Kids Book Index
Adam Rubin, illustrated by Daniel Salmieri, Others
A collection of six short stories shares the title The Human Kaboom. Its settings include a New York City hotel, a human anatomy museum in space, and a deserted island where three siblings try to survive after rock monsters devastate the planet. The book also includes a popcorn recipe and an unwritten bonus chapter intended as a prompt for creating a story.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
The Remarkable Rescue At Milkweed MeadowElaine DimopoulosButternut is a rabbit learning to tell stories for her colony while questioning its rules about other meadow animals. Although expected to remain close to home, she befriends Piper, a robin, who persuades her to help an injured fawn. As Butternut confronts the colony’s biases toward egg-layers and other non-rabbits, she helps organize a rescue. The events challenge her assumptions about who belongs in Milkweed Meadow.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 670LATOS Book Level 4.7On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
A FEW BICYCLES MOREChristina UssBicycle returns from an earlier cross-country trip with Fortune, her robot-like bicycle, but Fortune begins malfunctioning and urges her to leave their Washington, D.C., home. Their adventure leads to Harpers Ferry, where Bicycle meets the family she had long been separated from and learns she is one of five sisters. Her new family brings another challenge: helping her four sisters learn to ride bicycles.Grades 3–5On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
MAKING MEMORIES: PRACTICE MINDFULNESS, LEARN TO JOURNAL AND SCRAPBOOK, FIND CALM EVERY DAYAmy Tangerine, illustrated by Tracey EnglishThis activity book uses journaling and scrapbooking to help children notice the present moment and record meaningful experiences. Its projects make room for celebrating good days as well as working through difficult ones. Activities include creating mandalas from found objects and folding origami to make a box for feelings. The book also addresses anxiety, stress, and fear through prompts for reflection and memory keeping.Grades 3–5On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details