Kids Book Index
Emma Hunsinger
Tara faces a difficult move into high school while still feeling unprepared to leave eighth grade behind. She is unsure about giving up pretend play, and a new attraction to a classmate adds to her uncertainty. As she enters an unfamiliar social world, Tara has to work out how her imagination, friendships, and sense of self might fit among older students.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 2 editions from 2 organizations.
Aloha EverythingKaylin Melia GeorgeYoung Ano has been connected to her island home since birth, but she still has much to learn. As she begins to dance hula, a storytelling form that carries Hawaiian knowledge, history, and folklore, she comes to understand aloha. Her experience of home includes canoes on ocean waves, hawks in the sky, and lizards moving through forest trees. Told in verse and collage illustrations, the book follows Ano as she grows into a deeper love for her Hawaiian island home.Librarian Favorites — K–2nd GradeLexile Text Measure AD940LATOS Book Level 4.5On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Red Bird DancedDawn QuigleyAriel and Tomah have grown up together in an intertribal apartment complex. When Ariel’s Auntie Bineshiin disappears, Ariel begins a school project about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. Tomah, who loves observing birds and sharing traditional stories, hides that he cannot read until his teacher offers help. After Auntie Bineshiin is found dead, Ariel, Tomah, and their wider Native community mourn her loss and come together through a symbolic act.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Kadooboo! A Silly South Indian FolktaleShruthi RaoKabir hurries home with kadooboo, a golden-brown, puffy, sweet, crunchy treat that has just come from the pan. He wants to share it with his mother, but an incoming storm makes the journey urgent. Along the way, Kabir meets friends who join him as he tries to get home. Illustrated by Darshika Varma, this South Indian folktale follows a boy, a shared snack, new companions, and the race ahead of the weather.All readersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details