Kids Book Index
Chitra Soundar
At the beginning of winter, two polar bear cubs are born in a den in the frozen north. While they wait for spring, they ask their mother what lies beyond their warm shelter. She answers by describing ice, snow, and the ocean beyond them, including ice that has been there for a long time. Their conversation follows the cubs’ curiosity about the wider world outside the den.
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LANGUAGE A Day with YayahNicola I. CampbellIn British Columbia’s Nicola Valley, a First Nations family goes out to gather herbs and mushrooms. A grandmother, Yayah, shares what she knows about plants and the natural world with her grandchildren. The outing places the family’s knowledge of foraging at the center of their day, as older and younger generations spend time together outdoors. Her grandchildren learn through this shared outing in nature.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
In the Past: From Trilobites to Dinosaurs to Mammoths in More than 500 Million YearsDavid ElliottPoems introduce prehistoric creatures across more than 500 million years of life on Earth, from Dunkleosteus through the woolly mammoth. The book combines these concise verses with watercolor illustrations of ancient life. It also includes a timeline and notes, placing individual creatures within a much longer span of Earth’s past. Poetry and science meet in an exploration of prehistoric animals and their changing world.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Zola’s ElephantRandall de SèveA girl is nervous about visiting Zola, the new neighbor next door, despite their mothers’ hopes that they will become friends. She becomes convinced that Zola has an elephant and imagines the two of them too occupied to want company. Each imagined scene is paired with a wordless spread that reveals another explanation for what she has heard, as Zola waits alone. Eventually, the narrator gathers the resolve to knock on Zola’s door, opening the way to a new friendship.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details