Kids Book Index
Tim McCanna
Over the course of a year, friends and neighbors gather around a community garden. Plantings, insects, and other small creatures fill the garden as it grows with help from the people and the natural world around it. The book follows this shared outdoor space through seasonal change, with playful mixed-media artwork.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Knowing the Name of a BirdJane YolenThis poetic book considers birds, their names, and the reasons people use those names. Vivid illustrations accompany language that celebrates affection for birds regardless of what they are called. Its treatment of birds also proposes that understanding any living creature requires an effort to form a deep connection. That idea explicitly includes fellow humans as well as birds. The book brings naming, observation, and connection together through poetic language and images of birds.Under FiveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
A Stopwatch from GrampaLoretta GarbuttAt the start of summer, a child receives Grampa’s stopwatch after his death. The object brings back memories of the many things Grampa timed, from races and ice-cream eating to a caterpillar’s trip up a pant leg, but those memories are initially too painful. The child puts the stopwatch away in a sweater drawer as the seasons pass. When it is found again, the immediate hurt has eased, and it recalls warmer memories of time spent with a beloved grandparent. The story follows loss, remembrance, and gradual healing.Under FiveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
In a JarDeborah Marcero, illustrated by Deborah MarceroLlewellyn, a small white rabbit, collects leaves, feathers, stones, and other natural finds in jars. When he meets another collector, Evelyn, he begins gathering less tangible things as well, including sunsets, rainbows, and winter’s wonders, and shares them with her. Their collections turn ordinary natural objects and experiences into imaginative keepsakes. The story centers on the two rabbits’ growing connection and their delight in preserving what they notice around them.Under FiveLexile Text Measure AD580LATOS Book Level 3.8On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details