Kids Book Index
Megan Rapinoe, with Emma Brockes
This sports memoir recounts how Megan Rapinoe’s family and her experiences as a gay person shaped both her career and her activism. It includes archival and family photographs alongside her account. The book connects her life in sports with the personal experiences that informed her public advocacy and the causes she has supported.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Sunny Days Inside: And Other StoriesCaroline AddersonWhen a so-called grownup virus changes everyday life, children in the same apartment building face unfamiliar rules and long stretches indoors with parents and siblings. The stories follow the frustrations and challenges of pandemic restrictions as the children remain in their homes. Amid the confinement, children who might not otherwise connect form unexpected friendships. Their experiences show apartment life and family routines changing during the COVID-19 pandemic while neighbors navigate an altered daily world together.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Once upon a CamelKathi AppeltSet in Texas in 1910, this story follows Zada, an elderly camel named for Scheherazade. Zada carries stories of camel races, ocean crossings, army missions, and a mountain lion she outsmarted. Now the last camel in Texas, she shelters two young kestrels whose parents are missing. When a huge dust storm arrives, Zada comforts the chicks with stories and takes them on another desert adventure.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure 820LATOS Book Level 5.6On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
One Small HopMadelyn RosenbergIn a world where global warming has caused shortages and wiped out much of the animal population, Ahab and his friends find a live male bullfrog. They believe it may be the last bullfrog in North America. Rather than report it to a discredited Environmental Police Force, the group plan to get it to Canada, where a female bullfrog is waiting. Their effort is meant to help save the species.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure 610LATOS Book Level 4.4On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details