Kids Book Index
Deborah Zemke
Bea Garcia constantly makes drawings and thinks of herself as an artist. After her only close friend, Yvonne, moves to Australia, Bea records the goodbye she wishes had not happened. A new neighbor, Bert, then enters her life; Bea considers him a monster because he burps, buzzes, calls her names, and tries to take her drawing book. Bea uses her pencil to respond.
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Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a NeighborhoodF. Isabel Campoy, Theresa HowellMira makes colorful pictures that brighten her life and her neighborhood. After she meets a muralist, they begin painting local walls together. Shop owners, teachers, police officers, parents, and children soon join in, bringing music, paint, and movement to the shared project. The story is a fictionalized account inspired by Rafael López and Candice López’s work creating San Diego’s Urban Art Trail.The ArtsOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien ThomasGwendolyn HooksThis biography follows Vivien Thomas, a Black surgical technician, inventor, and teacher. He developed the first procedure used for open-heart surgery on children, along with techniques and equipment used to carry it out. Thomas worked with Dr. Alfred Blalock at Vanderbilt and Johns Hopkins, taught doctors and medical students for decades, and faced racism while much of his work went publicly unrecognized. The account concludes with recognition he later received at Johns Hopkins.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
¡Olinguito, de la A a la Z!/Olinguito, from A to Z!Lulu DelacreUsing the Spanish alphabet as its structure, this bilingual nonfiction book introduces a cloud forest in the Andes. It looks at the plants, animals, and other organisms that live there, including the olinguito, a recently identified South American mammal. The book also follows a search for this elusive animal in the Ecuadorean Andes, with mixed-media illustrations accompanying its exploration of the region’s flora and fauna.All readersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details