Kids Book Index
Azam Mahdavi
After her mother dies, a young girl is joined by Empty, a quiet, translucent giant that represents the space grief has left in her life. Empty stays with her as she lives through her loss and gradually becomes ready to reconnect with the world. This bilingual picture book is presented in Persian and English with muted digital artwork.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
We Are Lions!Jens MattssonThe narrator and his big brother are biracial siblings who pretend to be lions and share wild adventures. The older brother becomes sick. His illness involves hospitalization and hair loss, yet their imagined adventures continue. Playing lions is the game they share. The older brother’s illness changes the circumstances of that play. Unusual mixed-media illustrations move between savanna scenes and their everyday life.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Yukie’s Island: My Family’s World War II StoryYukie Kimura, K–odo Kimura, Steve SheinkinIn 1943, six-year-old Yukie Kimura moves with her family to Bentenjima, an island off Japan’s coast, where her father is a lighthouse keeper. She remembers playing with her brother and sister before the war reaches their home and the family shelters from nearby bombing. After the war, empty classroom seats reveal losses in the community, while childhood play continues to shape Yukie’s memories.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Enough Is . . .Jessica WhippleA child wonders how much is enough when thinking about friends, turns, clothes, toys, accessories, and books. The questions help her distinguish between wanting and needing, and she considers the space between having very little and having a lot. By the end, she finds value and joy in being satisfied with what she has.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details