Kids Book Index
Jo Knowles
In a return to middle-grade fiction, master of perspectives Jo Knowles depicts a younger sibling struggling to maintain his everyday life when his older sister is in crisis.Noah is just trying to make it through seventh grade.
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Birds vs. Blades?: Offshore Wind Power and the Race to Protect SeabirdsRebecca E. HirschIt's a chilly winter evening. A northern gannet lets out a loud graaak. Swiftly and carefully, a scientist scoops the bird off the surface of the water into a net so that a team of experts can implant a high-tech tag.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Manatee RescueNicola Davies, illustrated by Annabel WrightZoologist Nicola Davies merges a heart-pounding adventure with a conservation message triggered by a life-changing—and mind-changing—encounter.Manuela had imagined that killing a manatee would be like killing a very big fish, just more exciting.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Strange Mr. Satie: Composer of the AbsurdM.T. AndersonIn a brilliant performance worthy of the composer, M. T. Anderson and Petra Mathers present a picture-book biography of the singular Erik Satie.At first glance, Erik Satie looked as normal as anyone else in Paris one hundred years ago.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details