9.11

If you're looking for a book to read while explaining the events of September 11, 2001 to a child, try these books of hope:

• Fireboat, The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey, by Maira Kalman -- A 1931 Fireboat plays an important role when help was needed on September 11th.
• On That Day, A Book of Hope for Children, by Andrea Patel -- Words to help even very young children understand that there is hope after violence.
• 14 Cows for America, by Carmen Deedy in collaboration with Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah -- The Maasai people of the Kenyan plain hear the story of 9.11 and give America the symbolic gift of 14 cows.