Kids Book Index
Einat Tsarfati
As a girl climbs toward her seventh-floor apartment, she imagines the lives of the neighbors behind each door. Each home becomes a possible fantastical world, shaped by her ideas about the people she passes on the way home. The story moves through an apartment building and its imagined interiors, using the girl's curiosity to transform an everyday climb upstairs.
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Song for a WhaleLynne KellyIris is deaf and enjoys repairing radios despite being unable to hear them. After learning of a whale that is alone because its song is not heard, she decides to use her technical knowledge to try to help. Her wish to make contact with the whale connects her interest in radios with a search for connection across different ways of hearing.All readersLexile Text Measure 800LATOS Book Level 5.1On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Carl and the Meaning of LifeDeborah FreedmanCarl is an earthworm who happily spends his days making tunnels in the soil. A field mouse interrupts his routine with a question: why? Carl then seeks answers among the forest animals, each of whom appears to understand their own role. After changes in the world around him, Carl begins to recognize that every creature, including a small earthworm, has an important place in the ecosystem simply by being itself.All readersLexile Text Measure 510LATOS Book Level 2.4On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Not-So-Great OutdoorsMadeline KloepperA young city dweller would rather keep her screens and skyscrapers than trade them for a family camping trip. Reluctant to enter the countryside, she wonders how campfires and outdoor life will compare with the city. During the trip, she begins to encounter the natural world's hidden wonders and reassess her expectations about being outside.All readersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details