Kids Book Index
Nel Yomtov
This volume examines major events in the U.S. civil rights movement during 1955. It recounts the August murder of Emmett Till, a Black teenager, in Mississippi. It also describes Rosa Parks’s December refusal to relinquish her Alabama bus seat to a white passenger. That action led to the Montgomery bus boycott, which continued for a year and brought major change to the city.
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This Book Will Save the PlanetDany Sigwalt, illustrated by Aurélia DurandThis Book Will Save the Planet investigates the climate crisis, its causes, and its effects on people most vulnerable to it. The book connects climate change with climate justice and considers how people can fight for those bearing its greatest consequences. Its illustrated nonfiction approach focuses on the forces behind the crisis as well as action in response to it. The subject matter combines environmental change with questions of fairness and collective action.Sixth to Eighth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Garvey in the DarkNikki GrimesTold in verse, this novel follows Garvey during the COVID-19 pandemic. Garvey has recently found happiness and feels closer to his father because they share a love of music. The pandemic brings shock and disruption to his life, while bullies are also part of his experience. Through Garvey’s perspective, the story addresses difficult times and the search for hope.Sixth to Eighth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Exploring Civil Rights: The Movement: 1965Jay LeslieThis volume examines key events of the Civil Rights Movement in 1965, a year marked by assassination, violent attacks, and efforts to suppress Black Americans’ voting rights. It recounts the killing of Malcolm X in February. It also describes Bloody Sunday in March, when six hundred civil rights demonstrators attempted to march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in opposition to restrictions on Black voting.Sixth to Eighth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details