Kids Book Index
Michael Mahin
An Ezra Jack Keats Book Award Winner A New York Times Best Illustrated Book An NPR Best Book of the Year A Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book A Parents’ Choice Gold Award Winner A picture book celebration of the indomitable Muddy Waters, a blues musician whose fierce and electric sound laid the groundwork…
TonyEd GalingTony was all white,large, sturdy,with wide gentle eyesand a ton of love . . .Follow this touching tale of a boy and his friendship with a horse, by the late poet Ed Galing and illustrated with remarkable tenderness by Caldecott-winning artist Erin Stead.A Neal Porter BookA New York City Public Library Notable…Picture Books for School-Age ChildrenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Clayton Byrd Goes UndergroundRita Williams-GarciaA boy defies his mother's ban on blues music, seeking freedom and truth on a journey through New York City.Nine to TwelveLexile 720LATOS 4.4On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
My Brigadista YearKatherine Paterson, map by Mike ReaganIn an engrossing historical novel, the Newbery Medal-winning author of Bridge to Terabithia follows a young Cuban teenager as she volunteers for Fidel Castro’s national literacy campaign and travels into the impoverished countryside to teach others how to read.When thirteen-year-old Lora tells her parents that she wants to join Premier Castro’s army…Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details