Kids Book Index
Margarita Engle
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra finds refuge from his difficult childhood by imagining the adventures of a brave but clumsy knight.This fictionalized first-person biography in verse of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra follows the early years of the child who grows up to pen Don Quixote, the first modern novel.
Bravo!: Poems about Amazing HispanicsMargarita EngleMusician, botanist, baseball player, pilot—the Latinos featured in Bravo!, by author Margarita Engle and illustrator Rafael López, come from many different countries and from many different backgrounds.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Soldier Song: A True Story of the Civil WarDebbie LevyAmid the fearsome battles of the Civil War, both Union and Confederate soldiers were urged onward by song.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Miriam’s SecretDebby WaldmanIn 1930 nine-year-old Miriam travels by train from Brooklyn to her grandparents' farm in upstate New York. Her grandparents are kind, generous people, but they aren't exactly ideal playmates for a lonely girl.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details