Kids Book Index
Rosemary McCarney, with Plan International
Children from around the world share the different ways they travel to school. Some of these journeys can be dangerous, while others differ in their routes and experiences. Full-color photographs accompany their accounts, placing many individual school journeys side by side and showing that getting to school can look very different from one child to another.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
My Family Adventure (Sofia Martinez series)Jacqueline JulesSofia is an outgoing seven-year-old whose everyday experiences become memorable adventures. The book contains three stories about her, with simple Spanish words woven into the text. Colorful illustrations accompany Sofia’s activities and encounters, creating a collection centered on a lively child’s adventures and the Spanish language used along the way.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
What in the World?: Numbers in NatureNancy Raines DayLarge, colorful illustrations and simple rhymes introduce birds as they occur in numerical groups in nature. Birds are shown in pairs, groups of three, and other sets, making number patterns the book’s central subject. The text and images return to the relationship between counting and the natural world, using birds to show that numbers can describe different groupings found outdoors.Under FiveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The WhisperPamela Zagarenski, illustrated by Pamela ZagarenskiA young girl receives a picture book whose words have disappeared. Initially disappointed, she is prompted by a whisper to make up the stories herself. Looking closely at each picture, she imagines characters, actions, and possible events beyond what printed words might prescribe. Full-page painterly illustrations present the magical book and the stories she creates from its images.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details