Kids Book Index
Lisa Westberg Peters, illustrated by Victoria Tentler-Krylov
This picture book traces the many migrants who have made homes in North America across centuries. A recurring wind carries people to a new land, beginning with a girl and her clan while mammoths roam the tundra, then a boy and his family crossing frigid waters. As time passes, newcomers arrive from many directions, creating a story of migration and diversity.
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Someone Builds the DreamLisa WheelerThis rhyming picture book looks beyond big ideas to the people who make them real. It follows plans for a house, bridge, fountain, wind turbine, amusement park, and book, showing workers who tighten bolts, operate cranes, drive machines, set text, run presses, and load paper. Architects, artists, engineers, authors, and illustrators appear alongside the many other workers whose labor brings each project into being.Five to NineLexile Text Measure AD610LATOS Book Level 4On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Fatima’s Great OutdoorsAmbreen TariqAfter emigrating from India, Fatima finds school difficult. A weekend camping trip becomes her family’s first experience camping in the Midwest. As they spend time outdoors together, Fatima learns more about herself. The story follows an immigrant family entering an unfamiliar kind of adventure and connects Fatima’s experiences at school, home, and on the camping trip.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
We Can: Portraits of PowerTyler GordonIn We Can: Portraits of Power, a first-person speaker recounts the doctors' statements given when they were born. The speaker's mother was told survival was uncertain. The doctors expected health problems and said the child would be blind, deaf, and severely mentally delayed. Tyler Gordon wrote this 40-page book in 2021.Kindergarten to Second GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details