Kids Book Index
Doyin Richards
Based on the author’s father’s story, Watch Me follows Joe, a boy from Sierra Leone who comes to the United States from Africa. Determined to build a better life, Joe eventually becomes a doctor. The picture book traces an immigration story shaped by ambition, movement between countries, and a future career in medicine.
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The Gravity Tree: The True Story of a Tree That Inspired the WorldAnna Crowley ReddingBeginning with a seed in the 1600s, this true story follows the apple tree that grew an apple seen falling by Isaac Newton. The book traces the tree’s long history and its connection to Newton’s discovery. It also shows how the legendary tree later inspired Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, and other people who honored it, moving from the tree’s origins to its scientific legacy. Supplementary material extends the account.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
What Isabella Wanted: Isabella Stewart Gardner Builds a MuseumCandace FlemingThis account follows Isabella Stewart Gardner as she builds the art collection that became Boston’s Gardner Museum. It describes her broad, eclectic tastes, her wealth and privilege, and the ways she acquired art, including methods of questionable ethics during a period when countries were restricting the export of cultural treasures. Gardner displayed the collection in a mansion built as a museum, arranging it according to her own vision while living on the top floor. When she died in 1924, she left it to the public with the condition that nothing be rearranged.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
We Wait for the SunDovey Johnson Roundtree, Katie McCabeA nighttime adventure involving courage and magic centers on Dovey Johnson Roundtree and her grandmother. The book depicts the love between them and identifies Roundtree as a Black army veteran, lawyer, and activist. It also connects this early story to the future civil rights trailblazer Roundtree would become, with back matter that adds information beyond the narrative.Five to NineLexile Text Measure AD840LATOS Book Level 4.3On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details