Kids Book Index
Joy Hakim
In the second volume of the Discovering Life’s Story series by best-selling author Joy Hakim, the theory of evolution takes hold—transforming ideas about survival, extinction, and life itself.
Planting Hope: A Portrait of Photographer Sebastião SalgadoPhilip HoelzelA 2024 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book A gorgeously illustrated picture book biography about Brazilian photojournalist, humanitarian, and environmental advocate Sebastião Salgado.As a young boy, Sebastião Salgado loved exploring his parents’ farm in the forests of Brazil, always dreaming of what might lie beyond his view.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
LookGabi Snyder, illustrated by Samantha CotterillA lyrical picture book that encourages children to look closely at the natural world and notice the patterns and details around them.Ages 02–04Fountas & Pinnell KOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Dust SpellsAndrea LynnEver since the dust storms arrived and turned her world upside down, ambitious Stella Fischer spends her mornings hiding moonshine in laundry stacks for delivery before returning home to help her sisters—Lavinia and Mattie—run their family home turned boarding house, hoping to make enough money to finally escape to Hollywood.Fourteen and OlderOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details