Kids Book Index
Delphine Perret
Bjorn the bear lives in a comfortable cave beside fresh grass and a rough tree made for scratching his back. In the forest, he spends time with his animal friends in a series of small escapades. They try on glasses that people have misplaced, sit together watching leaves, play cards on a tree stump, and borrow clothes from a campsite for a party before carefully returning them the next morning.
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LiftMinh LêIris loves pressing elevator buttons, but becomes angry when her little brother beats her to the task. After finding a discarded elevator button, she tapes it beside her closet door and discovers that it can open extraordinary places, beginning with a jungle. She initially wants the adventures to herself. Later, when her brother cries at bedtime, she comforts him and then brings him along on a new adventure.Under FiveLexile Text Measure 390LATOS Book Level 1.3On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
SnapdragonKat LeyhSnapdragon, known as Snap, has heard that her town has a witch. Jacks is actually an older woman who sells roadkill skeletons online after performing rituals to put the animals’ spirits to rest. Snap thinks Jacks’s work is interesting, and they make an agreement: Jacks will teach Snap to care for rescued baby opossums, while Snap helps with Jacks’s work. As the two get to know one another, Snap discovers that Jacks may possess real magic and may be connected to her family’s past.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure 329LATOS Book Level 2.4On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
A Girl Like MeAngela JohnsonA girl imagines herself swimming through the ocean, feeling part of its deep, cool waves. From shore, people call out that someone like her should stay dry rather than enter the water. The book centers on this confrontation between her dream and the limits other people try to impose. It encourages girls to hold on to their individuality and aspirations instead of accepting expectations that restrict what they can do or become.All readersLexile Text Measure 620LATOS Book Level 4On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details