Kids Book Index
Sangma Francis, illustrated by Lisk Feng
This book examines Mount Everest beyond the people who try to climb it. It covers the mountain’s cultural and religious importance, the environment around it, and attempts to reach its summit from the 1920s onward. Myths, stories, and scientific details accompany a route from base camp toward the world’s highest peak, including the legacy of climbers Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
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Mama Dug a Little DenJennifer Ward, illustrated by Steve JenkinsMama Dug a Little Den looks inside animal dens and other kinds of animal homes. It considers the mothers that make these places safe for their young and asks who may be concealed within them. Poetry is paired with factual material about the different homes animals use, while colorful illustrations accompany the exploration of these sheltered spaces.Winning TitlesLexile Text Measure AD1010LATOS Book Level 5.1On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Flow, Spin, GrowPatchen Barss, illustrated by Todd StewartFlow, Spin, Grow introduces patterns and shapes found in nature and in the surrounding world. It points to forms that branch, spiral, or spin, encouraging attention to structures that may otherwise remain unnoticed. The book connects these recurring natural patterns with deeper, unexpected relationships between the shapes and processes people can observe around them.Winning TitlesOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
ExoplanetsSeymour SimonExoplanets investigates worlds beyond Earth’s solar system, including the thousands known to be spread through the Milky Way. It considers what may make an exoplanet habitable and describes scientists’ ongoing search for a planet resembling Earth. The book also examines efforts to find new life and takes up the question of whether aliens exist. An author’s note, glossary, and index accompany the discussion of these distant planets.Winning TitlesOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details