Kids Book Index
Aimee Lim
After her mother dies, Evie learns that she led a guild of magical weavers. An encounter with a monkey demon sends Evie toward Diyu, the realm of the dead, where she hopes to free her mother. With Kevin, an aspiring warrior, beside her, Evie enters the Chinese netherworld on a mission to bring her mother back and save their family.
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The Night MarketSeina WedlickA young girl enters a Nigerian night market carrying a bag of gold coins. As she visits its stalls, the market becomes an imaginative, dreamlike place full of discoveries. The story is inspired by the author’s experiences in Nigeria and follows the girl’s exploration as each stop offers a different adventure. Briana Mukodiri Uchendu illustrated this account of a nighttime market journey.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
My Daddy Is a CowboyStephanie SealesA young African American girl rides horseback with her father through the city at dawn. Sharing his love of horses, she discovers her own sense of being a cowboy during their time together. Their urban ride places horses and cowboy identity in the middle of a parent-child outing, celebrating the pleasure they find in the journey and in one another’s company.All readersLexile Text Measure 580LATOS Book Level 3.8On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
This Land Is a Lullaby/cistomâwasowin ôma askiyTonya SimpsonThis bilingual bedtime story is told in English and Plains Cree. A mother speaks gently to her infant about the ancestral land around them, drawing on traditional Cree knowledge and the landscape of the Plains. Delreé Dumont’s illustrations accompany the lullaby with glowing color, textured patterns, and images that evoke beadwork. The book brings language, family connection, land, and cultural knowledge together in a quiet nighttime address.All readersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details