Kids Book Index
Ruth Forman
Ten friends add one at a time, creating a count from one through ten as Black girls come together to form a soccer team. The board book uses this accumulating sequence as its central structure. Cheerful, vibrant illustrations accompany the team’s formation, joining counting with a story of friends assembling on the field.
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Little Black Lives MatterKhodi DillWritten in rhyme, this board book introduces 15 notable Black lives through memorable quotations. Its focus on Black heroes invites young children to consider their own inner heroes while affirming Black lives. The book uses rhyming couplets and triplets alongside richly colored illustrations to present figures connected by courage, identity, and activism.Under FiveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Worm and Caterpillar Are Friends (Ready-to- Read Graphics series)Kaz Windness, illustrated by Kaz WindnessWorm enjoys how alike Worm and Caterpillar seem, while Caterpillar anticipates a major change. Caterpillar disappears for a time and returns as Butterfly. Their friendship is tested by the differences that follow Caterpillar’s transformation. The book uses cheery digital cartoon art. Kaz Windness’s 64-page story is part of the Ready-to-Read Graphics series and was published by Simon and Schuster.Under FiveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
One More Jar of JamMichelle SumovichA young girl and her multiracial family live alongside a mulberry tree. Through the tree’s life, death, and return, they experience both joy and sorrow. Homemade jam is part of the family’s connection to the mulberry tree and its changing cycle. Told in the second person, the book pairs its account of family, loss, and renewal with lively ink, watercolor, and gouache artwork.Under FiveLexile Text Measure AD630LATOS Book Level 4.1On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details