Kids Book Index
Betsy Uhrig
Aldo, Pen, and Jasper anticipate an uneventful summer, including journal assignments they expect to be dull. Their plans shift after the three friends see a partly transparent boy beside the soccer field. The boy has a bad haircut, then disappears into the woods. His appearance interrupts the friends’ ordinary summer and leaves them with a strange sighting connected to the nearby forest.
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The Dirt Book: Poems About Animals that Live Beneath Our FeetDavid L. HarrisonThis illustrated collection contains fifteen poems about soil: how it forms and the creatures that make their homes below ground. The poems focus on the world underfoot, bringing attention to animals living in dirt and the materials that create soil. Kate Cosgrove’s illustrations accompany the poems, and the book’s vertical format is part of its presentation. Together, the pieces explore underground life through poetry and facts about soil.All readersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Haven: A Small Cat’s Big AdventureMegan Wagner LloydHaven enjoys a sheltered life as an indoor cat, with baking-bread smells, food in a bright-blue bowl, and the care of Ma Millie, her rescuer. When Ma Millie becomes too ill to look after her, Haven decides to find another person who can help. Leaving her familiar home, she travels through a shadowy forest and along unfamiliar, dangerous roads.All readersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
InvisibleChristina Diaz GonzalezThis graphic novel brings five middle-school students together for community service after teachers group them because they speak Spanish. The assumption that the students have much in common proves wrong. As they work together, secrets emerge and unexpected connections form. The story follows the five students as they move beyond a shared-language label and begin to discover both their differences and the bonds that develop among them.Twelve to FourteenLexile Text Measure GN260LATOS Book Level 2.6On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details