Kids Book Index
Buffy Silverman
As evening arrives, animal sounds form a nighttime orchestra. A wood thrush begins with a flute-like song from a tree near a lake, and other creatures follow: a woodpecker drums, a wood duck has an oboe-like call, and a bullfrog supplies deep tuba-like notes. Close-up photographs accompany each animal musician. A concluding feature introduces the animals and provides additional information about them.
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Climbing the Volcano: A Journey in HaikuCurtis ManleyA child recounts a family climb of Oregon’s dormant South Sister volcano in haiku. Beginning at sunrise near their campground, the family walks through forest and notices mosquitoes, tiny toads, hikers, a marmot, butterflies, and birds of prey. Higher up, snow, bobcat tracks, lava domes, and loose cinders mark the route. Reaching the summit brings a wide view before the family descends over the snowfield, rests by a lake, and returns through the woods.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The City Sings Green: And Other Poems About Welcoming WildlifeErica SilvermanPoems and brief nonfiction pieces introduce eleven environmental restoration projects that make room for wildlife in cities and other populated places. The book visits Toronto’s new green spaces and urban forests, a penguin crossing in New Zealand, Oslo rooftop stops for honeybees, rewilding efforts in Singapore, and a Los Angeles schoolyard restored with native plants. These projects bring back or support animals including ravens, penguins, pollinators, otters, and a burrowing owl. End matter provides resources on each project and ideas for learning about local issues and taking action.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Poetry ComicsGrant SniderThis collection presents original poems in comic form, organized around the seasons. Short pieces consider familiar experiences including new shoes, falling leaves, swimming, returning to school, and snow. Other poems explore nature, ways of seeing the world, friendship, confidence, and being a young writer. Two children recur in the panel illustrations as the poems move through small pleasures, observations, questions, and reflection. The book also includes poems about writing poetry and revising a draft after returning to it later.PoetryLexile Text Measure NP0LATOS Book Level 0.1On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details