Kids Book Index
Charlotte Milner
This book introduces bees, following their movement from flower to flower and considering the roles they play in the world. It also addresses their decline and describes ways people can help. The focus remains on bees themselves, their relationship with flowers, and the conservation concerns connected with changes in their numbers.
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Endurance, Young Readers EditionScott KellyIn this memoir, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly recounts spending a year aboard the International Space Station. The account covers both his time in space and his life before becoming an astronaut. It addresses the difficulties he experienced on Earth as well as those of living and working on the space station, presenting his path to and experience of a yearlong mission.Winning TitlesOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World (Young Readers Edition)Steven Johnson, Sheila KeenanSteven Johnson traces the long histories behind familiar parts of modern life, including refrigeration, clocks, and eyeglass lenses. The illustrated history follows ideas developed by hobbyists, amateurs, and entrepreneurs, as well as their unforeseen effects. It also recounts inventions shaped by mistakes and unlikely contributors, such as an early phonograph that lacked playback and technology connected to Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.Winning TitlesOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Coral KingdomLaura Knowles, illustrated by Jennie WebberThe Coral Kingdom explores a coral reef and the varied life found there. Brightly colored corals appear alongside shimmering schools of fish, showing the range of living things within this marine environment. The book gives particular attention to the reef’s ecological importance and the need to protect it. Its focus joins the diversity of coral-reef life with a message about conserving this environment.Winning TitlesLexile Text Measure AD1000LATOS Book Level 6.7On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details