Kids Book Index
Gail Jarrow
Included on NPR's 2022 "Books We Love" ListFinalist, 2023 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction ALSC Notable Children's BookWhat made workers in the American South so tired and feeble during the 19th and early 20th centuries?
Augusta Savage: The Shape of a Sculptor’s LifeMarilyn Nelson, afterword by Tammi LawsonThis powerful biography in poems tells the life of Augusta Savage, the trailblazing artist and pillar of the Harlem Renaissance.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and PhotographsChana StiefelA moving biography of the woman who created The Tower of Faces, a powerful exhibit at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.Sydney Taylor Book Award (Gold Medal)A Robert F. Sibert Honor Book★ “…There are many picture books about the Holocaust, but this one stands out with Gal’s beautiful watercolor pictures…Nine to TwelveLexile 750LATOS 4.8On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Love in the LibraryMaggie Tokuda-HallLove in the Library is a 2022 children's book written by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and illustrated by Yas Imamura.Historical People, Places, and EventsLexile 620LATOS 4On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details