Kids Book Index
Anna Baccelliere, illustrated by Ale + Ale
Facing pages contrast children who play with particular objects with children who work using those same objects. This picture book addresses the unequal circumstances of privileged children and children experiencing poverty, while also drawing attention to child labor. It includes material about poverty, child labor, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and ways to help.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Lucky Broken GirlRuth BeharSet in 1960s New York, this story follows ten-year-old Ruthie, whose family came to the United States from Cuba. After an accident leaves her in a body cast, Ruthie turns to books, art, relatives, friends, and her multicultural neighborhood. Told in Ruthie’s voice, the book also addresses immigration, racism, art, and politics as her family’s life in the city unfolds.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 670LATOS Book Level 4.2On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Pedal Power: How One Community Became the Bicycle Capital of the WorldAllan Drummond, illustrated by Allan DrummondThis nonfiction picture book tells how women and children helped lead a social movement that changed Amsterdam into a city where bicycles dominate the roads. It looks back at a time when cycling did not hold that place in Amsterdam and follows the community action that reshaped the city. The illustrated account connects bicycle transportation with civic participation and urban change.CONTEMPORARY CONCERNSOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Lost BoysDarcey RosenblattSet during the Iran-Iraq conflict of 1982, this historical novel follows Riza, a 12-year-old prisoner of war held in Iraq. His survival is tested in a country at war, while music becomes a refuge. The story also presents differing attitudes toward the conflict on its two sides.CONTEMPORARY CONCERNSLexile Text Measure 681LATOS Book Level 4.4On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details