Kids Book Index
Bethany Barton, illustrated by Bethany Barton
Give 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.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Niko Draws a FeelingBob RaczkaNiko makes abstract drawings based on what he notices in the world around him. Rather than depicting an ice-cream truck or a bird’s nest directly, his pictures express sounds, effort, action, and feeling. His family and friends do not understand the work, and Niko worries that no one ever will. When Iris, a new neighbor, looks carefully at the pictures, she recognizes a feeling of sadness after moving and becomes a friend who understands him.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
We Are ShiningGwendolyn BrooksThis picture book presents a poem addressed to children around the world. It celebrates the beauty of the world and the many different people within it, centering shared humanity, acceptance, and diversity. Watercolor illustrations accompany the poem’s vision of a future in which every child has the chance to shine and where hope remains possible.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Good Night, PlanetLiniersWhen a child owner falls asleep, a toy and a dog begin their nighttime activities. The story asks what they do while the child is sleeping and follows their secret adventures after dark. It centers on the imagined life of familiar companions once the household is asleep, pairing the toy and dog in a world that remains hidden from their owner.Five to NineLexile Text Measure 290LATOS Book Level 2.2On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details