Kids Book Index
James Pierpont
This is an illustrated version of the Christmas song “Jingle Bells.” A father rabbit rides a sleigh loaded with gifts through a wintry countryside while his bunny children wait for him at home. Watercolor and ink artwork accompanies the song’s lyrics. The book joins the familiar wintertime carol to a rabbit family’s Christmas scene, with a journey through snow and a homecoming for the waiting children.
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Around the World in a Bathtub: Bathing All over the GlobeWade BradfordAround the World in a Bathtub explores how children bathe in different countries and cultures. It includes settings such as a Turkish hammam and a maqii on the Alaskan tundra, while showing that bath time is a shared nightly ritual with many forms. Adults urge children toward the bath as children resist, with words appearing in English, Japanese, Hindi, and other languages. Mixed-media collage illustrations accompany descriptions of bathing customs.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer CodeLaurie WallmarkA picture-book biography of Grace Hopper, the Navy admiral and computer-programming pioneer. It traces the work of a woman whose ideas transformed computer science and notes the nickname “Amazing Grace.” The book includes humorous illustrations, a timeline, a bibliography, and a list of Hopper’s honors, placing her career and contributions in the history of computing.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
John Deere, That’s WhoTracy Nelson MaurerThis biography introduces John Deere as a young Vermont blacksmith in the 1830s. After moving to Illinois, he encountered farmers struggling to work the region’s heavy soil. Deere developed a lightweight steel plow that cut through it quickly and easily. Customers called the tool the “singing plow.” The invention changed farming from work focused on feeding one family into a business. The book includes a glossary, fact page, and bibliography.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details