Kids Book Index
Steph Waldo
Slug meets some new friends who resemble her in many ways, except that they have shells. Wanting one of her own, Slug sets out to find a shell. The search proves much more difficult than she anticipated. This small-scale quest follows Slug's response to difference, her wish to have what her new friends have, and the challenge of looking for it.
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The CapybarasAlfredo SoderguitA group of unfamiliar arrivals seeks shelter among hens, whose rules keep the newcomers apart. A chick and a young capybara form a friendship despite that separation. Their relationship unfolds as the animals confront difference and the possibility of living together as a community. The book uses a mostly black-and-white visual approach, with a small burst of color on every page.Five to NineLexile Text Measure AD500LATOS Book Level 3.3On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Escape at 10,000 Feet: D.B. Cooper and the Missing MoneyTom SullivanThis nonfiction account reconstructs the 1971 hijacking of Northwest Orient Airlines flight 305, the only airplane hijacking in the United States that remains unsolved. A man bought a ticket in Portland for a flight bound for Seattle, made demands, and later escaped by parachute with ransom money. He was never caught. Told in a minute-by-minute format, the book uses primary-source material to revisit a case that drew national headlines during the 1970s and left the missing money unexplained.All readersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Two Grooms on a Cake: The Story of America's First Gay WeddingRob SandersTold by two wedding-cake toppers, this picture-book account recounts the legal marriage of Jack Baker and Michael McConnell on September 3, 1971. The story presents their wedding as the first legal same-sex marriage in the United States. Vintage-style illustrations accompany this chapter of LGBTQ history, framing a landmark relationship and ceremony through the perspective of the small figures placed on the cake.All readersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details