Kids Book Index
15 Muslim Voices
A collection portrays fifteen Muslim children observing the annual Eid festival. Their settings range from Philadelphia to a refugee camp for Syrians on a Greek island, as well as other places. The collection includes grayscale illustrations and a story told in graphic form. Eid connects the children’s festival observances across locations.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
A Hatful of Dragons: and More Than 13.8 Billion Other Funny PoemsVikram MadanThis poetry collection brings together comic verses about dragons, musical pandas and pangolins, dinosaur-hatching mail-order eggs, aliens, a robot uncle, and a professor who travels among the book’s pages. The poems use several formats, including limericks, rebuses, and a fill-in-the-blank poem whose choices create more than 13.8 billion combinations. Black-and-white illustrations accompany the playful creatures and surprises.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 669LATOS Book Level 4.3On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Five Things about Ava AndrewsMargaret DillowayEleven-year-old Ava Andrews has many ideas and plans, but her quietness makes other people assume she does not speak or is unfriendly. Only her best friend Zelia knows her well. Ava lives with anxiety and a heart condition, and she hopes middle school will offer a fresh beginning. When Zelia moves away and Ava’s grandmother encourages her to speak about social issues, Ava withdraws further. Improv becomes one way Ava works with her anxiety and helps her community.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 619LATOS Book Level 4On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
One TimeSharon CreechEleven-year-old Gina Filomena has been told that her imagination is overactive. At school, she and her classmates wrestle with the question of who they are. Their imaginative teacher introduces writing exercises that prompt the students to define their own worlds and reconsider their relationships. Gina’s class becomes a place where writing and imagination shape how students understand themselves and one another.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details