GRADE K BOOKS
This Rising Voices Library offers fiction and informational texts that celebrate the identities and abilities of girls of color. When we foster a classroom community that supports positive representation and equity, children of all backgrounds benefit as they build respect and understanding. Your Grade K library includes 20 books: two copies of each theme’s anchor text, plus two copies of each of the additional titles also listed below. †
If I Had a Raptor by George O’Connor
SOMEONE LIKE ME/MEMORABLE CHARACTERS
A young girl yearns for a prehistoric pet. As she imagines in detail how special having a raptor would be, her excitement grows. How would the raptor eat? How would it sleep? How would it play? Her imagination runs wild thinking up all the possibilities!
Anchor Text
Usha and the Big Digger by Amitha Jagannath Knight* and illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat*
As the two sisters look up at the night sky, Aarti sees the Big Dipper, but Usha sees the Big Digger. The two disagree and show the constellation to their cousin Gloria. When Gloria offers yet another description, the three girls learn that they can all be right!
isters Usha and Aarti look up at the n stars, they see different things. Aarti sees the , but Usha sees the Big DIGGER! And cousin the Big Kite! What’s going on?
Lily Brown’s Paintings by Angela Johnson* and illustrated by E. B. Lewis*
agannath Knight grew up in Texas and Arkansas rgazes with her family in Massachusetts. This is her
Prabhat has illustrated more than a dozen picture nally from India, she now lives in the Bay Area of
As Lily paints, she is transported to a world of her own making, with funny fruits that talk, upside-down people, and lounging animals. Her imagination runs wild, and she creates paintings that make the whole family proud.
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A Birthday Basket for Tía by Pat Mora* and illustrated by Cecily Lang
Cecilia wants to make a thoughtful gift for her grandaunt’s 90th birthday party. As she ponders how to make the best gift for her tía, she gathers many of the sentimental things she has that hold memories of their time together.
Hello Goodbye Dog by Maria Gianferrari and illustrated by Patrice Barton
Moose, Zara’s dog, wants to spend the whole day with her at school. He makes several attempts to stay by Zara’s side, but all of his plans are foiled. The two then come up with an idea that lets them stay together all day long.
Scholastic Rising Voices: Celebrating Girls of Color Extension Collection: Grade K Books | Back to Top | 3 *Denotes an author or illustrator of color. † Comparable substitutes will be provided for titles no longer available.
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