Kids Book Index
Leslie Barnard Booth
This nonfiction picture book follows a stone across time as it changes under ice, water, wind, and intense heat. Its journey moves from magma beneath Earth’s crust through river-swept sand and into a mountain. By tracing these transformations and the places where rock is found, the book explores the rock cycle and the changing life of a stone.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
Masked Hero: How Wu Lien-teh Invented the Mask That Ended an EpidemicDr. Shan Woo Liu, Kaili Liu GormleyThis biography introduces Dr. Wu Lien-teh and his efforts to stop an epidemic. Written by his great-granddaughter, an emergency physician, it highlights the use of masks and isolation in addressing disease outbreaks. It also connects Wu’s invention during the Manchurian plague with its use by his descendant during a pandemic roughly a century later, placing his life and work in a longer history of public health.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping SpiderJessica LananJumper looks at a day in the life of a jumping spider living in a backyard. A child playing outdoors is invited to think about the tiny arachnid’s sensory world and the difficulties it faces in staying alive. The book presents events from the spider’s perspective, with watercolor art illustrating that viewpoint. Back matter adds further material to the account of this small backyard animal.Five to NineLexile Text Measure AD560LATOS Book Level 5.5On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
A Walk in the WoodsNikki GrimesA week after his father dies, a Black boy finds a map in an envelope his father left behind. It marks a place in the woods they had shared. Though reluctant to go there alone, he follows the route and encounters wildlife, a fireplace remnant, and a box containing his father’s animal drawings and poems. A note invites him to choose whether to finish the stories and to make his own.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details