Kids Book Index
Ismée Williams
Abuelo, the Sea, and Me is a picture book about connections across generations. It explores family history alongside the immigrant experience, bringing a grandparent relationship into a story about how families carry their past with them. The book centers on the ties between older and younger family members and the stories that connect them.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
Aloha EverythingKaylin Melia GeorgeYoung Ano has been connected to her island home since birth, but she still has much to learn. As she begins to dance hula, a storytelling form that carries Hawaiian knowledge, history, and folklore, she comes to understand aloha. Her experience of home includes canoes on ocean waves, hawks in the sky, and lizards moving through forest trees. Told in verse and collage illustrations, the book follows Ano as she grows into a deeper love for her Hawaiian island home.Librarian Favorites — K–2nd GradeLexile Text Measure AD940LATOS Book Level 4.5On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
BUFFALO FLUFFALOBess Kalb, illustrated by Erin KraanBuffalo Fluffalo arrives acting large, tough, and full of self-importance. His bluff is eventually revealed, and a rainstorm exposes a different side of him. Told in rhyme, the story follows a buffalo whose bold manner does not tell the whole truth. Its events turn on the gap between how he presents himself and what is uncovered when the weather changes.Kids Favorites — K–2nd GradeLexile Text Measure AD580LATOS Book Level 3.8On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Addy’s Chair to EverywhereDebi Novotny, illustrated by Jomike TejidoAddy worries about making friends. Through her vivid imagination, she brings other children into her play. The story follows Addy as imagined adventures become a way to share play with others and connect with them. It centers a child whose imaginative ideas help turn a concern about friendship into an opportunity for inclusive play.Teacher Favorites — K–2nd GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details