Kids Book Index
Kristen Balouch, illustrated by Kristen Balouch
In this autobiographical picture book, Kristen Balouch recounts a childhood trip to British Columbia with her family and their dog. They join a crew replanting trees at a logging site after trees have been cut down. The family lives in a tent for forty days, working each day to plant a new forest. Their work eventually totals one million trees.
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Over in the MangrovesJyoti Rajan Gopal, illustrated by Dikshaa PawaskarInspired by a classic nursery rhyme, this counting story introduces ten animals living in the Sundarbans mangrove forest. From dawn onward, the animals are shown within the same swampy environment, revealing connections among them. As a storm approaches, they seek shelter. The book combines numbered animal encounters with a mangrove setting and weather-driven movement, ending when the storm sends the animals under cover.Ages 05–07Lexile Text Measure 631LATOS Book Level 4.1On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
365: How to Count a YearMiranda Paul, illustrated by Julien ChungThis concept picture book considers a year through many numerical measures. It includes familiar units such as days, weeks, months, hours, minutes, and seconds, then shifts to everyday examples such as good mornings, movie nights, calendar backgrounds, and a birthday wish. The range moves from straightforward counting to sillier and messier moments. Readers are invited to imagine their own ways of representing one year through numbers and experiences.Ages 05–07On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Toes, Teeth, and Tentacles: A Curious Counting BookSteve Jenkins, Robin PageThis nonfiction counting book uses unusual animal and insect body features to explore numbers in nature. It moves from one through ten, pairing each number with creature characteristics such as ears, hearts, teeth, eyes, spines, and tentacles. Examples include the praying mantis’s single ear and a nautilus with ninety retractable tentacles. Later pages extend to larger numbers, and a visual index provides further details about each animal’s size, range, and diet.Science, Technology, and the Natural WorldOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details