Kids Book Index
Sharlee Glenn
Sharlee Glenn’s picture book Library on Wheels tells the true story of America’s first bookmobile. If you can’t bring the man to the books, bring the books to the man.
Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and The War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of AmericaGail JarrowA Washington Post Best Children's BookThis book for young readers explores in riveting detail the false panic created by the famous War of the Worlds radio broadcast from 1938—as well as the repercussions of "fake news" today.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Siege: How General Washington Kicked the British Out of Boston and Launched a RevolutionRoxane OrgillStep back to British-held Boston and hear the voices of citizens, militiamen, and redcoats at a turning of the tide in the American Revolution, brought to life in Roxane Orgill’s deft verse.HISTORY/LIFE & CULTURE IN THE AMERICASOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Martin and Bobby: A Journey Toward JusticeClaire Rudolf MurphyMartin and Bobby follows the lives and experiences of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy, showing how and where their work intersected and how their initially wary relationship evolved from challenging and testing each other to finally “arriving in the same place” as allies fighting poverty and racism.HISTORY/LIFE & CULTURE IN THE AMERICASOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details