Kids Book Index
Sophie Escabasse
Effie’s life in Brooklyn changes when she learns that magic runs in her family. This graphic-novel adventure follows her through a series of bewitching episodes, including dealing with eccentric aunts and a pop star under a curse. As a newly discovered witch, Effie must navigate the unexpected parts of this family inheritance and the strange turns it brings to everyday life in Brooklyn.
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Astronauts: Women on the Final FrontierJim OttavianiThis nonfiction graphic novel follows women whose work changed the history of spaceflight. It includes Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to travel into space, and Mary Cleave, alongside the women of NASA’s Group 9, its first astronaut class to include both women and men. Their stories show women confronting resistance to their place in the space program while pursuing new milestones. The book also considers what NASA needed to learn to make space travel work for everyone, and includes author’s notes, references, and material about its creation.BIOGRAPHYOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Yuzu the Pet VetMingo ItoWhen Yuzu’s mother is hospitalized, eleven-year-old Yuzu goes to stay with her uncle, who runs a local animal hospital. There she discovers a place for sick, injured, and lost pets and begins making four-legged friends. The story follows Yuzu at the hospital as animal care, illness, the deaths of pets and family members, and bullying arise in her life.All readersOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
A Bear Named BjornDelphine PerretBjorn the bear lives in a comfortable cave beside fresh grass and a rough tree made for scratching his back. In the forest, he spends time with his animal friends in a series of small escapades. They try on glasses that people have misplaced, sit together watching leaves, play cards on a tree stump, and borrow clothes from a campsite for a party before carefully returning them the next morning.All readersLexile Text Measure 580LATOS Book Level 3.5On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details