Kids Book Index
Katie Yamasaki
After spending a full day baking, Dad comes home and bakes again with his daughter. They wait together for bread to rise, sharing the time and work of making it. The story centers on their close relationship and on the connection they find through baking. Bright illustrations accompany this family moment, from Dad's return home through their time in the kitchen.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 2 editions from 2 organizations.
The 1619 Project: Born on the WaterNikole Hannah-Jones, Renée WatsonWritten in verse and illustrated by Nikkolas Smith, this picture book follows a student as she discovers her family’s concealed history. The account traces African American ancestry from 1619, considering both African ancestors’ lives before enslavement and slavery’s origins and lasting effects in the United States. Across this history, the student encounters a family legacy marked by endurance and hope.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 860LATOS Book Level 5.5On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and YouSonja Cherry-Paul, Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. KendiThis adaptation traces racist ideas in America and the responses of people who opposed them. It defines segregationist, assimilationist, and antiracist before moving through selected periods of U.S. history, from European conquest and rationalizations for slavery to the nation’s founding, the Civil War, the Civil Rights Movement, and Black Lives Matter. Short chapters and illustrations accompany the narrative. Back matter includes a timeline, glossary, and suggestions for further reading.Contemporary People, Places, and EventsOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Escape at 10,000 Feet: D.B. Cooper and the Missing MoneyTom SullivanThis nonfiction account reconstructs the 1971 hijacking of Northwest Orient Airlines flight 305, the only airplane hijacking in the United States that remains unsolved. A man bought a ticket in Portland for a flight bound for Seattle, made demands, and later escaped by parachute with ransom money. He was never caught. Told in a minute-by-minute format, the book uses primary-source material to revisit a case that drew national headlines during the 1970s and left the missing money unexplained.All readersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details