Kids Book Index
Richard Ayoade
The narrator of this book is the book itself, which believes that nobody wants to read it. It has opinions about being judged by its cover, dislikes readers bending back its pages, and finds authors annoying. Its encounter with a reader changes its situation. Through this self-aware voice, the book considers why people read and the different things they choose to read.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My LifeJerry PinkneyJerry Pinkney’s memoir recounts his childhood in a Black Philadelphia neighborhood during the 1950s. Drawing helped Jerry make sense of the world as he grew up in crowded spaces, struggled with dyslexia, and lived during segregation. He was constantly drawing or thinking about it, and a teacher recognized him as the class artist and incorporated art assignments into his schoolwork. While selling papers at a newsstand, he sketched passersby and sold the drawings. A customer, comic-strip artist John Liney, later invited Jerry to observe his studio process.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Conjure IslandEden RoyceDelphinia Baker has grown up with her grandmother while her father is often away on deployment and her mother died when Del was young. When her grandmother becomes ill, Del is sent to live with her great-grandmother in South Carolina. There, she discovers that Gullah-based magic runs in her family, along with hidden family secrets on a mysterious island.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 800LATOS Book Level 5.09On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Brilliant Calculator: How Mathematician Edith Clarke Helped Electrify AmericaJan LowerLong before electronic calculators, Edith Clarke loved numbers, calculations, puzzles, and brainteasers. This picture-book biography follows her as she solves an electrical mystery and creates the first graphing calculator from paper. It also addresses the gender discrimination she faced in early-twentieth-century science and mathematics before she became the first woman electrical engineer in the United States.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details