Kids Book Index
Pam Fong, illustrated by Pam Fong
This book explores feelings such as anger, sadness, fear, and feeling lost in darkness. Its central image is a small light that can guide someone home through dark moments. It contrasts darkness with the possibility of finding a spark of light, presenting hope as something to seek when difficult emotions feel close or overwhelming.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Octopus Shocktopus!Peter Bently, illustrated by Steven LentonAn octopus arrives on a village roof and remains there. The village children quickly become its friends, while the adults are wary of the unusual visitor. The octopus proves helpful in unexpected ways: it serves as a slide, helps with painting, and rescues a cat from a tree. After the neighbors decide they would each like an octopus, it disappears, leaving open the question of where it has gone and whether it will return.Kids Favorites — K–2nd GradeWord Count 389On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
100 Things to Know About ArtSusie Hodge, illustrated by Ben SandersThis 112-page guide introduces art through 100 selected terms. Each entry pairs a 100-word explanation with an illustration. Topics range from pottery and Pointillism to painting and sketching, while also covering materials, artistic elements, methods, movements, styles, places, and artists from the past and present. By organizing a broad field into compact entries, the book presents many ways of making, describing, and encountering art.Librarian Favorites — K–2nd GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Acorn Was a Little WildJen Arena, illustrated by Jessica GibsonFrom an oak-tree perch, Acorn longs for adventure and becomes the first of his friends to jump down into the wider world. New experiences fill him with excitement until a squirrel buries him deep underground. Forced to remain still in darkness for a long time, the young acorn begins a journey that leads to transformation.Kids Favorites — K–2nd GradeLexile Text Measure AD630LATOS Book Level 4.1On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details