Kids Book Index
Mo Willems
A Busy Creature eats its way through the alphabet, moving from A through P and eventually to Z. Its nonstop chomping and chewing bring together hunger, pride, regret, and redemption in an alphabet-based story. The book follows the creature’s eating from one letter to the next, using food and the alphabet as the framework for its comic progression.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 2 editions from 2 organizations.
Fake BloodWhitney GardnerAJ begins sixth grade with his friends Hunter and Ivy, then develops a crush on Nia Winters, a classmate who loves vampires. Hoping to get Nia’s attention, AJ decides to pretend to be a vampire. He changes his appearance with hair mousse, makeup, sunglasses, and fake blood, and studies vampire behavior in books and television shows. When AJ and Nia are assigned a project about Transylvania, his efforts lead to more attention than he expected when he learns that Nia is a slayer.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure GN150LATOS Book Level 2.5On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Water Land: Land and Water Forms Around the WorldChristy HaleDie-cut pages compare bodies of water with corresponding landforms, changing one into the other as pages turn. A lake becomes an island, a bay becomes a cape, and a gulf becomes a peninsula. The book labels forms such as straits, systems of lakes, isthmuses, and archipelagos. A multi-page foldout supplies brief definitions, examples from around the world, and a map locating some of them.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
A Hippy-Hoppy ToadPeggy ArcherA tiny toad sits on a twig beside the road, trying to mind his own business. A bird pecks at him, a bee buzzes, a dog barks, and other surprises—including the toe of a sneaker—keep disturbing him. Each sound or encounter sends the toad hopping farther down the road to a new place. The story follows his repeated attempts to find a quiet spot amid a series of animal and human interruptions.Under FiveLexile Text Measure AD470LATOS Book Level 2.8On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details