Kids Book Index
Angela Pham Krans
Mai and her mother leave Vietnam years after her father has gone to America to establish a life for the family. Their effort to reunite with him requires a dangerous journey. Based on the author’s own experience, this picture book traces a child and her mother as they travel toward a long-delayed reunion with Papa.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
Dear YesteryearKimberly Annece HendersonThis poetic tribute connects Black history with the present through archival photographs and handlettering. Its images portray everyday African Americans from the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Black-and-white and sepia photographs are arranged in the manner of a family album, creating a record of Black American lives across generations. The book brings together historical portraiture, family-photo-album presentation, and a message addressed from the past to the present.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
All Rise: The Story of Ketanji Brown JacksonCarole Boston WeatherfordThis biography follows Ketanji Brown Jackson from a childhood shaped by study and academic success to graduation from Harvard Law School. In 2016, while serving as a federal judge, she became the subject of a letter from her daughter Leila to President Barack Obama advocating for her appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. Brown Jackson became the first Black woman to serve on that court.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Fix and StitchBarbara NassSquirrel is trying to get ready for winter, but friends repeatedly interrupt him because they need his help. He must balance preparing for the coming season with responding to the needs of others. As Squirrel’s own deadline approaches, the story asks whether he will be ready in time and whether those he has helped will be there when he needs support.Under FiveLexile Text Measure 510LATOS Book Level 3.4On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details