Kids Book Index
Patricia McCormick
The inspiring true story of Reckless, the brave little horse who became a Marine. When a group of US Marines fighting in the Korean War found a bedraggled mare, they wondered if she could be trained to as a packhorse.
Pattan’s Pumpkin: A Traditional Flood Story from Southern IndiaChitra SoundarA vibrant variation on the traditional flood myth from the Irular tribe in Southern India.When Pattan finds a yellow-flower vine wilting in his valley, he replants and cares for it, watching as a pumpkin appears and grows taller than the goats, taller than the elephants, as tall as the very mountains.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Great American Foot Race: Ballyhoo for the Bunion Derby!Andrew SpenoThis accessible and thoroughly researched nonfiction debut introduces young readers to a fascinating, little-known event—the Transcontinental Foot Race, which came to be known as the Bunion Derby.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the WorldChelsea ClintonChelsea Clinton introduces tiny feminists, mini activists and little kids who are ready to take on the world to thirteen inspirational women who never took no for an answer, and who always, inevitably and without fail, persisted.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details