Kids Book Index
Ashok Banker
Brown-skinned children in different parts of the world laugh, play, and share affection. The book celebrates being brown and presents children taking pride in themselves and in their origins. Its text offers a positive statement about identity, while bright, cheerful illustrations show the children. The book’s subject is the joy and pride connected with brown skin and personal background.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Dandelion’s DreamYoko Tanaka, illustrated by Yoko TanakaSet in a meadow of dandelion buds, this wordless book transforms one flower into a yellow-maned lion. Its roots and leaves become paws and a tail, sending the lion into a wider world. It rides trains, sails on ships, and sees bright cities before returning to seed. Digitally colored charcoal illustrations depict the imagined journey. The book has thirty-four pages.Under FiveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Two Little TrainsMargaret Wise BrownTwo trains travel west across the United States: one is a steam engine and the other a diesel engine. A rhythmic, sound-filled text follows their progress through changing weather and terrain as they continue toward the Pacific Ocean. The story tracks both engines from the rails to the land beyond the West, using brisk repeated sounds to mark the journey. This edition presents a book first published more than sixty years earlier.Under FiveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
I Love My Tutu Too! (Never Bored Book series)Ross Burach, illustrated by Ross BurachI Love My Tutu Too! combines a counting activity with animals, wordplay, and tutus. Brightly colored cartoons show numerals, written-out number names, and animals that dance. The animal dancers, number symbols, and spelled-out numbers share the book's colorful cartoon pages. Ross Burach combines these elements to make numbers and movement part of the same presentation, while wordplay remains part of the counting.Under FiveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details