Kids Book Index
Linda Williams Jackson
During the summer of 1955, thirteen-year-old Rose Lee Carter dreams of a future beyond Mississippi’s cotton fields. The murder of Emmett Till and the acquittal of his killers confront her with racial injustice. Rose must weigh leaving Mississippi to seek her own path against remaining to take part in a significant movement. These events redirect the course of her life.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 2 editions from 2 organizations.
Out of Wonder: Poems Celebrating PoetsKwame Alexander with Chris Colderley, Marjory WentworthThis collection brings together 20 poems that honor well-known poets by echoing their individual approaches, concerns, and poetic voices. The poets represented come from varied cultural backgrounds and different periods. Ekua Holmes’s mixed-media illustrations accompany the poems, while references and biographies provide further information about the poets. Written by Kwame Alexander with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth, the book centers poetry itself as both tribute and creative practice.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Baby Goes to MarketAtinuke, illustrated by Angela BrooksbankBaby accompanies Mama to a busy market in southwest Nigeria while she shops. Vendors give Baby fruit and snacks, which Baby eats or adds to the basket without Mama noticing. The collection includes bananas, oranges, biscuits, sweet corn, and coconut, and the basket grows heavier as they move through the stalls. The story uses the accumulating treats as part of its counting.SOCIAL INTERACTIONS/RELATIONSHIPSLexile Text Measure AD460LATOS Book Level 2.1On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
My Beautiful BirdsSuzanne Del RizzoSami is a young Syrian refugee whose life is shaped by the Syrian Civil War. Smoke fills the skyline behind him, while wild birds become a source of hope and promise on his journey. The story follows one boy’s refugee experience and his emotional healing, with the birds alongside him. Its images, made with polymer clay, add texture and depth to this account of displacement, conflict, and the hope he finds in the natural world.All readersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details