Kids Book Index
Rosemary McCarney
Where Will I Live? uses simple questions and photographs to describe the circumstances faced by refugee children. It centers on the need for a home: a safe place where children can be happy, eat meals with family, play, and sleep without fear. The book considers the insecurity of not having that home while focusing on refugee children’s experiences.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Hey Black ChildUseni Eugene PerkinsHey Black Child adapts an affirmation poem by Useni Eugene Perkins into a picture-book edition. Written originally for a 1975 children’s theater production, the poem celebrates Black children and encourages belief in one’s potential and ambitions. Bryan Collier’s collage and watercolor illustrations portray four children who imagine futures as an artist, dancer, political leader, and scientist. Author’s and illustrator’s notes are included.Five to NineWord Count 130On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Glassmaker’s DaughterDianne HofmeyrIn early Venice, Daniela, a glassmaker’s daughter, spends her days sad, bored, and unable to smile. Her father offers a glass palace as a reward to whoever can cheer her. The tale asks who might succeed in making Daniela smile, using a folkloric mode of telling. Vivid, expressive illustrations accompany this account of a father’s unusual promise and his daughter’s persistent gloom.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Where’s Rodney?Carmen BoganRodney prefers movement and the outdoors to sitting inside at school. Although he expects a field trip to visit the small park near his city neighborhood, the bus travels beyond the city, past fields and through a mountain tunnel. It arrives at a much larger park, where Rodney can climb, run, shout, and pause to notice small details. His day outside gives him room to explore in ways the familiar neighborhood park does not.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details