Kids Book Index
Claire Rudolf Murphy
Martin 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.
Attucks! Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team that Awakened a CityPhillip HooseThis is a comprehensive account of the people and the events involved in the first all-Black high school basketball team that confronted segregation in Indianapolis and wonFourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Write to Me: Letters from Japanese American Children to the Librarian They Left BehindCynthia GradyA touching story about Japanese American children who corresponded with their beloved librarian while they were imprisoned in World War II internment camps.When Executive Order 9066 is enacted after the attack at Pearl Harbor, children's librarian Clara Breed's young Japanese American patrons are to be sent to prison camp.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
My Grandfather’s WarGlyn Harper, illustrated by Jenny Cooper. TheA granddaughter uncovers her grandfather's hidden war scars.HISTORY/LIFE & CULTURE IN THE AMERICASOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details