Kids Book Index
Logan S. Kline
In this wordless picture book, a young member of a prehistoric community volunteers to find fire after rain douses the group’s source. The boy sets out to locate fire and bring it home safely for his family. His journey brings unexpected challenges and a new friend. Brightly colored illustrations carry the story with little or no written text.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the BorderStephen BriseñoBased on true events, this story follows Noemi and her mother after they are refused entry to the United States from Mexico. They seek the person responsible for a notebook, an unofficial record of people waiting to cross the border, and add their own names to it. Their experience of waiting at the border is framed through compassion and generosity among people facing the same uncertainty.Five to NineLexile Text Measure AD490LATOS Book Level 2.2On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The FlamingoGuojingA young girl visits her Chinese grandmother, Lao Lao, and becomes absorbed by a pink flamingo feather and the stories her grandmother tells. Lao Lao shares a tale about a flamingo raised from an egg. The girl carries that story home and continues it herself. With sparse text and illustrations made using Photoshop, watercolor, and colored pencil, the book links family storytelling, longing, and legacy.Five to NineLexile Text Measure AD430LATOS Book Level 2.9On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Free at Last: A Juneteenth PoemSojourner Kincaid RolleFree at Last is a free-verse celebration of Juneteenth that reaches across centuries of Black American history. It centers on June 19, 1865, when people held in bondage in the United States were liberated. The poem recalls generations shaped by forced bondage and follows the opening of new paths after freedom. Alex Bostic’s illustrations accompany a historical account that looks to Juneteenth as a national holiday marked by hope, joy, and remembrance.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details