Kids Book Index
Petra Postert
A boy explains to his father why he must keep the apparently ordinary things in his pockets: a stone, a key, and a button. Each object prompts an invented account of how it came to him and why it matters. As his father considers throwing the treasures away, the boy’s imaginative stories argue for holding on to every one.
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Terrific TonguesMaria GianferrariThis nonfiction book looks at tongues across many kinds of animals. It explains that varying tongue shapes allow creatures to perform different tasks and considers the surprising ways animals use tongues for survival. Colorful digital illustrations and back matter accompany the exploration of this animal anatomy and behavior in the animal world.Five to NineLexile Text Measure AD600LATOS Book Level 4.2On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Be a City Nature Detective: Solving the Mysteries of How Plants and Animals Survive in the Urban Jungle (Wilderness Detective series)Peggy Kochanoff, illustrated by Peggy KochanoffThis illustrated guide investigates nature questions that arise in cities, including how bedbugs enter homes, why some gray squirrels are black, and whether goldenrod causes hay fever. Its questions and answers explain how urban plants and animals survive, including bedbugs, rats, and dandelions. Naturalist and artist Peggy Kochanoff provides the guide, which also includes realistic color illustrations and back matter.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
If Polar Bears DisappearedLily Williams, illustrated by Lily WilliamsThis book examines a far-northern ecosystem inhabited by many kinds of animals. It considers what occurs when Arctic ice melts and traces the resulting changes through animals, plants, and their environment. Global warming is presented as affecting the ecosystem as a whole, rather than polar bears alone. Color illustrations accompany the information about this cold northern habitat and its changing conditions.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details