Kids Book Index
Mariesa Dulak
While exploring tide pools in Barbados, a child finds a baby silver shark stranded in shallow water. The tide is out and the sun is high, leaving the young shark unable to return to the sea. The child stays with it and protects it until the water comes back in. Set against seascapes and family memories of Barbados, the story centers on a child’s encounter with an ocean creature in need.
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A Line Can Go Anywhere: The Brilliant, Resilient Life of Artist Ruth AsawaCaroline McAlister, illustrated by Jamie GreenThis picture-book biography tells of sculptor Ruth Aiko Asawa, who was known as Aiko by some people and Ruth by others. Growing up on a Southern California farm, she later faced the incarceration of her family alongside other Japanese Americans during World War II. At Santa Anita and the Rohwer Relocation Center, she drew the landscapes, guard towers, and barbed wire around her. Those lines later informed art that made her an influential twentieth-century artist.Kindergarten to Fifth GradeLexile Text Measure 830LATOS Book Level 5.3On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Brianna Banana: Helper of the Day (Orca Echoes series)Lana ButtonNine-year-old Brianna wants friends in her third-grade class, but her impulsive, distracted behavior and quick temper often frustrate other children. She believes becoming the classroom Helper of the Day will make her classmates like her. Instead, the honor goes to Rumi, a quiet new girl. Brianna feels envious, yet she also tries to help Rumi feel at ease among the other students.Books for Beginning ReadersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Trickster ShadowMangeshig Pawis-SteckleyZoon’s unruly shadow causes trouble at home, school, and on the soccer field. It makes messes, disrupts class, and trips him, leaving Zoon unsure how to handle it. When he tells his grandmother, she gives him his grandfather’s drum. As Zoon listens to its heartbeat-like rhythm, he seeks a way to live alongside his shadow and listen to his own heart.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details