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Pat Cummings, illustrated by Pat Cummings
A young girl cannot find her mother in the house and begins looking for clues. She notices Mommy’s slippers and glasses as she searches. The clues eventually lead her to a couch, where the girl, her mother, and their cat are together reading a book. Digital art made with watercolor pencils and pastels depicts this small mystery inside the family home.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Hands Up!Breanna J. McDanielA young Black girl raises her hands throughout her day: stretching after waking, swinging with her parents, answering in class, and reaching for a book. Her gestures also accompany singing at church, playing basketball, celebrating, and carrying a sign at a march. The story places these ordinary and expressive movements alongside a broader assertion of her right to occupy space in the world. Her family and community are part of the life she moves through.Five to NineLexile Text Measure 360LATOS Book Level 1.3On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
I Am Farmer: Growing an Environmental Movement in CameroonBaptiste Paul, Miranda PaulThis true account introduces Farmer Tantoh, also known as Tantoh Nforba, and his environmental work in Cameroon. His interest in gardening began in childhood, although other students mocked him for it. From the age of four, his love of farming grew into a grassroots environmental movement. The book traces how that commitment has changed the landscape in his home country, using photographs and collage illustrations to tell his story.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Who Named Their Pony Macaroni?: Poems about White House PetsMarilyn SingerThis collection of poems introduces animals that lived at the White House alongside presidents and their families. Its subjects include mice, a goat, a snake, a parrot, a turkey, a raccoon, a dog, and a cow. Some poems are humorous, and the book includes informative notes and a bibliography. Collage illustrations accompany the poems about these presidential pets and other White House animals.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details