Kids Book Index
Refe Tuma, Susan Tuma
An unexplained mess in the house may signal that plastic dinosaurs have arrived. The book imagines what toy dinosaurs do while everyone else in the home is asleep, presenting photographic evidence of their activities. Bold, colorful photographs arrange the dinosaurs in comic tableaux and turn an ordinary household mess into a dinosaur invasion.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
• Puppy Pirates series Stowaway! (978-0-553-51167-3) X Marks the Spot (978-0-553-51170-3)Erin SoderbergWally finds a group of puppy pirates by following their scent and hopes to join their adventure and fun. Detailed sketches illustrate Wally’s encounter with the pirate band. This Puppy Pirates entry is by Erin Soderberg and was published by Random House Books for Young Readers in 2015. The selected edition has ISBN 9780553511673. The series title names Stowaway! and X Marks the Spot.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial MarriageSelina AlkoSet in 1960s Virginia, the book recounts how Mildred and Richard Loving challenged a state law that treated their interracial marriage as a crime. It includes their three children and describes the Supreme Court’s 1967 decision in Loving v. Virginia. The narrative concerns one family’s fight for the freedom to marry across racial lines, illustrated with subdued mixed-media art.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
When Otis Courted MamaKathi AppeltCardell, a young coyote, is used to his family as it is: his father lives elsewhere with a stepmother and stepbrother, while Cardell has his mother to himself. When Otis begins courting Mama, Cardell resists the newcomer, even though Otis has qualities Cardell gradually comes to recognize. Set in a desert coyote family, the story follows Cardell as his resentment changes and Otis becomes someone he can count on as a stepfather.Five to NineLexile Text Measure 600LATOS Book Level 3.9On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details