Kids Book Index
Yimei Wang
During Chinese New Year, Grandma brings home a rooster intended for the family’s soup. Her granddaughter Xiaoyue meets the bird and asks to keep it as a pet instead. Xiaoyue learns that the rooster has a positive effect on other people and saves him from being made into soup. Watercolor illustrations depict the holiday setting and the family’s encounter with the rooster.
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Max & Mo’s Science Fair Surprise (Max & Mo series)Patricia LakinPatricia Lakin’s Max & Mo’s Science Fair Surprise asks whether hamsters can work out how to grow bean sprouts. It provides instructions for raising plants from seeds. Ink-and-watercolor artwork is part of the book. The book title identifies Max and Mo and a science fair, while the text combines the hamsters’ bean-sprout question with directions for growing plants from seed.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Mother Jones and Her Army of Mill ChildrenJonah WinterMother Jones tells the story of her 1903 protest march with child laborers. Led by a determined woman seeking change, the march challenges child labor and places young workers at its center. Watercolor illustrations portray Mother Jones, the children, and the period. The book also includes a bibliography, an author’s note, and endpapers featuring quotations.Five to NineLexile Text Measure NC990LATOS Book Level 6.6On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a NeighborhoodTony HilleryIn New York City, an empty lot full of trash sits across from P.S. 175. Tony Hillery, a volunteer known to students as Mr. Tony, sees both a problem and a possibility. With children from the school and other community members, he leads the effort to turn the lot into the Harlem Grown community garden. His account includes an afterward about the project’s expansion to twelve Harlem sites and information on starting a garden anywhere.Five to NineLexile Text Measure AD540LATOS Book Level 2.4On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details