Kids Book Index
Louise Greig
As day comes to an end, Max opens a box and releases Night. Darkness spreads out, followed by a fox, stars, the moon, and other animals active after dark. Night moves through the world, exploring and caring for its creatures until morning arrives. When dawn returns, Night goes back to rest in the box. This imaginative story follows the passage from evening to morning through the contents of Max's box.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
In the Past: From Trilobites to Dinosaurs to Mammoths in More than 500 Million YearsDavid ElliottPoems introduce prehistoric creatures across more than 500 million years of life on Earth, from Dunkleosteus through the woolly mammoth. The book combines these concise verses with watercolor illustrations of ancient life. It also includes a timeline and notes, placing individual creatures within a much longer span of Earth’s past. Poetry and science meet in an exploration of prehistoric animals and their changing world.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
StumpkinLucy Ruth Cummins, illustrated by Lucy Ruth CumminsOutside a city shop, Stumpkin sits among a display of orange pumpkins waiting to be selected for Halloween. Unlike the others, he has no stem. As customers take home the other pumpkins, which later appear as jack-o’-lanterns in nearby apartment windows, Stumpkin remains behind. Even a gnarled yellow gourd is chosen before the shop closes on Halloween night. The story follows this stemless pumpkin’s uncertain place in the display and his relationship with the shopkeeper’s black cat.Five to NineLexile Text Measure 500LATOS Book Level 2.2On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Other DogMadeleine L’EngleA dog’s home changes with the arrival of a newborn puppy. The older dog complains about the newcomer and must contend with the disorder that follows in the household. Told from the dog’s perspective, the story focuses on the animal’s response to sharing its home with this new member of the family.Five to NineLexile Text Measure AD700LATOS Book Level 4On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details