Kids Book Index
Donna Cangelosi
This account looks at the role music played in Fred Rogers’s childhood and later legacy. As a young person, he experienced illness and bullying; music helped him through the pain and gave him a way to express feelings when language was difficult. Gentle text and dreamlike mixed-media illustrations trace that connection, with back matter offering additional information about Rogers and his music.
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Friends Are Friends, ForeverDane LiuDandan prepares to leave China with her family and pays close attention to the last Lunar New Year celebration she will share with her friend Yueyue. The girls make red paper snowflakes, freeze them into ornaments, and hang them on trees for the holiday. Yueyue gives Dandan paper and string so she can continue the tradition after moving to the United States. Dandan misses home and needs time to learn English, but before the next Lunar New Year, she and a classmate, Christina, make the ornaments together.Five to NineLexile Text Measure AD580LATOS Book Level 3.8On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Covered in Color: Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Fabrics of FreedomElisa BoxerThis biography follows artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude and the development of their large-scale fabric installations. As a child in Bulgaria, Christo loses his art books when his parents destroy them after Nazi laws take effect. Later, in art school under Soviet control, he wants his paintings to reveal lived realities while officials demand propaganda. He leaves Bulgaria for France, meets Jeanne-Claude, and develops a practice of wrapping objects. After moving to the United States, the pair pursue a Central Park installation while creating works around structures, islands, and an Australian shoreline. More than two decades later, they install The Gates, orange flags winding through Central Park.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Mommy’s HometownHope LimMommy’s Hometown follows a boy who travels with his mother to Korea, the place where she grew up. His first encounter with the country’s urbanized landscape differs from the nostalgic hometown she has described. During the visit, he discovers that some connections endure even as places change. The story places a child’s expectations alongside his mother’s memories, exploring a family journey between a remembered childhood home and the Korea he finds.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details