It Fell From the Sky
Author: Terry Fan & Eric Fan
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Potential Year Level: Early Childhood, Foundation/Prep/Kindergarten, Year 1, Year 2
Summary:
It fell from the sky on a Thursday. All of the garden insects are struck by curiousity and wonder at this fantastical sphere that has fallen from the sky. But Spider is convinced that because it fell near his house, that it must belong to him. Spider builds a wonderous display for all the insects to come and see it. But what happens when they stop showing up?
Topics, Themes & Concepts:
Attitudes & Traits, Curiosity, Greed, Identity
Laxmi’s Mooch
Author: Shelly Anand
Illustrator: Nabi H. Ali
Potential Year Level: Early Childhood, Foundation/Prep/Kindergarten, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4
Summary:
A celebration of all bodies, Laxmi's Mooch is a joyful, body-positive book that follows Laxmi, a young Indian-American girl, who learns that hair all over our bodies is quite normal - even the hair on our upper lip!
Topics, Themes & Concepts:
Attitudes & Traits, Confidence, Culture & Religion, Diversity, Emotions, Identity, Self-Esteem
Little Witch Hazel: A Year in the Forest
Author: Phoebe Wahl
Illustrator:
Potential Year Level: Early Childhood, Foundation/Prep/Kindergarten, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4
Summary:
A celebration of the seasons, this book tells four stories of a tiny witch who lives in the forest helping creatures big and small.
Topics, Themes & Concepts:
Conservation, Earth, Environment & Sustainability, Flora & Fauna
The Gentle Genius of Trees
Author: Phillip Bunting
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Potential Year Level: Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
Summary:
A text filled with a forest of facts, The Gentle Genius of Trees, invites the reader to walk through the woods to learn a few life lessons from our foliaged friends.
Topics, Themes & Concepts:
Community, Environment & Sustainability
When Lola Visits
Author: Michelle Sterling
Illustrator: Aaron Asis
Potential Year Level: Early Childhood, Foundation/Prep/Kindergarten, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3
Summary:
Experience summer as told through a little girl's sense of smell from the moment her lola comes for her annual visit from the Philippines to the moment she returns to school. A deliciously vibrant text filled with the scents, tastes, and traditions of a young girl's summer with her grandmother.
Topics, Themes & Concepts:
Commemorations & Celebrations, Community, Culture & Religion, Family, Family Memories, Grandparents, Identity, Relationships
Bird Boy
Author: Matthew Burgess
Illustrator: Shahrzad Maydani
Potential Year Level: Early Childhood, Foundation/Prep/Kindergarten, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3
Summary:
Nico is new and worried about going to school. On his first day he plays by himself, making friends with beetles and the birds - other students see this and he gets mocked as being 'BIRD BOY'. Nico uses his imagination to fly away just like a bird. Soon, Nico makes one friend, and then two who appreciate him for who he is - imaginative, kind, and unapologetically himself!
Topics, Themes & Concepts:
Attitudes & Traits, Diversity, Friendship, Identity, Imagination, Kindness, Making New Friends, Relationships
Milo Imagines the World
Author: Matt de la Pena
Illustrator: Christian Robinson
Potential Year Level: Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
Summary:
Milo is on a very long bus ride! To pass the time, he uses his imagination to make pictures of the lives of the strangers around him. A wonderful way to see the world with curiosity and wonder.
Topics, Themes & Concepts:
Attitudes & Traits, Creativity, Curiosity, Diversity, Identity, Imagination, Open-Minded
We Found a Cat
Author: Heidi McKinnon
Illustrator:
Potential Year Level: Early Childhood, Foundation/Prep/Kindergarten, Year 1, Year 2
Summary:
Two children have found a cat, it has whiskers, it likes to play with string, and has a tail - it must be a cat.... or is it?!
Topics, Themes & Concepts:
Attitudes & Traits, Curiosity, Friendship, Identity, Imagination, Relationships