GRADE K BOOKS
Lucía the Luchadora by Cynthia Leonor Garza* and illustrated by Alyssa Bermudez* Lucía likes to pretend she’s a superhero just like the boys, but they pay her no mind. “Girls can’t be
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Your Name Is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow* and illustrated by Luisa Uribe*
superheroes,” they say. Abuela cheers her up by giving Lucía her own cape and silver mask from when she was a girl, and Lucía becomes a luchadora! Suddenly all the other kids want to be
Kora-Jalimuso has a name that no one in her class understands or knows how to pronounce—even her teacher. Her mom tells her how beautiful and wonderful her name is, and how every name is a song. Her mother’s words allow Kora-Jalimuso
like her too! But when Lucía hears the same line she was told repeated to someone else, she does what luchadoras are meant to do: stand up for what’s right.
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to be confident in telling the class how to pronounce her name in a way that makes it sound just as beautiful as it is: through song. Soon enough, she is leading the whole class in singing their names.
Our Table by Peter H. Reynolds
Our Table teaches the importance of coming together as a family through the story of Violet, a young girl who feels her family becoming more and more distant. Lately her dad is glued to the TV, her brother is constantly on the computer, and her mom is always on her phone. All this time apart has
Danbi Leads the School Parade by Anna Kim*
Cover illustration © 2021 by Peter H. Reynolds Cover design by Peter H. Reynolds and Patti Ann Harris This edition is available for distribution only through the school market. Danbi is going to school in America for the first time. She’s unsure at first, because she is new and knows no English. She doesn’t understand the games the other students play, their FC_BC_9781338861891.indd 1 dances, or how they write their names. However, at lunch time everyone is fascinated by Danbi’s
Beloved creator and New York Times bestseller Peter H. Reynolds crafts a timeless tale about one little girl’s quest to reunite her busy family and bring them back together... at their table.
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, the new girl at school!
A universal story celebrating the gift of time shared from one of today’s most gifted picture book creators.
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food and how she eats it. When she teaches the other students, they learn to play together in a way they all understand, resulting in Danbi leading her classmates in a joyful parade.
Do Like Kyla by Angela Johnson* and illustrated by James E. Ransome*
Do Like Kyla follows a young girl’s day with her older sister, Kyla. As they braid their hair, get dressed, eat breakfast, and go out to the store, the little girl copies her sister’s every
move. She values her big sister’s input and wants to be just like her, which pushes her to do things she might not have tried otherwise. In the end, she becomes a leader in her own right.
Scholastic Rising Voices: Celebrating Girls of Color Extension Collection: Grade K Books | Back to Top | 4 *Denotes an author or illustrator of color. † Comparable substitutes will be provided for titles no longer available.
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