Kids Book Index
Melanie Crowder, Megan Benedict
From Antarctica’s biting katabatic gusts to Hawai‘i’s sweet-smelling moani, discover fourteen winds of the world through poetry, scientific facts, and transporting illustrations.In a dynamic collection of poems, Melanie Crowder and Megan Benedict explore the world’s winds, from Italy’s swaggering maestro to Libya’s fierce ghibli to Canada’s howling squamish.
Meeselphewritten and illustrated by Claude Ponti, translated from the French by Alyson Waters and Margot KerlidouConfident, bristly-haired Meeselphe tumbles headfirst into a whimsical world of riddles, monsters, and magical landscapes – celebrated French children’s book author-illustrator Claude Ponti’s latest adventure Leaning out of her treehouse window, Meeselphe wonders what it’s like way down on the ground, a place she’s never been – but she’s certain there are…Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Barrio Rising: The Protest That Built Chicano ParkMaría Dolores ÁguilaA vivid historical fiction account of the community activism behind San Diego's Chicano Park—home to the largest outdoor mural collection in the U.S.—and just one example of the Mexican American community’s rich history of resistance and resilience.Barrio Logan, one of San Diego’s oldest Chicane neighborhoods, once brimmed with families and stretched all…Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Growing Up Under a Red Flag: A Memoir of Surviving the Chinese Cultural RevolutionYing Chang CompestineA stirring and magnificently illustrated picture-book memoir of the author’s childhood during the Chinese Cultural RevolutionYing Chang Compestine was a young girl in 1966 when Mao launched his Cultural Revolution to reclaim power and eliminate non-communist values in the country.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details