Kids Book Index
Dee Romito
Kiara attends Camp Firefly with the other members of Fort Builders, Inc. She is eager to enter the camp-wide CREATE contest, in which one team receives the chance to make something from scratch using its DIY skills. A blanket-fort contest becomes more intense when Kiara’s cabin and Caleb’s cabin both seek the CREATE award. Their rivalry puts their friendship in question.
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Harry versus the First 100 Days of SchoolEmily JenkinsHarry begins first grade worried that teachers may shout and that learning to read could be difficult. Across the school year's first hundred days, he encounters family circle, silent e, guinea pigs, and different ways to count to one hundred. The chapter book records his day-by-day classroom experiences as he works through initial nerves and discovers what school holds.Five to NineLexile Text Measure 600LATOS Book Level 3.9On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
A Song of FrutasMargarita EngleA girl visits her grandfather in Cuba, where he works as a pregonero, a singing street vendor. She helps him sell fruit as they walk through town, calling out names such as mango, limón, naranja, and piña. She also notices other vendors selling tamales, herbs, sweet potatoes, and candy, each with distinct names and songs. On New Year’s Eve, people buy twelve grapes apiece to make a wish for every month of the coming year.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Be a Tree!Maria GianferrariUsing playful poetic comparisons, this book connects features of trees with features of people. Spines are likened to trunks, skin to bark, and hearts to heartwood; both people and trees draw on air and sunlight. It also describes trees as social beings that share resources, relay information, offer shelter, and care for one another. Mixed-media artwork and back matter accompany the text.Five to NineWord Count 291On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details