Kids Book Index
written and illustrated by Joel Christian Gill
"Joel Christian Gills shows how ordinary people fight for our collective liberation and whose stories are not often at the forefront of our historical consciousness." --Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist Do you know the story of the slave who sailed himself to freedom?
Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for KidsCynthia Leitich SmithYoung protagonists will meet relatives fromfaraway, mysterious strangers, and sometimes one another (plus one scrappy rezdog).They are theheroes of their own stories.Featuring stories and poems by:Joseph Bruchac Art CoulsonChristine DayEric GansworthCarole LindstromDawn QuigleyRebecca RoanhorseDavid A. RobertsonAndrea L. RogersKim RogersCynthia Leitich SmithMonique Gray SmithTraci Sorell, Tim TingleErika T. WurthBrian YoungIn partnership with We…Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Living the Confidence CodeKatty Kay, Claire Shipman, Jillellyn RileyThe best way to understand confidence is to see it in action. From Bali to Brazil, South Africa to Seattle, Australia to Afghanistan, these girls took risks, doubted themselves, and sometimes failed.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Rolling Warrior: The Incredible, Sometimes Awkward, True Story of a Rebel Girl on Wheels Who Helped Spark a RevolutionJudith Heumann, with Kristen JoinerJudy Heumann, one of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her story of fighting to belong.“If I didn’t fight, who would?”Judy Heumann was only 5 years old when she was first denied her right to attend school.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details