Kids Book Index
Ruth Symons, illustrated by Gail Armstrong
This paper-cut book brings anatomy to life! Paper World: Human Body uses ingenious paper cut-outs to reveal the wonders of the human body, from taking a closer look at the inner workings of your brain to following the journey of a single bite of food through the intestinal track.
Extra Life: The Astonishing Story of How We Doubled Our Lifespan (Young Readers Adaptation)Steven JohnsonSharing stories of real-life scientific discoveries over the last 100 years, the author explains how specific innovations and advancements, such as vaccines, contributed to the lengthening of our life span.Winning TitlesOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Masked Hero: How Wu Lien-teh Invented the Mask That Ended an EpidemicDr. Shan Woo Liu, Kaili Liu GormleyWu Lien-teh, defeater of the Manchurian plague—in a story authored by his great-granddaughter, an emergency physician who relied on his life-saving invention during a pandemic a century later.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Queen of Leaves: The Story of Botanist Ynes MexiaStephen Briseño, illustrated by Isabel MuñozThe wax palm knows what it's like to defy the odds. Ynes Mexia knew it too. QUEEN OF LEAVES tells the true story of Ynes Mexia, the inspiring and fearless Mexican-American adventurer-botanist, and her quest to find the mysterious wax palm tree.Winning TitlesOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details