Kids Book Index
Dav Pilkey, illustrated by Dav Pilkey
Cat Kid Comic Club #3: On Purpose belongs to Dav Pilkey’s Cat Kid Comic Club, a children’s graphic-novel series he writes and illustrates. The series grew out of Dog Man. Dog Man, in turn, developed from the Captain Underpants books, placing this volume within a connected sequence of Pilkey series.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Animal BFFsSophie Corrigan, illustrated by Sophie CorriganAnimal BFFs looks at best friendships in the animal world. It describes animal companions who are there for one another in hard times and good ones alike. These pairs help each other in the familiar ways friends do, presenting animals as having close, dependable bonds. The book follows The Not Bad Animals and focuses on what it means for animals to have a best friend in their lives and relationships.Kids Favorites — 3rd–5th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Breaking Through the Clouds: The Sometimes Turbulent Life of Meteorologist Joanne SimpsonSandra Nickel, illustrated by Helena Perez GarciaThis picture-book biography follows meteorologist Joanne Simpson, whose discoveries helped explain how weather works. As a child, she sailed beneath the clouds of Cape Cod; later, as a pilot, she flew her plane high among them. During World War II, after moving to the University of Chicago, she was asked to teach Air Force officers about clouds and weather-changing winds.Kids Favorites — 3rd–5th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Hispanic Star: Celia CruzClaudia Romo Edelman, William AlexanderThis biography follows Celia Cruz from her childhood in Havana, Cuba, where she loved singing, to a prominent career in salsa. It traces her work with Sonora Matancera and the Fania All-Stars, alongside the growth of salsa, a genre rooted in Afro-Cuban musical styles. Across more than six decades and seventy albums, Cruz's career and musical influence form the focus of the book.Kids Favorites — 3rd–5th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details