Kids Book Index
Sandy Stark-McGinnis
Cassie is in seventh grade when her mother develops early-onset Alzheimer’s. Cassie has long admired her mother, whom she knows as a lively person with large ideas. Wanting to give her mother an experience to remember, Cassie hopes they can swim with dolphins. The book addresses their family relationship as Cassie responds to her mother’s illness and plans the outing.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Stand Up, Yumi Chung!Jessica KimEleven-year-old Yumi Chung wants to perform stand-up comedy and fills a notebook with embarrassing memories she has reshaped into jokes. Instead, she is enrolled in summer test-prep tutoring for a private-school scholarship while her family’s Korean barbecue restaurant faces hardship. After class one day, Yumi enters a children’s comedy camp and is mistaken for an absent student. She decides to take that student’s place, creating a double life and a choice between honesty and pursuing comedy.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 620LATOS Book Level 4.4On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
A Hatful of Dragons: and More Than 13.8 Billion Other Funny PoemsVikram MadanThis poetry collection brings together comic verses about dragons, musical pandas and pangolins, dinosaur-hatching mail-order eggs, aliens, a robot uncle, and a professor who travels among the book’s pages. The poems use several formats, including limericks, rebuses, and a fill-in-the-blank poem whose choices create more than 13.8 billion combinations. Black-and-white illustrations accompany the playful creatures and surprises.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 669LATOS Book Level 4.3On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Story of Civil War Hero Robert Smalls (The Story Of series)Janet HalfmannA chapter-book biography of Robert Smalls, who was enslaved and worked as a steamboat wheelman during the Civil War. Smalls took control of a Confederate vessel and escaped to freedom with his family and the crew. After leaving the Confederacy, he served the Union as a boat pilot. Black-and-white illustrations accompany the account, along with a glossary, timeline, and extensive source material. The narrative highlights the intelligence, courage, and ingenuity involved in his actions.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details