Kids Book Index
Heena Baek
Tong Tong discovers a jar of magical candies that allows him to hear voices usually hidden from him. After eating the candies, he can listen to people as well as objects around him. The new ability brings him into contact with truths he has not heard before, changing how he understands the world surrounding him.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 2 editions from 2 organizations.
The Night Is Deep and WideGillian SzeAs night settles over the natural world, a child makes the journey home beneath the moonlit sky. The book’s brief, repeated lullaby follows this quiet transition toward sleep, pairing the child’s return with the stillness of evening. High-contrast illustrations accompany the soothing text and its deep, dreamlike nighttime mood.All readersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Summertime Sleepers: Animals That EstivateMelissa StewartSummertime Sleepers introduces estivation, a prolonged period of sleep during hot or dry conditions. While hibernation occurs in winter, this book turns to animals that sleep during summer and explains what small creatures do in the year's hottest months. It contrasts these two seasonal patterns and focuses on a lesser-known way animals respond to hot, dry weather and changing conditions.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
No One Returns from the Enchanted ForestRobin RobinsonGoblin sisters Pella and Bix leave their underground home when it is threatened. They enter an enchanted forest in search of the Earth Mother, encountering tree trolls, water nymphs, and other creatures on the journey. One sister is shy while the other is adventurous, and the expedition also involves rescuing the adventurous sister. Told as a full-color graphic novel, the story follows the sisters through a magical world as they seek help for their imperiled home.All readersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details