Kids Book Index
Charles R. Smith Jr
Each day features a different influential figure in African-American history, from Crispus Attucks, the first man shot in the Boston Massacre, sparking the Revolutionary War, to Madame C. J. Walker, who after years of adversity became the wealthiest black woman in the country, as well as one of the wealthiest black Americans…
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead CalaverasDuncan TonatiuhNew York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year * Robert F. Sibert Medal Winner * Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Book Funny Bones tells the story of how calaveras came to be.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A MemoirMargarita EngleIn this poetic memoir, which won the Pura Belpré Author Award, was a YALSA Nonfiction Finalist, and was named a Walter Dean Myers Award Honoree, acclaimed author Margarita Engle tells of growing up as a child of two cultures during the Cold War.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
A Nearer MoonMelanie CrowderIn a small river village where the water is cursed, a girl’s bravery—and the existence of magic—could mean the difference between life and death in this elegant, luminous tale from the author of Parched and Audacity .Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details