Gilroy_Lib_Kids

"Recent recommendations from School Library Journal"

"This list contains books with high-interest titles with a lower reading level. They are great for reluctant or struggling readers and typically feature simple sentences, controlled vocabulary, lower page counts, and short chapters."

"If you have an older reader who needs to read easy books, it can be tricky to find high-interest books that don’t seem ridiculous or babyish yet are still at a low reading level (Sometimes, these books are called high-low books). Many of these rec..."

"When the facts and figures of Holocaust history — the vast numbers of displaced or dead — are inconceivable, the life of this one girl, hiding with her family in a desperate effort to save themselves, is strikingly real. And yet one of the most in..."

"The Holocaust is a difficult topic for any of us, but particularly difficult to discuss with children. How do you talk about something so beyond most children’s contemplation in a way that respects the experience of those who lived it? Here are b..."