Kids Book Index
Michael Leventhal
In 1630, Benjamin’s Jewish family flees Spain for France, carrying a hot-chocolate recipe and chocolate beans. Benjamin and his grandfather later help make chocolate more popular in seventeenth-century France and take part in its trade. The story traces their family’s journey alongside chocolate’s movement into a new country, with detailed color illustrations. The boy and his grandfather share this work.
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Yossel’s JourneyKathryn LaskyYossel’s family leaves Russia to escape anti-Jewish pogroms and begins again in the American Southwest. Their new store stands near a Navajo reservation, where Yossel watches people from the neighboring community come through. Concerned about finding a home and friends in this unfamiliar place, he meets a friend and shares cultural differences. The story follows the family’s migration, Yossel’s adjustment to a new home, and an early friendship across distinct cultural backgrounds.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Meanwhile Back on Earth…: Finding Our Place through Time and SpaceOliver Jeffers, illustrated by Oliver JeffersA father takes two children on a journey into space, where they look back at Earth and its conflicts. Views from the cosmos present past earthly conflicts in reverse chronological sequence. The book includes a solar-system map and a timeline, placing the space journey alongside snapshots of events from Earth’s past.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Christmas Book FloodEmily KilgoreA young girl searches for the book she wants for a Christmas Eve custom. The story depicts an Icelandic tradition in which loved ones exchange books on Christmas Eve. Fanciful illustrations give the occasion a magical quality, while an author’s note offers additional context. At its center is the girl’s wish to find just the right book for this holiday tradition of sharing with people she loves.Five to NineLexile Text Measure AD630LATOS Book Level 4.1On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details