Kids Book Index
Mitali Perkins, illustrated by Lavanya Naidu
This picture book follows a girl as she navigates two cultural worlds and looks for where she belongs. It explores the experience of living among multiple cultures and finding home in the space between them. Rather than presenting home as a single, simple place, the book centers the complexity of an in-between home and the girl’s effort to embrace it as part of her identity.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
We Are a GardenLisa Westberg Peters, illustrated by Victoria Tentler-KrylovThis picture book traces the many migrants who have made homes in North America across centuries. A recurring wind carries people to a new land, beginning with a girl and her clan while mammoths roam the tundra, then a boy and his family crossing frigid waters. As time passes, newcomers arrive from many directions, creating a story of migration and diversity.Kindergarten to Second GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Water Lady: How Darlene Arviso Helps a Thirsty Navajo NationAlice B. McGintyThis picture-book account follows Darlene Arviso as she delivers water by tanker truck to homes on the Navajo reservation. When Cody’s family runs out of water, he learns about the Water Lady’s route as she fills her truck at a water tower and travels from home to home. Over a month, she serves more than 200 families before beginning again. At Cody’s house, she refills the family’s barrels with clean water, which they use carefully and sparingly.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
If You Lived During the Plimoth ThanksgivingChris Newell, illustrated by Winnona NelsonIf You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving explores the Thanksgiving feast at Plimoth by asking readers to imagine daily life in a different historical time and place. It raises questions about the feast itself and about how living in another era or location could change everyday experience. Part of the If You Lived series, the book uses questions to address an event in American history and compare it with ordinary life today.Kindergarten to Second GradeLexile Text Measure 1090LATOS Book Level 7.6On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details