Kids Book Index
Kit Pearson, Katherine Farris
Each summer morning, Ellie visits the beach with her Nonna, where they swim and build sandcastles. While Nonna reads, Ellie watches other children until she gathers the courage to approach Piper, an older child playing alone in a beached rowboat. Piper’s imagination carries the two children into adventures above the air and beneath the ocean in their little blue boat, which becomes a magic boat.
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My Happy Year by E. BluebirdPaul Meisel, illustrated by Paul MeiselA newly hatched Eastern bluebird marks changes across its first year through dated journal entries. During spring, summer, and winter, she grows feathers, sees siblings leave the nest, learns to fly, migrates, and comes back to start a family. Her account includes cheerful and frightening moments in the natural year. Illustrated endpapers include an introduction, map, glossary, references, and further information about Eastern bluebirds.Five to NineLexile Text Measure AD610LOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
SumoKittyDavid Biedrzycki, illustrated by David BiedrzyckiA hungry cat faces returning mice and must train like a sumo wrestler to outsmart them. Along the way, wise proverbs encourage both the cat and a wrestler, building their confidence for the challenge. The tale incorporates Japanese terms with translations and is illustrated in watercolor, pencil, and digital artwork. Its conflict combines a cat’s hunger with the discipline of sumo training.Five to NineLexile Text Measure 520LATOS Book Level 2.7On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota’s GardenHeather SmithMakio spends mornings in Mr. Hirota’s garden, watching his father and Mr. Hirota’s daughter work in the harbor below. After a tsunami sweeps away Makio’s father and many others, Makio cannot voice his grief. Mr. Hirota builds a phone booth with a disconnected telephone, where villagers speak to people they have lost. Makio eventually uses the booth and finds comfort. The fictional story draws on a phone booth in Otsuchi, Japan, visited after the 2011 tsunami.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details