same African village as Grifalconi's Caldecott honor award winning book, "The Village of Round and Square Houses," illustrated in pastels and watercolors by this artist. Oblong format. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0-316-328650.

Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, (2011) dj. Hardcover first edition - A beautiful children's book by Maya Soetoro-Ng, half-sister of President Obama - "a lyrical story relaying the loving wisdom of their late mother to a young granddaughter she never met. Little Suhaila wishes she could have known her grandma, who would wrap her arms around the whole world if she could, Mama says. And one night, Suhaila gets her wish when a golden ladder appears at her window, and Grandma Annie invites the girl to come along with her on a magical journey." Illustrated with glowing double page paintings by the award-winning Mexican-American artist, Yuyi Morales. Large square format, unpaginated. ISBN: 978-0763645700.