Kids Book Index
Elizabeth Haidle
A guide to drawing that considers what happens after someone picks up a pencil, from scribbling and sketching to starting again after disappointment. It includes art exercises and encourages experimentation, creative freedom, and unexpected mistakes. Readers need only a drawing surface, a tool, a dot, and a line to begin. The visuals use a range of artistic media.
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When Sally O’Malley Discovered the SeaKaren CushmanIn the summer of 1894, orphan Sally O’Malley leaves her job at a mineral-spring hotel in central Oregon and heads west toward the sea. She travels alone at first, meeting a dangerous bobcat on her first day. Sally believes she has no need for anyone, but along the way she encounters a woman called Major, an old donkey, a dog, and a child. Her journey also challenges her ability to trust other people.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Innovative Octopuses, Half-Brained Birds, and More Animals with Magnificent Minds (Extraordinary Animal series)Christina CouchA look at how animal brains work and what they can do, featuring six species and the scientists who study them. The book includes goldfish that drive a small vehicle for treats, octopuses that use their arms to probe, taste, and make decisions, and squirrels that use memory techniques to locate stored nuts. It also considers brain connections to aging, sleep, emotions, communication, and innovation, with activities and science vocabulary.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Earhart: The Incredible Flight of a Field Mouse Around the World (Mouse Adventures series)Torben Kuhlmann, translated from German by David Henry WilsonA field mouse sees an image of a lion and wants to travel to Africa to learn whether these animals exist. Although the other mice see the garden as the limit of their world, she uses her engineering ability and an aviator mouse’s help to take flight. Her journey is linked to Amelia Earhart’s aviation story. Back matter covers Earhart’s life, her final flight, related myths, and other round-the-world flights.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details