Kids Book Index
Supriya Kelkar
A girl notices brown in many forms around her, including a mother bear, twisting roots, and a wild mustang. As she travels, she gathers reminders of the brown things she sees for a scrapbook intended for her new baby brother. The book celebrates brown across nature and people, with illustrations that represent many skin tones. Its focus is on recognizing the color’s many shades and meanings.
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The Chocolate KingMichael LeventhalIn 1630, Benjamin’s Jewish family flees Spain for France, carrying a hot-chocolate recipe and chocolate beans. Benjamin and his grandfather later help make chocolate more popular in seventeenth-century France and take part in its trade. The story traces their family’s journey alongside chocolate’s movement into a new country, with detailed color illustrations. The boy and his grandfather share this work.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Alaska Is for the Birds!: Fourteen Favorite Feathered FriendsSusan EwingFourteen birds found in Alaska are introduced in rhyming verse. The subjects include the tufted puffin and willow ptarmigan, alongside twelve other feathered residents of the state. Poems about each bird are paired with bold, colorful linocut illustrations. A glossary and additional information in the back matter extend the book’s look at these Alaskan birds. The result is a portrait of local wildlife told through short verse and print-based artwork.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
CavesNell Cross BeckermanCaves invites readers into hidden natural environments around the world. The book follows an exploration of their depths and mysteries, presenting caves as ecosystems shaped by the natural world. Illustrations depict caves in many places, while the journey centers on what might be found beyond an entrance and farther underground. The account frames entering a cave as an encounter with unfamiliar spaces, their concealed features, and the questions they raise about nature’s less visible habitats.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details