Kids Book Index
Chloe Ito Ward, illustrated by Gael Abary
An Asian American girl embraces her identity through the Japanese roots and Hawaiian life that shape her. She celebrates her skin color alongside the natural world around her, including tropical landscapes. The story brings together her Japanese and Hawaiian cultures as parts of who she is, while connecting self-recognition with the beauty of nature.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
If You Make a Call on a Banana PhoneGideon Sterer, illustrated by Emily HughesA shy child makes an unexpected call on a banana phone, and a gorilla answers. Their conversation begins a friendship between companions from very different places. As they talk, ask questions, and share secrets, the two build trust and find pleasure in reaching out to someone new. The story moves between the child's home and the gorilla's jungle.Under FiveLexile Text Measure 491LATOS Book Level 3.3On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
And She Was Loved: Toni Morrison’s Life in StoriesAndrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Daniel MinterThis poetic picture-book biography follows Toni Morrison from an imaginative childhood to her work as a Nobel Prize-winning storyteller. Told as a praise poem, it considers Morrison’s life as a writer and advocate for Black Americans, along with the effect her writing had on the world. The book also returns to the importance of stories, including the stories readers create themselves.YOUNGERATOS Book Level 3.7AR Interest Level LG K-3On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Mai’s Áo DàiThái Nguyễn, Monique Truong, illustrated by Dung HoMai would rather wear glamorous movie-star dresses than the traditional Vietnamese áo dài for the Lunar New Year celebration. Her father tells her about her grandmother, a skilled seamstress. Through that family history, Mai comes to understand how love, culture, and tradition are woven into the áo dài, and begins to see it differently.YOUNGEROn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details