Kids Book Index
Jonah Winter
Oil traces the Exxon Valdez spill from the moment oil is brought up from deep underground, sent through pipelines, and loaded onto a ship. When the vessel strikes a reef, oil spreads across miles of ocean, coating rocks and animals. The picture book considers the spill’s lasting harm to people, wildlife, and the environment.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 2 editions from 2 organizations.
Big Papa and the Time MachineDaniel BernstromA boy does not want to go to school, so his grandfather, Big Papa, takes him on a ride in his “time machine,” a 1952 Ford. As they travel, Big Papa shares memories of times when he was frightened and faced what life brought him. His stories draw on African American history during his lifetime, while the boy listens to a grandfather whose family stories and experience help him face his own fear.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
LiftMinh LêIris loves pressing elevator buttons, but becomes angry when her little brother beats her to the task. After finding a discarded elevator button, she tapes it beside her closet door and discovers that it can open extraordinary places, beginning with a jungle. She initially wants the adventures to herself. Later, when her brother cries at bedtime, she comforts him and then brings him along on a new adventure.Under FiveLexile Text Measure 390LATOS Book Level 1.3On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
On the HorizonLois LowryThis poetry collection brings together personal memory and global history during and after World War II. It begins with the author’s childhood recollections of Honolulu in the early 1940s, alongside poems honoring people stationed on the USS Arizona when Pearl Harbor was attacked. A later section turns to Hiroshima, offering glimpses of lives lost or changed by the bombing and introducing Koichi Seii, a boy who experienced the blast from miles away. The final section returns to postwar Tokyo, where Lowry and Koichi are both living.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure HL580LATOS Book Level 4.2On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details