Kids Book Index
Eloise Greenfield
The Women Who Caught the Babies highlights important aspects of the training and work of African-American midwives and the ways in which they have helped, and continue to help, so many families by “catching” their babies at birth.
We’re Not from HereGeoff RodkeyThe first time I heard about Planet Choom, we'd been on Mars for almost a year. But life on the Mars station was grim, and since Earth was no longer an option (we may have blown it up), it was time to find a new home.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
All the Greys on Greene StreetLaura TuckerSet in 1981 SoHo, this "dazzling debut novel about resilience, courage, home and family" (Rebecca Stead, Newbery Award-winning author of "When You Reach Me") follows 12-year-old Olympia as she searches for her missing father, an artist who brought antique painting back to life. Illustrations.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Woolly Monkey Mysteries: The Quest to Save a Rain Forest SpeciesSandra MarkleBoth photos and format complement a scientific study in a Peruvian reserve of an endangered species critical to the survival of the rainforest.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details