Kids Book Index
Leslie Barnard Booth
This nonfiction picture book follows a stone across time as it changes under ice, water, wind, and intense heat. Its journey moves from magma beneath Earth’s crust through river-swept sand and into a mountain. By tracing these transformations and the places where rock is found, the book explores the rock cycle and the changing life of a stone.
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Sisters in Science: Marie Curie, Bronia Dluska, and the Atomic Power of SisterhoodLinda Elovitz Marshall, illustrated by Anna Balbusso, Elena BalbussoSisters in Science tells the true story of Marie Curie, a Nobel Prize winner, and her sister Bronia. It focuses on the two women working together and on the effects of their work in chemistry and health care. Marie and Bronia are the central figures of this account, which presents them as trailblazing women whose shared contributions reached across science and medicine.Winning TitlesOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Animals in Surprising Shades: Poems about Earth’s Colorful CreaturesSusan Johnston TaylorAnimals in Surprising Shades is a collection of poems about colorful creatures from around the world. Its subjects include birds, bugs, snails, and slugs, whose feathers, fur, skin, or scales show many colors. The book also considers why a blue-footed booby dances and how a Picasso bug uses a chemical defense against predators. The poems pair animal color with behavior and survival.Winning TitlesOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
At Home with the Prairie Dog: The Story of a Keystone SpeciesDorothy Hinshaw Patent, photographed by William Muñoz, graphics by Marlo GarnsworthyThis book explores prairie dogs as a keystone species in prairie ecosystems. Their burrows are used by dozens of animals, including insects, spiders, rattlesnakes, salamanders, and owls. Endangered black-footed ferrets depend heavily on prairie dogs for food and may occupy abandoned burrows. Prairie-dog activity also makes nearby grass especially nourishing for grazing bison and pronghorn. Up to 150 species are associated with prairie dogs.Winning TitlesOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details