Kids Book Index
Thao Lam, illustrated by Thao Lam
After moving from Vietnam to Canada as a young child, Thao starts school with a name that others repeatedly mispronounce. Other children call her by wrong names and use teasing labels, leaving her to wonder whether she should become someone else. She tries an easier name, but her Vietnamese spring rolls and her attachment to her own name bring her cultural identity back into view.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Goodnight GaneshaNadia SalomonTwo young South Asian children visit their grandparents in India as night falls over the city. Before bed, they say goodnight to the objects throughout their grandparents’ home. The book presents their evening through the family’s nighttime rituals and the children’s visit. Ink and digital illustrations accompany the goodnight sequence. Grandparents, a shared household, and familiar belongings shape the children’s nighttime experience.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Dear Mr. DickensNancy ChurninThis historical account follows a Victorian Englishwoman who asks Charles Dickens to confront the anti-Semitism in his writing. Her persistence persuades the author to reconsider both his attitudes and his work. The book tells a story of challenging prejudice through letters and includes sources and author’s notes alongside its illustrations.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The BarnLeah H. RogersWritten as free-verse poems, this book gives voice to a barn and the creatures that live within it or nearby. Its imagery follows the daily pattern of farm life from morning through night. The poems focus on the barn's surroundings and the animals that share its space, observing the quiet rhythm of life on a farm.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details