Kids Book Index
Greg Pizzoli
This nonfiction exploration traces the history of pizza and the different ways people have eaten it over time. It also looks at pizza’s worldwide presence today, including the fact that people in the United States eat 350 slices every second. The book centers one familiar food while connecting its past to its continuing place in daily life.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma ThomasJeanne Walker HarveyThis picture-book biography follows Alma Thomas from her childhood in Georgia, where she loved the colors outdoors, through her life as an artist and arts educator. After school segregation pushed her family to Washington, D.C., she earned an art degree and worked to bring arts education to students excluded from it. Near age seventy, she began her own artistic career, creating vibrant geometric paintings built from dashes and dabs of color that later appeared in galleries and museums.The ArtsOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Real Riley MayesRachel ElliottRiley begins a new school year after her best friend moves away. A budding comic-book artist, she tries to find her way through fifth grade and new friendships while keeping a personal secret: she may like girls. Humor and art are part of Riley’s efforts to understand herself and navigate the changing relationships around her.All readersLexile Text Measure 381LATOS Book Level 2.7On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Racing Ace: Drive It! Fix It!Larry Dane BrimnerAce is prepared to compete in a race, but her car repeatedly stops working. To have a chance at first place, she must repair the vehicle before the race is over. Illustrated by Kaylani Juanita, the book follows Ace as mechanical setbacks interrupt her plan to compete and require her to find a way to get her car running again.All readersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details