Kids Book Index
Moira Butterfield, illustrated by Vivian Minekar
This guide combines stories and facts about birdlife around the world. It introduces birds’ ways of navigating, the many ways they call to one another, and their striking range of sizes. Speedy the Swift leads the exploration of birds and their journeys. The book focuses on the hidden features, communication, and movement of birds in different parts of the world.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Blast Off!: How Mary Sherman Morgan Fueled America into SpaceSuzanne SladeThis biography follows Mary Sherman Morgan, identified as America's first female rocket scientist. Growing up on a North Dakota farm in the 1920s, Mary discovers an interest in learning and excels in science, especially chemistry. During World War II, she works in a laboratory on rocket fuel. Later, as the United States enters the space race, she leads a team developing the fuel that launches America's first satellite.Kids Favorites — 3rd–5th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Hispanic Star: Celia CruzClaudia Romo Edelman, William AlexanderThis biography follows Celia Cruz from her childhood in Havana, Cuba, where she loved singing, to a prominent career in salsa. It traces her work with Sonora Matancera and the Fania All-Stars, alongside the growth of salsa, a genre rooted in Afro-Cuban musical styles. Across more than six decades and seventy albums, Cruz's career and musical influence form the focus of the book.Kids Favorites — 3rd–5th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Storyteller’s HandbookElise Hurst, illustrated by Elise HurstThis wordless picture book is made of double-page illustrated scenes that can prompt many possible stories. An introduction describes an old man drawing fragments of wisdom collected during his life, suggesting that the resulting drawings make up the book. The scenes combine whimsical, surreal, fantastical, and realistic details. Black-pen crosshatching and touches of watercolor shape images designed to invite readers to imagine their own adventures.Teacher Favorites — 3rd–5th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details