Kids Book Index
Deepa Iyer, illustrated by Romina Galotta
We Are the Builders! is told in rhyme and introduces the idea of community organizing. It considers how a person can find a place within a movement. The book includes a welcome to a Community Day. Its title describes builders as a collective “we.” Deepa Iyer wrote the book, which Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers published on September 17, 2024.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
I Am BothKerisa GreeneHương lives in Saigon, Vietnam, while war is underway. Her days include the sounds of street music, baskets, and passing bicycles, but her family decides to leave on the final flight out of the country to begin again in America. Hương worries about what she will lose by leaving home. Inspired by the author’s family journey, this picture book addresses a Vietnamese family’s departure, immigration, identity, and family ties.Kindergarten to Fifth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
A Kids Book About JuneteenthGarrison HayesA Kids Book About Juneteenth describes Juneteenth as a celebration honoring the end of Black people’s enslavement in America. It observes that some events in our shared history can become concealed as time passes. Even when they are not visible, those events remain important to all of us. Garrison Hayes wrote this 66-page book, published by Kids Book About, Inc. on 2023-06-01.Kindergarten to Fifth GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
When Beavers FlewKristen TracyIdaho Fish and Game warden Elmo Heter develops an unusual wildlife-relocation plan: beavers descend by parachute into the wild. His resourcefulness helps restore a vast protected roadless forest in the continental United States. The account follows the relocation of beavers, animals known for building in their habitats, as part of a wildlife-rescue effort.Kindergarten to Fifth GradeLexile Text Measure AD760LATOS Book Level 4.9On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details