Kids Book Index
Cox, Lynne; Illustrated by Richard Jones
In this picture book that is both heartwarming and exciting, join Yoshi, a sea turtle, on her remarkable journey as she swims farther than any animal in recorded history--23,000 miles!--to return to the beach where she first hatched, to lay her own eggs.Inside every loggerhead turtle is genius: the ability to find…
Rise to the Sky: How the World’s Tallest Trees Grow UpRebecca E. HirschWhat is the tallest living thing? It's not an elephant, or a giraffe, or even a blue whale. It's a tree!Trees are the tallest living things on Earth.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Not a MonsterClaudia Guadalupe MartínezWith Spanish vocabulary and a clever color concept, this poetic picture book shares the life cycle of beloved amphibian—the axolotl—in its natural habitat.An axolotl may look like one, but it is certainly Not a Monster.Under FiveLexile AD620LATOS 4On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Chasing the SunMusso, TimothyAn Arctic tern can fly as many as 50,000 miles in its annual migration, and as this bird chases summer across the hemispheres, it sees more sunlight than any other living thing.Science, Technology, and the Natural WorldOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details