Tropical Travel Through Books (Kids)

Updated February 3, 2026
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It could be even worse
Tsarfati, Einat
Paper Book
Einat Tsarfati's charming pessimist-optimist duo endure yet another string of quirky calamities in this lavishly illustrated follow-up to It Could Be Worse. Albertini and George (and the speckled egg Albertini just found) are flying over a lush green rainforest when--...
Johnny, the sea, and me
Escobar, Melba
Paper Book
A 2025 Batchelder Honor Book! ★ A heartwarming middle-grade novel from Colombia about a ten-year-old boy and the larger-than-life figure who changes him forever. Pedro is dealing with a lot for a ten-year-old kid, both at school and at home. So he's overjoyed when his mom...
A warbler's journey
Weidensaul, Scott
Paper Book
* NPR FAVORITE BOOK OF 2022 With poetic language and lush oil paintings, children will cheer on the tiny but mighty yellow warbler as she makes her perilous migration  journey from the tropics of Central America to...
The adventure is now
Redman, Jess
Paper Book
A fun-filled, action-packed middle grade novel about a boy who learns about protecting the environment, finding real friends, and living in the now while spending the summer on a remote island. Sometimes it's hard to be Milton P. Greene. He says all the wrong things,...
Islandborn
Díaz, Junot
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * From Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Díaz comes a debut picture book about the magic of memory and the infinite power of the imagination. A Pura Belpré Honor Book for Illustration Every kid in Lola's school was from somewhere else.
Granny's kitchen : a Jamaican story of food and family
Smith, Sadé
Paper Book
Accompanied by Ken Daley's vibrant, sun-soaked artwork, Sadé Smith's debut picture book Granny's Kitchen is the perfect readaloud for budding chefs everywhere. Shelly-Ann lives with her Granny on the beautiful island of Jamaica. When Shelly-Ann becomes hungry, she asks...

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