Kids Book Index
Laurie Ellen Angus
Paddle Perch Climb examines how birds’ feet help them survive and adapt. It explains foot adaptations in simple terms and uses collage illustrations to show birds and their habitats. The book focuses on birds’ physical features, linking the form of their feet with the ways those features support life in different environments.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Perfectly Peculiar PlantsChris Thorogood, illustrated by Catell Ronca ThePerfectly Peculiar Plants surveys unusually shaped and behaving plants from around Earth. Its subjects include sea beans, cucumbers that squirt, baobab trees, and Venus fly traps. The book supplies unexpected facts about plants while drawing attention to their variety. Chris Thorogood wrote this 64-page book, published by words & pictures on September 20, 2018. It presents the plant world through examples chosen for their unusual features.Winning TitlesOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
IllumanatomyKate Davies, illustrated by Carnovsky TheIllumanatomy explores the human body with a special three-color lens and glasses that allow readers to view it in layers. The book examines the skeleton, muscles, organs, and blood vessels, moving from the head through the rest of the body. Its anatomy content uses the viewing tool to reveal bodily structures in detail and explain how the body works.Winning TitlesOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Water Land: Land and Water Forms Around the WorldChristy HaleDie-cut pages compare bodies of water with corresponding landforms, changing one into the other as pages turn. A lake becomes an island, a bay becomes a cape, and a gulf becomes a peninsula. The book labels forms such as straits, systems of lakes, isthmuses, and archipelagos. A multi-page foldout supplies brief definitions, examples from around the world, and a map locating some of them.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details