Kids Book Index
Floyd Cooper, illustrated by Floyd Cooper
Mazie feels frustrated by the limits on her freedom. Her father responds by teaching her about their ancestors and the day those ancestors gained freedom. As she learns this family history, Mazie prepares to honor that day. The story connects a child’s feelings about freedom with her father’s account of the past and a commemoration rooted in her ancestors’ experience.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
High Tide for Horseshoe CrabsLisa Kahn Schnell, illustrated by Alan MarksEach 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.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Sports (Fiction) My New Team (Little Rhino series)Ryan Howard, Krystle HowardAfter school, Little Rhino finishes his homework, takes his bat and glove, and practices baseball in the backyard with Grandpa James. He especially enjoys imagining himself as a Major League home-run hitter. Then Grandpa James enrolls him in a baseball league. Baseball and a supportive coach also help address bullying. Black-and-white illustrations accompany Little Rhino’s experience with his new team.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Ketzel, the Cat Who ComposedLesléa NewmanComposer Moshe Cotel hears a sad kitten in the city and brings her home, naming her Ketzel. Ketzel listens as Moshe works, but he struggles to write a piece for a sixty-second composition competition. When the kitten walks across the piano keys, Moshe hears a short composition with a beginning, middle, and end. He enters the piece under Ketzel’s name, and it receives special mention before later being performed publicly.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details