What if your 'rents weren't around and you had to raise your siblings by yourself? It sounds like a nightmare, but it's reality for kids in Africa.
KW member smallgirl shares a story about an orphan girl.
More than 20 baby orangutans who were abandoned by their mothers got a new home to help them survive at a hospital and animal sanctuary called Orang Utan Island.
This book is a really wonderful story about a family that lives through the Great Depression.