Kids Book Index
Jacqueline Véissid
Ruby races after her two older brothers but cannot catch up with them. After finding sticks in the grass, she imagines her surroundings as a kingdom and treats the sticks as swords. She shares two of them with her brothers, yet they still refuse to let her join their play. Rain arrives later in the book, alongside watercolor, pencil, and digital illustrations.
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Moon! Earth’s Best FriendStacy McAnultyTold from the Moon’s own perspective, this nonfiction picture book covers the Moon’s formation, history, and relationship with Earth. The Moon introduces itself as it describes why it is connected to Earth. Whimsical digital colored-pencil illustrations accompany this account of a familiar object in space and its long history.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Big Little ThingBeatrice Alemagna, illustrated by Beatrice AlemagnaAn unnamed presence moves through city streets, brushing past people and catching them unprepared. As it travels among passersby, its identity remains a riddle before it is named as happiness. The book connects that presence with small moments in everyday life. Mixed-media images depict different people encountering the subject, and the oversized format gives those encounters a prominent visual presence.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Samuel Morse, That’s Who!Tracy Nelson MaurerThis picture-book biography follows Samuel Morse from his early ambition to become a painter to his development of an electricity-based messaging system. It explains the change in his work and how that system transformed modern communication. The jacket’s reverse side includes the code associated with Morse’s invention, while illustrations accompany the account of his work.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details