Here I Am
Author: Patti Kim
Illustrator: Sonia Sanchez
Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
Recommended Age Range: 5 to 10
Awards: A Kirkus Best Book of the Year; A Junior Library Guild Selection
King of the Sky
Author: Nicola Davies
Illustrator: Laura Carlin
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Awards: The New York Times Book Review, Best Illustrated Children’s Book Award
Little Home Bird
Author: Jo Empson
Illustrator: Jo Empson
Publisher: Child’s Play
Recommended Age Range: 3 to 7
Awards: Longlisted for the UKLA Award 2017; Shortlisted for the North Somerset Teachers Award; Nominated for the Kate Greenaway Award, 2017
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon
Author: Patty Lovell
Illustrator: David Catrow
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon is a fantastic book about being proud of yourself and what you can do. When very small Molly Lou Melon must move, she not only embraces this “Stand Tall” advice from her grandmother, she changes the attitudes of those around her.
A must read!
Awards: Georgia Children’s Book Award, 2003; Beehive Children’s Picture Book Award, 2003
That Neighbor Kid
Author: Daniel Miyares
Illustrator: Daniel Miyares
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division
Recommended Age Range: 4 to 8
Awards: Wisconsin State Reading Association’s Reading List
