“Smoky Night” by Eve Bunting

 

Illustrated by David Diaz. This book has to be a winner. Every child (and every adult) ought to read this book at least once. It’s about an urban riot, with a simple, though never simplistic, peacemaking solution. 

“Pop’s Bridge” by Eve Bunting

Illustrated by C. F. Payne. This book celebrates “the laborers and riveters, the carpenters and the painters and the skywalkers,” and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Yes.