Kids Book Index
William Shakespeare
This picture-book retelling of Shakespeare’s play preserves some original lines. A storm opens the action at sea before the story moves to a remote island inhabited by the magician Prospero, his daughter Miranda, Caliban, and the spirit Ariel. Music and songs contribute to the island’s enchanted atmosphere, while watercolor art depicts its dense foliage.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Stand Up, Yumi Chung!Jessica KimEleven-year-old Yumi Chung wants to perform stand-up comedy and fills a notebook with embarrassing memories she has reshaped into jokes. Instead, she is enrolled in summer test-prep tutoring for a private-school scholarship while her family’s Korean barbecue restaurant faces hardship. After class one day, Yumi enters a children’s comedy camp and is mistaken for an absent student. She decides to take that student’s place, creating a double life and a choice between honesty and pursuing comedy.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 620LATOS Book Level 4.4On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
A Whale of the WildRosanne ParrVega, a young orca learning to find salmon for her family, leaves her pod to bury her stillborn sister. Her younger brother Deneb follows, and a tsunami separates the two from their family and alters the surrounding seascape. Vega must lead him through dangerous waters as they try to reunite with the pod. The novel also includes information about orcas and their habitats.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 720LATOS Book Level 4.6On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Time of Green MagicHilary McKayAfter Abi’s father marries the mother of Max and Louis, the new family rents a large old house covered in vines. The parents take on more work to afford it, while each child is dealing with change: Max has fallen out with a friend, Louis worries about his mother’s dangerous job abroad, and Abi resents sharing her father. Abi also discovers something unusual in the house. When she reads, the world of the book becomes real, placing her in adventures such as a sea voyage or a precarious bus ride.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 750LATOS Book Level 4.8On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details