Kids Book Index
Leslie Barnard Booth
A National Science Teaching Association Outstanding Science Trade Book Follow a stone’s journey through time as it faces ice, water, wind, and scorching heat in this beautiful nonfiction picture book that is Seeds Move! meets A Stone Sat Still.“Where do rocks come from?” The answer may be more incredible than you think!
Santiago Saw Things Differently: Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Artist, Doctor, Father of NeuroscienceChristine IversonIn an exquisitely illustrated nonfiction picture book about the childhood and discoveries of the “father of neuroscience,” science and art—together—work wonders. Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s father, the village doctor, wants Santiago to be a doctor.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Snow ManJonah WinterMeet the man living alone in the mountains whose hobby of measuring snowfall led to a global understanding of climate change in this nonfiction picture book from celebrated mother-son team Jonah and Jeanette Winter.When billy barr came to the mountains as a young man, his only companions were a skunk and a…Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
A Walk in the WoodsNikki GrimesIn this moving account of loss, a boy takes a walk in the woods and makes a discovery that changes his understanding of his father.A week after the funeralI stare in the morning mirror,angry that my father’s eyes stare back at me.Confused and distraught after the death of his father, a boy…Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details