Kids Book Index
Britta Teckentrup, illustrated by Britta Teckentrup
This book considers the emotions and dreams people share despite their differences. Its text and illustrations use page cutouts to connect those ideas, returning to the image of everyone living beneath one sky. The book brings together shared feeling, individual difference, and the common world that links people across those differences.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Baby’s FirstsNancy Raines DayA series of three babies’ first year traces their changing abilities and the care they receive from family. From first cries, meals, and burps, the book moves through smiles, laughter, teeth, rolling, crawling, walking, and early words. The babies’ first birthday brings the sequence to a close. Rhyming text accompanies a range of family experiences, including the work of caring for a newborn, dirty diapers, and parental exhaustion.Under FiveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Errol’s GardenGillian Hibbs, illustrated by Gillian HibbsErrol loves raising plants, although his city apartment has no proper outdoor garden and limited room for everything he wants to grow. His home already contains many plants, but he hopes for a place outside where more can be planted. When he finds an unused, neglected area on the roof of his apartment building, he develops an idea for it and needs help to carry it out. The illustrations show a diverse neighborhood.Under FiveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Up the Mountain PathMarianne Dubuc, illustrated by Marianne DubucLulu the cat joins Mrs. Badger on her regular hike to Sugarloaf Peak. Along the mountain path, the younger traveler learns from Mrs. Badger’s experience and observes the small kindnesses that shape her life. Animals that might ordinarily be enemies make choices to live alongside one another, and a friendship grows between Lulu and Mrs. Badger. The book also portrays Mrs. Badger’s aging and eventual death as part of this gentle journey through her world.Under FiveLexile Text Measure 361LATOS Book Level 2.6On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details