Kids Book Index
Bertrand Santini
The Yark is a hairy monster who eats children, but his stomach can tolerate only children he considers nice. Liars make him ill, and children he calls savages damage his teeth, leaving him unable to find enough suitable food. As the monster faces starvation, the story says that he eventually makes a friend. The premise turns good behavior into a perilous condition.
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The Orphan Band of SpringdaleAnne NesbetIn 1940s America, eleven-year-old Gusta, also called Augusta Neubronner, is sent from New York City to her grandmother’s Maine orphanage after her father becomes a fugitive. With the United States nearing World War II, she faces classmates’ suspicions about her German name and encounters prejudice in the small town. As family secrets emerge, Gusta finds comfort in playing with the orphanage band. Her father is a foreign-born labor organizer who has fled the country.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Myth MatchGood Wives, Warriors (Partnership)Myth Match is an interactive flipbook of magical and mythical creatures from around the world. Its pages allow readers to combine the front and back halves of different beasts, making new creatures of their own. Alongside familiar figures such as unicorns and griffins, the book introduces imagined combinations, including a unifin, and presents its creatures in illustrated bestiary form. The illustrations can be mixed rather than viewed in one fixed arrangement.All readersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
They Didn't Teach THiS in Worm School!Simone LiaMarcus, a worm, faces a dangerous encounter with Laurence, a bird who resembles a chicken and is ready to make him breakfast. To escape being eaten, Marcus talks Laurence into letting him guide her instead. Their travels carry the mismatched pair to distant places, turning the worm’s quick thinking into the beginning of an unexpected bond. The story follows their comic adventure as a hungry bird and a resourceful worm become friends.All readersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details