Kids Book Index
Deborah Kerbel
We now call this substance insulin, and its lifesaving discovery was an impactful milestone in medical science. Banting and his assistant, Charles Best, worked together in a small lab to test the theory with street dogs.
A Life Electric: The Story of Nikola TeslaAzadeh WestergaardBut before working with electricity, he was a child who loved playing with the animals on his family's farm in Serbia. An inventor since childhood, Tesla's patents encompassed everything from radar and remote-control technology to wireless communications.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
FungariumDavid L. Hawksworth, Laura M. Suz, Pepijn W. Kooij, Kare Liimatainen, Tom Prescott, Lee Davies, Ester GayaDiscover the hidden world of fungi and their crucial role in our ecosystem.Twelve to FourteenWord count 10096On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Hear My Voice / Escucha mi voz: The Testimonies of Children Detained at the Southern Border of the United StatesWarren Binford for Project AmplifyThe moving stories of children in migration—in their own words. "In Spanish and in English, a devastating first-person account of children’s experiences in detention at the southern U.S. border....Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details