Kids Book Index
Lita Judge
With lush illustrations, poems, and accessible scientific information, The Wisdom of Trees by Lita Judge is a fascinating exploration of the hidden communities trees create to strengthen themselves and others.We clean the air and seed the clouds, we drench the thirsty land with rain.
Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jiménez, Daughter of the NahuaGloria AmescuaA 2022 Pura Belpré Award Author Honor Book She was Luz Jiménez, child of the flower-song people,the powerful Aztec, who called themselves Nahua— who lost their land but who did not disappear.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Burying the MoonAndrée PoulinA beautifully illustrated novel in verse about a young Indian girl who tackles the taboos around sanitation in her village. In Latika’s village in rural India, there are no toilets.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The World below the BrineWalt WhitmanNineteenth-century poet Walt Whitman employs the language of his day to express a wonder about the world below the sea that is timeless.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details