Kids Book Index
Kurt Cyrus, illustrated by Kurt Cyrus
Billions of Bricks follows a construction crew through a day of building with bricks. The story uses counting to frame the crew’s construction work, with rhyming text accompanying the activity. Tools, hard hats, bricks, and a workday on a building project provide the setting for this counting-focused construction adventure.
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The Animals Would Not SleepSara Levine, illustrated by Marta Álvarez MiguénsIt is bedtime for Marco, but his stuffed animals refuse to stay where he puts them. Marco needs to sort the animals before he can settle down for the night. The story follows his effort to organize the toys as they resist his plans, joining a familiar bedtime situation with sorting. Marco’s stuffed-animal companions and their refusal to cooperate drive the book’s simple problem.Grades K–2Lexile Text Measure AD540LATOS Book Level 3.6On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Counting the Stars, The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA MathematicianLesa Cline-Ransome, illustrated by Raúl ColónCounting the Stars tells the story of Katherine Johnson and the female mathematicians known as human computers. Before John Glenn orbited Earth and astronauts reached the moon, these women used pencils, adding machines, and paper to calculate the orbital mechanics required to launch spacecraft. The book traces Johnson’s early love of mathematics and her work supporting NASA missions, including calculations connected with mission safety.Grades K–2On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Bird CountSusan Edwards Richmond, illustrated by Stephanie Fizer ColemanA girl and her mother take part in the annual Christmas Bird Count with a team of community scientists. Asked to record the tally, the girl identifies and counts birds along their route using her eyes and ears. The group follows rules intended to avoid duplicate counts, and the teams' results are later combined. The book follows bird observation, careful counting, and collective fieldwork.Picture Books for School-Age ChildrenLexile Text Measure 550LATOS Book Level 3On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details