Kids Book Index
Alicia D. Williams
From the Newbery Honor–winning author of Genesis Begins Again comes a shimmering picture book that shines the light on Zora Neale Hurston, the extraordinary writer and storycatcher extraordinaire who changed the face of American literature.Zora was a girl who hankered for tales like bees for honey.
Shirley Chisholm Dared: The Story of the First Black Woman in CongressAlicia D. WilliamsAfter spending her early years on her grandparents' farm in Barbados, she returns home to Brooklyn and immediately makes herself known. Shirley kicks butt in school; she breaks her mother's curfew; she plays jazz piano instead of classical.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita KentMatthew BurgessDeeply influenced by her religious beliefs and fired up by the social justice causes of her day, artist, designer, and educator Corita Kent was a nun like no other.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Keeping the City Goingwritten and illustrated by Brian FlocaDiscover the unseen heroes who keep the city alive during quarantine.Five to NineLexile AD630LATOS 4.1On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details