Kids Book Index
Vivian Kirkfield, illustrated by Alison Jay
Set in the 1890s, this nonfiction picture-book biography follows Annie Londonderry as she cycles around the world. Her journey takes place in an era when opportunities for women were few. It recounts the difficult goal of traveling by bicycle across the world and centers the determination involved in pursuing it.
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Swinging Into HistoryKaren L. Swanson, illustrated by Laura FreemanThis nonfiction picture-book biography focuses on Toni “Tomboy” Stone, the first woman and first Black woman to play professional baseball. It follows her determination to keep playing despite obstacles and notes that she took Hank Aaron’s roster spot. Her baseball career is placed within a sport where those breakthroughs had not previously occurred.Third to Fifth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
On All Other Nights: A Passover Celebration in 14 StoriesChris Baron, Joshua S. Levy, Naomi MillinerFourteen stories explore the foods, religious practices, and traditions of Passover. Most unfold during a seder and connect to one of the Haggadah’s steps; each is introduced with information about that stage of the observance. The collection includes protagonists navigating family memory, grief, guilt, growing up, identity, and food preferences. Its families and characters include Ashkenazi and Cuban relatives, a biracial Indian American girl with Hindu and Jewish parents, a nonbinary child, and a neurodivergent child. Reflection questions and recipes follow the stories.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Skybound!Sue Ganz-Schmitt, illustrated by Iacopo BrunoSkybound! is a picture-book biography of Mary Myers, who flew balloons under the name Carlotta. Interested in flight despite social expectations that limited women’s lives, she experimented on balloon design with her husband and developed improvements. Her ascents included observations that contributed to knowledge of weather and the atmosphere. The book places her work in the nineteenth-century histories of ballooning, invention, and women’s involvement in science.Third to Fifth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details