Kids Book Index
David Lubar
While visiting his grandparents with his cousin Sarah, Alex develops terrible red, itchy hives. He already has many allergies, but an unexpected allergy to ghosts gives him an unusual way to approach a small-town mystery. Alex’s condition, his family visit, and the mystery all become part of this story’s supernatural premise.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Chester Raccoon and the Almost Perfect SleepoverAudrey PennChester Raccoon attends his first sleepover and spends the day playing games with friends. When bedtime arrives, he feels his mother’s love through the Kissing Hand but still misses home. Chester leaves the sleepover and returns to his mother, who tells him that she missed him too and that he came home at the right time. The story follows a first overnight gathering shaped by homesickness and reassurance.Five to NineLexile Text Measure AD620LATOS Book Level 3.8On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food RemixJacqueline Briggs Martin, June Jo LeeThis biography follows Roy Choi from his childhood helping at his family’s restaurant to his search for a place and purpose in cooking. Born in Seoul and raised in Los Angeles, he draws on Korean food, city life, and culinary training. After working as a chef, Choi and a friend open the Kogi barbecue-taco truck. The account also covers his cafés in struggling neighborhoods and his work teaching children to prepare and sell food.Five to NineLexile Text Measure 710LATOS Book Level 4On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Give Bees a ChanceBethany Barton, illustrated by Bethany BartonGive Bees a Chance considers why bees matter and invites a character named Edgar to rethink his response to them. Facts about bees appear alongside exuberant watercolors, comic-style cartoons, and poster-like text. The book presents bees as an endangered species and addresses the common impulse to run away from them, while focusing on the role they play in sweetening the world.Five to NineLexile Text Measure AD590LATOS Book Level 3.6On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details