Kids Book Index
David FitzSimmons
Twenty ocean animals are shown in photographs that emphasize close detail throughout a photographic collection. The animals inhabit North American ocean waters, including the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and the Gulf of Mexico. Each animal is given a unique account, and the book also provides back matter. It combines views of familiar marine animals with attention to their distinctive features.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior and Defender of His PeopleS.D. Nelson, illustrated by S.D. NelsonTold in a fictionalized first-person voice, this account depicts the life of Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull. It contrasts his early life and Lakota traditions with the disruption caused by United States troops. Sitting Bull becomes a warrior and leader who works to protect his people and resists government efforts to move the Lakota and Sioux onto reservations. The narrative also addresses broken promises, treaty rights, and the consequences of government pressure on his people.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Moonpenny IslandTricia SpringstubbOn a small Lake Erie island, Flor faces two painful changes at once: her best friend Sylvie leaves for private school, and Flor’s mother goes away to care for an ill grandmother. Flor suspects her mother’s departure also reflects the fighting between her parents. Money is tight, and Flor considers her mother’s isolation as the island’s only Spanish-speaker and non-white resident. As her older sister becomes distant, Flor finds distraction in the arrival of Dr. Fife and his daughter Jasper, who study trilobites.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
CurrentsJane Petrlik SmolikIn 1854, eleven-year-old Bones is enslaved on a Virginia plantation. After finding her own name in a slave record, she tears out the entry and puts it into a bottle with a carved peach-pit heart made by her long-lost father. The bottle travels across the ocean and reaches two young girls, including Lady Bess Kent and her sister on the Isle of Wight. Its journey connects three girls living different lives.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details