Kids Book Index
Timothée de Fombelle
Timothée de Fombelle and Isabelle Arsenault capture the heart-wrenching cost of war for one small girl in a delicately drawn, expertly told tale.While her father is at war, five-year-old Rosalie is a captain on her own secret mission.
Pokko and the DrumMatthew ForsytheA little frog's drumming leads a forest parade. Can she hear her father's call home?Under FiveLexile AD520LATOS 2.7On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Brave Ballerina: The Story of Janet CollinsMichelle MeadowsA lyrical picture book biography of Janet Collins, the first African American principal dancer at the Metropolitan Opera House. Janet Collins wanted to be a ballerina in the 1930s and 40s, a time when racial segregation was widespread in the United States.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Carter Reads the NewspaperDeborah HopkinsonHe changed it." As the father of Black History Month, he spent his life introducing others to the history of his people.Carter G. Woodson was born to two formerly enslaved people ten years after the end of the Civil War.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details