Kids Book Index
Kobi Yamada
A boy forms a friendship with an elderly gardener whose lifelong work has transformed barren land into a thriving natural place. Their relationship centers on care, effort, and the possibility that one person’s actions can matter. As the boy observes the gardener’s devotion, the story considers helping, nurturing the world, and the changes that can grow from attention and kindness.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
Here Is a Book: A Picture BookElisha Cooper, illustrated by Elisha CooperThis picture book traces how a book reaches a reader. It begins with an artist working with sketches, drafts, watercolor, and imagination, then moves through editing and design in a publisher’s office. At a printer, paper, ink, glue, and time turn the work into a physical book. The finished copies travel to a school, library, and home, ending with a child and a blank sketchbook page ready for another story.The ArtsOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Zip Zap Wickety Wack: A Story About SharingMatthew Diffee, illustrated by Matthew DiffeeA sheep says “baa,” but a goat insists that the sound belongs to it, starting a dispute among farm animals over which sounds are theirs. Sheep and Goat try out increasingly unusual alternatives as the argument grows. An alien also enters the clash over sounds. The story eventually reaches a comic compromise about sharing, using animal noises as the source of its conflict and humor.Birth–PreschoolATOS Book Level 2.1AR Interest Level LG K-3On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Chicken PredicamentMary Rand Hess and Randy Preston, illustrated by Marilena PerilliWhen the classroom hen Lady Cluckery disappears, Preston’s class must locate her before the school day ends for the weekend. The students divide into groups to search while also caring for her eggs until they hatch. They eventually discover Lady Cluckery in the costume closet and bring her back. She returns in time for the arrival of three chicks: Hatch, Chirp, and Peep.Kids Favorites — 3rd–5th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details