Kids Book Index
Troy Howell
Wednesday is a whale whose entire home has been a fishbowl in the center of a city. From inside the bowl, she yearns for the blue world beyond it and for the ocean. A girl named Piper sees Wednesday and recognizes that the whale should not be confined there. The story centers on a city-bound whale, the limits of her familiar home, and her longing for open water.
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Crash: The Great Depression and the Fall and Rise of AmericaMarc FavreauThis nonfiction account examines the Great Depression through the experiences of prominent figures and everyday Americans. It explains factors that led to the economic crisis and traces its effects on life in the United States during the 1930s, including hardship and political change. Archival photographs, documents, and other primary-source material accompany the account. A timeline, glossary, source notes, bibliography, and selected primary sources provide further historical context.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian’s Art Changed ScienceJoyce SidmanThis visual biography follows Maria Merian, a seventeenth-century German naturalist, entomologist, and artist. It explores her life, her work observing living insects, and her scientific discoveries about metamorphosis. Merian pursued knowledge and insects despite conventions that limited women, documenting what she learned in her art. The book incorporates photographs, maps, archival material, and reproductions of her drawings, including many of her original paintings. Together, these materials connect her artwork with her investigations of insect life.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
A Frog's LifeIrene KellyThis survey introduces frog species from around the world and compares their striking differences. It includes the golden poison frog, identified as the planet’s most toxic animal; the tiny Amau frog, which is no larger than a housefly; and the Chinese gliding frog, able to travel through the air for up to seventeen feet. The book also covers how frogs hunt, what they eat, the shapes of their bodies, and the ways they protect themselves. Alongside these varied species, it explains the basic stages shared in a frog’s life cycle.All readersATOS Book Level 4.8AR Interest Level Lower Grades (LG K-3)On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details