Kids Book Index
Lisa Kahn Schnell, illustrated by Alan Marks
Each spring, millions of horseshoe crabs come ashore on the beaches of Delaware Bay to lay eggs. This picture-book account follows that annual spawning and the ecosystem around it, including shorebirds and people on the beach. It also covers scientists and community participants who tag crabs and count the birds that gather during the event.
This book appears on 3 reading lists across 1 edition from 3 organizations.
New ShoesSusan Lynn MeyerElla Mae has worn hand-me-down footwear from her cousin, but the next pair is too tight. She is eager to get new shoes until a shop refuses to let her try them on because she is African American. Ella Mae and her cousin respond by devising a plan intended to improve the situation and address the obstacle around something she needs. Realistic oil paintings illustrate the story.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu YeboahLaurie Ann ThompsonThis biography follows Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, who grew up in Ghana with one functioning leg. Raised by a mother who emphasized what he could do, he learned to crawl, hop, fetch water, and climb trees. As a teenager, Emmanuel went to Accra to earn money for his family. After his mother died, he organized a 400-mile bicycle ride across Ghana to challenge assumptions about disability, and later continued disability-rights activism.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Holidays Jingle Bells: A Magical Cut-‐Paper EditionJames Lord PierpontThis edition of “Jingle Bells” turns the nineteenth-century song into a winter sleigh-ride book. Cut-paper shapes and black-and-white silhouettes form scenes across snowy ground, with each spread changing as the pages turn. The final pages open into a three-dimensional pop-up. James Lord Pierpont wrote the song for children performing at an 1857 Thanksgiving concert; it later became part of Christmas traditions.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details