Kids Book Index
the Sea by Muon Van
In a remote village, a woman stays with her baby and waits for her fisherman husband to return after a storm. The story moves from the wider world toward the comfort of home, focusing on the family’s separation and hoped-for reunion. Detailed digitally colored-pencil illustrations accompany the woman’s wait as dangerous weather keeps her husband away from the village.
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When the Wind BlowsStacy ClarkThis book follows the many effects and uses of wind. Wind shapes clouds, lifts kites, fills sails, and turns windmills that generate power. It also appears in larger systems, supplying energy for cities, railroads, and factories. Poetic text and illustrations present wind as a force that can move objects, influence the sky, and produce usable power in a range of settings.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Sunday ShoppingSally DerbyEvery Sunday evening, Evie and her grandmother share a special ritual: they look through newspaper advertisements and imagine a shopping trip together. Their make-believe outing becomes a shopping spree without leaving home. The story follows their regular time together, combining a grandmother-grandchild relationship with pretend play and shopping, and uses bold mixed-media illustrations.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Ira’s Shakespeare DreamGlenda ArmandThis biography follows Ira Aldridge’s determination to perform Shakespeare in the early nineteenth century, when racism made that ambition difficult for a young African American man. Although his father encouraged him to become a minister, Ira left on a cargo ship and narrowly escaped being sold into slavery. In England, he worked in theaters, ran errands, served as an understudy, and studied acting. By the 1840s, he had become a celebrated Shakespearean actor in Europe. He also spoke against U.S. slavery and urged audiences to support abolitionists.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details