Kids Book Index
Joyce Hesselberth
Sam, a cat, makes a nighttime trip through her neighborhood. Maps, diagrams, and charts trace where she goes and present her route from differing points of view. Alongside the story of Sam’s walk, the book shows that maps can represent places ranging from streets and subway lines to cities and countries, and can help explain where things are and how to travel between them.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
I Walk with Vanessa: A Story about a Simple Act of KindnessKerascoëtIn this wordless story, a young schoolgirl sees a new classmate being bullied and does not initially know how to help. She later chooses to become an ally to the girl, Vanessa. Ink and watercolor illustrations tell the story without text, showing one child’s response to another child’s mistreatment. Back matter addresses bullying for children and adults, extending the book’s focus on noticing harm and taking a supportive action.Under FiveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Assassination of Brangwain SpurgeM.T. Anderson & Eugene Yelchin, art…Elfin historian Brangwain Spurge is sent across the mountains into goblin territory to deliver a valuable peace offering to a mysterious dark lord and to spy on the goblin kingdom. No elf has returned from there alive in more than a century. A goblin and an elf must set aside their differences to protect their kingdoms. Their alternating viewpoints unfold through text and drawings.All readersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Mary Who Wrote FrankensteinLinda BaileyMary Who Wrote Frankenstein tells the story of Mary Shelley, the young writer whose creation became Frankenstein. It looks at the birth of the novel and its famous monster, with moody, gothic illustrations bringing the work to life. The book connects Shelley’s life as a girl to the making of a landmark work of imaginative literature, published two hundred years before this book’s release.All readersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details