Kids Book Index
Kes Gray
A pirate is determined to find a mysterious hoy, a thing he keeps hearing about but cannot see. Accompanied by a parrot, he searches for an answer while trying to become a real pirate. The book plays with the pirate’s confusion about what a hoy is and why it remains elusive. Detailed, colorful comic illustrations accompany language shaped by pirate speech and the hero’s ongoing quest.
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A World of Dogs: A Celebration of Fascinating Facts and Amazing Real-Life Stories for Dog LoversCarlie SorosiakA World of Dogs explores dogs’ long relationship with people, from their evolutionary history to the ways they help humans. It investigates canine senses and communication, including questions about whether dogs understand people, dream, or feel love. The book also looks at the ages of different breeds and includes real-life dog stories. Color illustrations accompany the information, and the volume includes both an index and a glossary.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Vigdís: A Book About the World’s First Female PresidentRán Flygenring, illustrated by Rán Flygenring, Jonas MoodyA young, fair-haired aspiring writer visits a Reykjavík neighbor to gather material for a book about the first woman elected president. The neighbor is Vigdís Finnbogadóttir herself, Iceland’s head of state from 1980 through 1996. Their conversation introduces events from Vigdís’s life, alongside her work in theater, her teaching of French, and her adoption of a child as Iceland’s first single woman to do so. English narration, dialogue, and details from Vigdís’s home shape this translated Icelandic picture book.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Iguanodon's HornSean RubinThis account follows changing ideas about iguanodons, beginning with a fossil tooth found in 1822 and continuing through full skeletons discovered in 1878. It also covers the 1960s recognition of dinosaurs’ relationship to birds. Scientists and artists use evidence and imagination to reconsider how these animals looked and behaved. New discoveries have repeatedly altered, overturned, or expanded earlier theories, while many details of an iguanodon’s outward appearance remain unknown.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details