Kids Book Index
Guojing
An only child sets out to visit her grandmother but becomes lost in an unfamiliar world. A stag leads her away from home, where imaginative companions join her and help her search for a way back. Told without words as a graphic novel, the story follows the girl’s isolation, her encounters in this unknown place, and her efforts to return home.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
Mango, Abuela, and MeMeg MedinaMia’s abuela moves in with her family, but Mia speaks little Spanish and Abuela speaks little English. Sharing a room and spending time together initially leaves them with much silence. Mia begins labeling household objects and teaching English words, while Abuela teaches Mia Spanish. A parrot reminds Abuela of one she had at home, and their relationship continues to grow until Abuela reads to Mia and tells stories about Abuelo.Five to NineLexile Text Measure AD560LATOS Book Level 3.4On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights MovementCarole Boston WeatherfordThis nonfiction book tells Fannie Lou Hamer’s life in poems, using a first-person voice. It traces her path from working in Mississippi cotton fields as a child in a sharecropping family to becoming a civil rights activist and politician. The poems address her efforts to secure voting rights and political representation for African Americans in Mississippi and across the United States. Direct quotations from Hamer appear within the poems, and the book also includes an author’s note, a timeline, and source notes.All readersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Parakeet Named DreidelIsaac Bashevis SingerDuring Hanukkah on a frosty evening in Brooklyn, David’s father notices a parakeet on the family’s window ledge and brings it inside. The family discovers that the bird speaks Yiddish and names it Dreidel. Dreidel becomes part of their household. Years later, David recounts the bird’s story at a party and learns that a young woman there had owned Dreidel when she was a child.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details