Kids Book Index
Chris Ayala-Kronos, illustrated by Melita Tirado
With very few words and expressive artwork, this board book considers how people want to be called. It centers pronouns as part of identity and asks readers to think about learning and using someone’s chosen form of address. The book presents that question through a colorful celebration of identity and diversity.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
What Are Little Girls Made Of?Jeanne Willis, illustrated by Isabelle FollathJeanne Willis reworks familiar nursery rhymes to give girls and women independence, competence, and authority. In these versions, Georgie Porgie is confronted instead of being excused, Little Bo-Peep directs her sheep, and a woman doctor mends Humpty Dumpty. Isabelle Follath’s illustrations accompany the collection. By changing the roles within traditional rhymes, the book asks readers to reconsider the expectations those verses have assigned to girls and women.Birth–PreschoolOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
¡Vamos! Let’s Cross the BridgeRaúl the ThirdLittle Lobo and Bernabé take supplies toward a large celebration across a bridge, only to be caught in a long delay with many other travelers. People on the bridge have different purposes for crossing and speak different languages. When one traveler becomes grumpy, the stalled group works together to improve the wait. Along with La Oink Oink and El Toro, the friends turn a difficult situation between two sister cities in different countries into a party.Birth–PreschoolOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
100 ANIMALSSteve Jenkins, illustrated by Steve JenkinsSteve Jenkins introduces one hundred animals in a padded board book with lift-the-flap pages. Bright animal illustrations are paired with names, giving young children a way to connect words with creatures from different habitats. Opening the flaps reveals information about how animals move, behave, and survive. The selection reaches from fish beneath the sea to birds in the sky, combining first-word learning with an interactive introduction to the natural world.Birth–PreschoolOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details