Kids Book Index
Jane Yolen
A child’s imagination turns a cardboard box into the starting point for many possible adventures. The book considers the surprising uses an ordinary box can have when play reshapes it. Its artwork is made with recycled materials, extending the attention to everyday objects beyond the box itself. The result is a picture-book exploration of inventive play and reused materials.
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Wet Cement: A Mix of Concrete PoemsBob RaczkaThis collection contains 21 concrete, or shape, poems. It introduces the form by explaining that a poem’s words can create pictures on the page as well as images in a reader’s mind. The arrangement of letters and words is part of each poem’s meaning, including the playfully designed one-word titles. Poems describe the concept or object named by their titles through visual form. The final poem, “PoeTRY,” directly invites readers to try writing poetry, presenting its words as an inverted pyramid.Five to NineLexile Text Measure 580LATOS Book Level 3.8On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Full of BeansJennifer L. HolmIn 1934 Key West during the Great Depression, Beans Curry spends his days caring for his baby brother and roaming town with his gang, including for marbles matches against rivals. A New Dealer arrives with plans to remake Key West as a vacation destination, and local adults take on cleanup and painting work. Beans needs money at home and accepts night work from a liquor runner, pulling fire alarms to distract people from illegal shipments. The job seems easy until his conscience changes his view of it.Nine to TwelveLexile Text Measure 490LATOS Book Level 3.8On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
A Beginner’s Guide to Bear SpottingMichelle RobinsonA young would-be bear watcher heads into bear country accompanied by a teddy bear. Meeting real bears, including black and brown bears, brings danger, and the child must find an unconventional way to avoid being eaten. Framed as a humorous how-to guide, the book imagines the teddy bear as a simple tool for charming the furry animals while the bear spotter tries to stay out of trouble.All readersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details