Kids Book Index
Christina Soontornvat
Leo accompanies his father as he prepares to vote in his first election after becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen. His father explains voting and elections, focusing on how a single vote matters and how people can use their voices in their community. The picture book presents Leo’s growing understanding of participation in civic life through his family’s experience.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
Vigdís: A Book About the World’s First Female PresidentRán Flygenring, illustrated by Rán Flygenring, Jonas MoodyA young, fair-haired aspiring writer visits a Reykjavík neighbor to gather material for a book about the first woman elected president. The neighbor is Vigdís Finnbogadóttir herself, Iceland’s head of state from 1980 through 1996. Their conversation introduces events from Vigdís’s life, alongside her work in theater, her teaching of French, and her adoption of a child as Iceland’s first single woman to do so. English narration, dialogue, and details from Vigdís’s home shape this translated Icelandic picture book.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
A Greater Goal: The Epic Battle for Equal Pay in Women’s Soccer— and BeyondElizabeth RuschDrawing on the experiences of over 250 U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team players, this nonfiction book examines their campaign for equal pay. Title IX, enacted in 1972, opened more opportunities for girls and women to play sports at advanced levels, but international competition still came with unequal treatment. Players faced restricted salaries, poor lodging, economy flights, and scant marketing while representing the United States at the Olympics, World Cup, and other events.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Let Us March On!: James Weldon Johnson and the Silent Protest ParadeYohuru Williams, Michael G. LongThis nonfiction picture book recounts James Weldon Johnson’s organization of a silent New York City protest in 1917, following the East St. Louis Massacre. Ten thousand people, including children, marched along Fifth Avenue in a major all-Black civil-rights demonstration. The book also identifies Johnson as the writer of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” and includes authors’ notes.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details