Kids Book Index
Suzanne Slade
This book explores the James Webb Space Telescope and the discoveries it has produced. It brings together photographs and scientific information gathered through the telescope, whose observations reach toward the edges of the known universe. The focus is on space, the universe beyond Earth, and the cosmic findings made with NASA’s Webb Telescope, described as the world’s most powerful telescope.
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The OutsmartersDeborah EllisTwelve-year-old Kate lives with her grandmother, who operates a junk shop on the edge of a Canadian town, after Kate’s mother left her there. Suspended from school and prone to rages, Kate starts a philosophical advice booth and wrestles with questions of her own. Back in school, she confronts bullying and begins making friends while her grandmother encourages her money-making efforts and independence.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
BarracoonZora Neale HurstonZora Neale Hurston records Cudjo Lewis’s first-person memories of the raid that resulted in his capture and enslavement, after the Atlantic slave trade had been outlawed in the United States for fifty years. Lewis was described as the sole living person able to recount this passage of American history. Hurston later visited Plateau near Mobile, a community founded by Lewis and other people formerly enslaved from his ship.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
When I Wrap My HairShauntay GrantThis picture book centers on hair wrapping and the stories carried through that tradition. It connects the practice to deep roots, African marketplaces, city sidewalks, and the knowledge passed between generations. With illustrations by Jenin Mohammed, the book celebrates Black hair traditions across continents and presents hair wrapping as a link between past and present and between African American heritage and family knowledge.All readersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details