From Dragon Masters to Wings of Fire, dragons are increasingly popular with elementary school students. With fewer than 10 words per page, this story of a young witch bonding with her new baby dragon is accessible for beginning readers. The series continues to grow with a second book, Maxie Wiz and the Magic Charms, which hit the shelves in December 2023. Easy Reader Level 1 Race & Ethnicity | Black
From Dragon Masters to Wings of Fire, dragons are increasingly popular with elementary school students. With fewer than 10 words per page, this story of a young witch bonding with her new baby dragon is accessible for beginning readers. The series continues to grow with a second book, Maxie Wiz and the Magic Charms, which hit the shelves in December 2023.
Easy Reader Level 1
Race & Ethnicity | Black
El Toro and his fellow luchadores can't afford their lunchtime tacos, so they team up for an amazing street show to earn some extra cash. RauÃŒÂl the Third's iconic illustration style, the widespread appeal of Mexican wrestling, and the mix of English and Spanish words crafts a colorful, action-packed story for beginning readers.Easy Reader Level 2 Race & Ethnicity | Latine
El Toro and his fellow luchadores can't afford their lunchtime tacos, so they team up for an amazing street show to earn some extra cash. RauÃŒÂl the Third's iconic illustration style, the widespread appeal of Mexican wrestling, and the mix of English and Spanish words crafts a colorful, action-packed story for beginning readers.Easy Reader Level 2
Race & Ethnicity | Latine
Interspersed with finger-spelled vocabulary words and a guide to ASL signs at the back, this series featuring a Deaf girl who signs and uses a cochlear implant is super popular with our readers at the library! Many hearing kids are curious about learning ASL, which can also support communication with D/deaf or nonverbal peers. Easy Reader Level 4 Disability
Interspersed with finger-spelled vocabulary words and a guide to ASL signs at the back, this series featuring a Deaf girl who signs and uses a cochlear implant is super popular with our readers at the library! Many hearing kids are curious about learning ASL, which can also support communication with D/deaf or nonverbal peers.
Easy Reader Level 4
Disability
A gift from her departed grandmother helps a young Vietnamese girl find her voice in this series opener from Linda Trinh. Part realistic fiction, part fantasy story (as the jade bangle also helps Anne communicate with Grandma Ná»™i). The last couple of years have given us engaging books by Vietnamese authors, providing much-needed mirrors for the Vietnamese students in our community. Bridging Fiction Grades 2-4 Race & Ethnicity | Asian & Pacific Islander
A gift from her departed grandmother helps a young Vietnamese girl find her voice in this series opener from Linda Trinh. Part realistic fiction, part fantasy story (as the jade bangle also helps Anne communicate with Grandma Ná»™i). The last couple of years have given us engaging books by Vietnamese authors, providing much-needed mirrors for the Vietnamese students in our community.
Bridging Fiction Grades 2-4
Race & Ethnicity | Asian & Pacific Islander
Disability in KidLit founder and author Kayla Whaley launches this spinoff series inspired by Ron Roy's A to Z Mysteries. In the first book, Abbi--who, like the author, uses a power wheelchair--teams up with her friends to solve a mystery at the Maine State Fair. While representations of disability in children's books have been increasing in the last several years, many of those books are written by non-disabled authors or authors who became disabled as adults. Whaley draws on her own experiences as a disabled kid to provide a much-needed mirror for young readers in similar circumstances. Bridging Fiction Grades 2-4 Disability
Disability in KidLit founder and author Kayla Whaley launches this spinoff series inspired by Ron Roy's A to Z Mysteries. In the first book, Abbi--who, like the author, uses a power wheelchair--teams up with her friends to solve a mystery at the Maine State Fair. While representations of disability in children's books have been increasing in the last several years, many of those books are written by non-disabled authors or authors who became disabled as adults. Whaley draws on her own experiences as a disabled kid to provide a much-needed mirror for young readers in similar circumstances.
