Kids Book Index
Aida Salazar, Yamile Saied Mendez
An essential, highly relatable collection of short fiction and poems around the topic of menstruation, written exclusively by authors who are Black, Indigenous, and/or people of colorFor Angela, it came on the basketball court—while playing on the boys’ team.
Jovita Wore Pants: The Story of a Mexican Freedom FighterAida Salazar**A CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK**The remarkable true story of Jovita Valdovinos, a Mexican revolutionary who disguised herself as a man to fight for her rights!* “Graceful . . deft . . . mesmerizing. . . .Kindergarten to Second GradeLexile 800LATOS 5.1On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!: Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & RollTonya BoldenIncludes a timeline of Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s life, an author’s note, and a list of sources.Before there was Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Johnny Cash, there was Sister Rosetta Tharpe.The godmother of rock-and-roll started as a little girl from Arkansas with music in her air, in her hair, in her bones…Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Catch Me If I FallBarry JonsbergTwins Ashleigh and Aiden have always promised to protect each other, but after an accident on a school trip, Aiden starts behaving strangely.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details