Kids Book Index
Kate Messner, Margaret E. Powell
Sought after by millionaires and movie stars, her designs walked the red carpet and graced the wedding of Senator John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier.At a time when the world around her thought African Americans deserved no more than second-class treatment, Ann expected no less than very best for herself.THE FIRST, FAMED…
Law and Justice Evicted!: The Struggle for the Right to VoteAlice Faye DuncanShortlist, Goddard Riverside/CBC Young People's Book Prize for Social Justice This critical civil rights book for middle-graders examines the little-known Tennessee's Fayette County Tent City Movement in the late 1950s and reveals what is possible when people unite and fight for the right to vote.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Inheritance: A Visual PoemElizabeth AcevedoThey tell me to “fix” my hair.And by fix, they mean straighten, they mean whiten;but how do you fix this shipwreckedhistory of hair?Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Operation Pangolin: Saving the World’s Only Scaled Mammalwritten and photographed by Suzi EszterhasMeet the pangolin—the world’s only scaled mammal. Their scales serve as armor to fend off predators. Unfortunately, these scales can do nothing to protect them from the biggest threat to their existence: humans.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details