Kids Book Index
Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
After moving to Harlem, Bo lives with Mum and Mum’s boyfriend Bill. Their household also includes the parents of Lili and Lee, Bill’s daughter Sunday, chickens, a turtle, a bearded dragon, two cats, and a dog. So many people and animals are squeezed into the home that Bo questions whether there is space for her. Four new sisters join together in New York City.
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In the Beautiful CountryJane KuoIn 1980, Ai Shi, who is called Anna in the United States, moves from Taiwan when her parents buy a restaurant in Los Angeles County. The business is far less successful than its former owner claimed, and the family cannot afford a car or easily connect with Chinese and Taiwanese immigrants. Anna is teased at school, the restaurant is vandalized, and financial pressures grow. Over time, friendships form and her mother’s Chinese recipes help bring customers to the restaurant.Fiction for ChildrenLexile Text Measure 731LATOS Book Level 4.7On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
True History: A New History of ImmigrationJaclyn BackhausTrue History: A New History of Immigration presents the United States as a nation shaped by immigrants and by people described as dreamers. It examines the familiar idea of America as a place where people may arrive and pursue the American Dream through grit and determination. The book focuses on this national narrative of immigration and aspiration. Written by Jaclyn Backhaus, it was published by Penguin Young Readers Group in 2022.Sixth to Eighth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Professor Figgy’s Weather and Climate Science Lab for KidsJim Noonan, Martha StewartThis activity book presents 52 projects and learning activities about weather and climate. The projects take place both indoors and outside the home, and they explore weather as a changing subject shared by everyone. Jim Noonan, known as Professor Figgy, guides readers through the book’s weather and climate topics, using projects and activities as its organizing approach. The collection includes activities in each of those locations.Teacher Favorites — 6th–8th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details