Kids Book Index
Tyler Gordon
In 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.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Change Sings: A Children’s AnthemAmanda GormanThis picture book uses lyrical language and colorful illustrations of diverse children to explore change. Its focus is on voices joining together and on children embracing change in themselves and in their communities. The book presents collective voices as part of imagining what can become possible, linking personal change with shared action. Its visual world includes children from varied backgrounds working toward change together.Five to NineLexile Text Measure AD470LATOS Book Level 3.2On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
When We Say Black Lives MatterMaxine Beneba Clarke, illustrated by Maxine Beneba ClarkeA loving Black parent helps a young child understand the meaning and significance of Black Lives Matter. The story places that conversation in family life, school, and other everyday settings, while also looking to history and ancestors. Protest scenes and people making music on djembe drums appear alongside the refrain. The book holds hope, warmth, strength, anger, and joy together as the child encounters the movement’s message.Under FiveLexile Text Measure 530LATOS Book Level 3.5On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
WE SHALL OVERCOMEBryan CollierThis picture book places the lyrics of the civil rights anthem alongside collage illustrations. It connects events and struggles from the twentieth-century Civil Rights movement with a contemporary Black child’s day, as well as present-day protests and demonstrations. The book traces the song’s role in nonviolent civil rights activism and the continuing pursuit of justice.Kindergarten to Second GradeLexile Text Measure AD360LATOS Book Level 2.7On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details