Kids Book Index
Cover of What’s in Your Pocket?: Collecting Nature’s Treasures

What’s in Your Pocket?: Collecting Nature’s Treasures

Heather L. Montgomery

Through biographical sketches, it introduces nine scientists and explains how they got their start. It links childhood curiosity to the discoveries of nine scientists. Jane Goodall, Charles Darwin, and George Washington Carver are described as curious children with pockets full of treasures. Digital illustrations portray them as children and as adults. It also includes back matter and notes from its author and illustrator.

This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.

Back to all books

Book details

Themes
Curiosity · Science
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Published
September 14, 2021
ISBN-13
9781623544973
Language
English
See the original list
All books
Cover of Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call: The Heroic Story of WWI Telephone OperatorsGrace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call: The Heroic Story of WWI Telephone OperatorsClaudia FriddellThis account follows Grace Banker from her work training telephone-switchboard operators in New York to her role as a chief operator during World War I. At age twenty-five, she led thirty-two telephone operators known in the United States as the Hello Girls. The group became the first female combatants in the war. The book includes historically accurate illustrations, a timeline, photographs, and additional factual material.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Cover of CalvinCalvinJR Ford, Vanessa FordCalvin is a Black transgender boy preparing for his first day at school. Although he begins the day apprehensive, he tells his family, grandparents, and school community the name he wants to use. The story follows this reintroduction as Calvin shares his true self with the people around him, including family members and friends who support him.Five to NineLexile Text Measure AD520LATOS Book Level 3.4On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Cover of When Cloud Became a CloudWhen Cloud Became a CloudRob Hodgson, illustrated by Rob HodgsonCloud's life cycle is told in nine short chapters. The cloud moves, changes form, and produces precipitation as the account follows stages of the water cycle. Its route goes from a lake into the sky. Different kinds of weather appear, including drizzle, snow, and thunderstorms. The book uses a cloud protagonist to present facts about how water moves and transforms.Five to NineLexile Text Measure AD540LATOS Book Level 3.6On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details