Kids Book Index
Brad Montague
A child begins by drawing a small circle, then adds larger circles that broaden the world around them. As the circles expand, the child’s connections grow from a close inner group toward a wider community. The story uses this simple visual idea to explore how kindness and connection can open a person’s world to others.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
The Froggies Do NOT Want to SleepAdam Gustavson, illustrated by Adam GustavsonThe froggies refuse bedtime and turn instead to wildly fanciful activities. Their nighttime romp includes playing accordions, taking long country drives, singing opera, riding unicycles, flying spaceships, and training beasts. Other imagined escapades take them through underwater ballet and encounters with alien lifeforms. Colorful scenes spread across double-page illustrations as the leggy amphibians keep finding reasons to avoid going to bed. The story makes their resistance to sleep the starting point for an increasingly imaginative adventure.Under FiveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
A Small KindnessStacy McAnultyA single kind act moves through a school community, passing among children and teachers in a chain-like pattern. The book follows how that initial gesture reaches others, while the illustrations use color to show its movement from one person to the next. Its characters form a diverse group within the school, and the central focus remains on the way kindness can circulate through a shared community.Under FiveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Day the Rain Moved InÉléonore Douspis, illustrated by Éléonore Douspis, Shelley TanakaA family lives with an ongoing source of sadness and distress. Their experience begins to change when they look at things through the wondering eyes of other people. The story centers on how a different perspective can ease a difficult emotional burden, placing family life, sadness, and curiosity alongside one another.Under FiveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details