Kids Book Index
Janay Brown-Wood, illustrated by Elissambura
A large, noisy family tries to stay quiet while a baby sleeps. Mom, Daddy, Grammy, Pop Pop, siblings, the dog, and a neighbor are all shushed as they work to protect the baby’s nap. When the baby wakes again, the big brother knows how to help her settle back down: he reads her a book.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
What Are Little Girls Made Of?Jeanne Willis, illustrated by Isabelle FollathJeanne Willis reworks familiar nursery rhymes to give girls and women independence, competence, and authority. In these versions, Georgie Porgie is confronted instead of being excused, Little Bo-Peep directs her sheep, and a woman doctor mends Humpty Dumpty. Isabelle Follath’s illustrations accompany the collection. By changing the roles within traditional rhymes, the book asks readers to reconsider the expectations those verses have assigned to girls and women.Birth–PreschoolOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Our Skin: A First Conversation about RaceMegan Madison, Jessica RalliThis book introduces young children to skin color and race in clear, direct language. It includes questions intended to begin conversations. Part of the First Conversations series, it is based on research identifying race, gender, consent, and body positivity as subjects that can be discussed with toddlers and older children. The book focuses specifically on race and skin color while offering adults a way to start those discussions with children.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
SOMETHING’S WRONG! A BEAR, A HARE, AND SOME UNDERWEARJory John, illustrated by Erin KraanJeff, a bear, goes through his morning having breakfast, watering plants, and trying on underwear from his grandmother. Yet he remains convinced that he has left something out. His friends help him get through a bad day as he tries to identify what is missing. The picture book follows Jeff’s growing sense that his routine is incomplete, even after he has completed several ordinary tasks. Underwear from his grandmother is one clue in the mystery.Birth–PreschoolOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details