Kids Book Index
Thao Lam
This wordless picture book follows a young Vietnamese refugee forced to leave her home during the twentieth century. Paper-cut illustrations tell of a difficult passage and the unexpected friends who help guide her toward safety. The story is inspired by the author’s mother’s life and connects the girl’s journey with ants capable of traveling long distances over water.
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The Most Beautiful ThingKao Kalia YangIn this fictionalized picture-book memoir, a child narrator remembers her very old grandmother and the care she receives from her grandchildren. The narrator clips her grandmother’s fingernails and toenails while listening to stories from her childhood. Grandmother recalls being orphaned with her three younger siblings and often being hungry. Those early experiences explain why she never refuses food when it is offered to her in later life.Five to NineLexile Text Measure 650LATOS Book Level 4.2On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Astronauts: Women on the Final FrontierJim OttavianiThis nonfiction graphic novel follows women whose work changed the history of spaceflight. It includes Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to travel into space, and Mary Cleave, alongside the women of NASA’s Group 9, its first astronaut class to include both women and men. Their stories show women confronting resistance to their place in the space program while pursuing new milestones. The book also considers what NASA needed to learn to make space travel work for everyone, and includes author’s notes, references, and material about its creation.BIOGRAPHYOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Postman from SpaceGuillaume PerreaultBob is a mail carrier assigned a new route that turns an ordinary delivery day into a journey through outer space. His work takes him across unusual planets while he delivers packages. The book is part of a children’s comics series by Guillaume Perreault, originally created in Quebec, Canada. Françoise Bui translated the comics into English, and Holiday House published the English edition.All readersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details