Kids Book Index
Jane Porter
Professor Olaf Owl leads an Owl School in this fact-filled picture book, using ten lessons to explain what being an owl involves. The lessons cover hooting, hunting, camouflage, and seeing in darkness, with humorous illustrations throughout. Additional material at the end extends the book’s exploration of owl life and behavior.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Jayden’s Impossible GardenMélina MangalJayden notices nature throughout his city neighborhood, from squirrels searching for food to cardinals calling and dandelions growing. Some people in his African-American community doubt that nature can exist in the city. With an older friend who uses a wheelchair, Jayden demonstrates otherwise. Together they bring a garden into the neighborhood. The book includes additional activities about its urban-nature subject.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Sea Lions in the Parking Lot: Animals on the Move in a Time of PandemicLenora TodaroDuring the COVID pandemic, animals moved into spaces usually occupied by people. The book looks at these shifts in animal movement and includes realistic, amusing illustrations. Back matter addresses habitats and ecosystems, connecting the animals’ movements to the places where they live. Its subject combines wildlife activity with the changes in human spaces during the pandemic.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Someone Builds the DreamLisa WheelerThis rhyming picture book looks beyond big ideas to the people who make them real. It follows plans for a house, bridge, fountain, wind turbine, amusement park, and book, showing workers who tighten bolts, operate cranes, drive machines, set text, run presses, and load paper. Architects, artists, engineers, authors, and illustrators appear alongside the many other workers whose labor brings each project into being.Five to NineLexile Text Measure AD610LATOS Book Level 4On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details