Kids Book Index
Ben Clanton, Andy Chou Musser
Ploof is a cloud with a strong personality and a desire for friendship. Through playful interactions, the book invites children to engage directly with Ploof as the cloud discovers a new companion. The story makes the reader’s participation part of Ploof’s experience, turning a lonely cloud’s search for connection into an interactive encounter built around play, emotion, and friendship.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
In BetweenApril Pulley Sayre with Jeff SayreThrough poems and close-up photographs, this book looks at animals in awkward, uncertain stages of growth. Some are eager to explore but still stay near their mothers. Others have changed from one form but are not yet ready for the next, like a former tadpole that has not begun leaping onto land. The book focuses on patience during these in-between periods.Birth–PreschoolOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
CELEBRATIONSBrook Sitgraves TurnerPhotographs of real families introduce young children to the different ways people celebrate, practice their beliefs, and mark important moments together. Brook Sitgraves Turner's board book includes religious holidays, cultural traditions, and everyday milestones, helping readers notice both familiar customs and experiences unlike their own. Rhythmic text offers words for talking about these occasions, while a glossary and discussion questions give families ways to continue the conversation. The focus is on the people taking part and the variety of traditions that bring them together.Birth–PreschoolOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
RAFA COUNTS ON PAPÁJoe Cepeda, illustrated by Joe CepedaRafa and his papá spend time counting and measuring together. Their questions range from the height of a dog’s jump to the size of a sandwich. As they explore things that can be measured, Rafa also considers a different question: how love might be measured. The story centers on a father and son sharing everyday activities, numbers, comparison, and affection.Birth–PreschoolOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details