Kids Book Index
Jasmine Warga
Resilience, or Res, is a Mars rover built to explore the planet, but he gradually develops humanlike emotions while NASA scientists assemble and test him. On Mars, he travels with a drone helicopter called Fly and a distant satellite named Guardian. Res’s mission is to locate an older rover and seek evidence of ancient life while confronting dust storms, cliffs, and danger to Fly.
This book appears on 5 reading lists across 2 editions from 5 organizations.
TOO SMALL TOLA AND THE THREE FINE GIRLSAtinuke, illustrated by Onyinye IwuTola lives in Lagos with her sister Moji, brother Dapo, and Grandmommy. Three chapter stories follow her family: Tola searches for Grandmommy’s lost earring, joins Dapo in taking over Grandmommy’s groundnut-selling work when Grandmommy is ill, and confronts envy after seeing three girls with things she wishes she had. Tola’s small size and persistence shape her responses to family problems and surprises.Five to NineLexile Text Measure 610LATOS Book Level 3.5On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Endlessly Ever After: Pick Your Path to Countless Fairy Tale EndingsLaurel SnyderThis choose-your-path picture book reshapes classic fairy tales into an interactive story. Readers make decisions that direct the course of the adventure and lead to different endings. The book uses fractured versions of familiar tales, with dramatic and sometimes grisly turns along the way. Because the path can change with each set of choices, the story can unfold differently across repeated readings.Librarian Favorites — K–2nd GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Black Bird, Blue RoadSofiya PasternackIn tenth-century Khazaria, twins Ziva and Pesah search for a way to treat Pesah’s leprosy. Pesah lives apart to prevent transmission, but Ziva continues caring for him and helping test salves. After Ziva learns that their uncle intends to send Pesah to a colony, the siblings escape in the family wagon toward Byzantium in hopes of finding doctors. Pesah’s vision of the Angel of Death on Rosh Hashanah makes their journey urgent, and they encounter a captive demon and the city of Luz along the way.Fiction for ChildrenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details