Kids Book Index
JiHyeon Lee
This wordless book begins at a busy pool, where two shy children meet amid the crowd. A boy who feels overwhelmed above the water enters an underwater realm shaped by discovery and imagination. The children’s encounter becomes an underwater adventure, with quiet moments and unexpected meetings. Pastel-toned artwork carries the action from the crowded pool into the world below its surface.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
The Most Amazing Creature in the SeaBrenda Z.This book asks readers to compare sea creatures through unusual traits. It considers an animal with powerful venom, another known for deep diving, one with blue blood, and one with rotating eyes. Rather than naming a single winner at the outset, it frames the question of which ocean creature is the greatest through these different abilities and features. The focus is on the varied qualities found among animals in the sea.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights MovementCarole Boston WeatherfordThis nonfiction book tells Fannie Lou Hamer’s life in poems, using a first-person voice. It traces her path from working in Mississippi cotton fields as a child in a sharecropping family to becoming a civil rights activist and politician. The poems address her efforts to secure voting rights and political representation for African Americans in Mississippi and across the United States. Direct quotations from Hamer appear within the poems, and the book also includes an author’s note, a timeline, and source notes.All readersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Primate SchoolJennifer Keats CurtisPrimate School describes primates in captivity and the adaptive behaviors they learn while using technology and interacting with people. Color photographs accompany informative text about these animals. Examples include gorillas using iPads, lemurs making finger paintings, and squirrel monkeys playing with bubbles. Framed around the idea of a school, the book considers the different activities and learned behaviors of captive primates.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details