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Mighty Moe: The True Story of a Thirteen-Year-Old Women's Running Revolutionary

Written by Rachel Swaby

In 1967, a girl known as Mighty Moe broke the women’s world marathon record at a small race in...

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Drawn Across Borders

Written by George Butler

It is an unusual feeling to walk into a place that everyone is leaving . . .

Resisting his own urge...

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Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier

Written by Jim Ottaviani

The U.S. may have put the first man on the moon, but it was the Soviet space program that made...

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Rhinos in Nebraska

Written by Alison Pearce Stevens

Twelve million years ago, rhinos, elephants, and camels roamed North America. They would gather at...

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Boy Whose Head Was Filled with Stars

Written by Isabelle Marinov

This is the story of Edwin Hubble, a boy fascinated by the stars who surmounted many hurdles to...

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Zion Unmatched

This stunning photographic essay showcases Zion Clark’s ferocious athleticism and undaunted spirit...

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Ostriches (S20)

Written by Rachel Poliquin

This third installment in the hilarious and highly-illustrated full-color Superpower Field Guide...

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Amber and Clay

Written by Laura Amy Schlitz

Welcome to ancient Greece, as only genius storyteller Laura Amy Schlitz can conjure it. In a warlike...

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Black Hole Chasers

In Black Hole Chasers, award-winning investigative journalist Anna Crowley Redding presents the...

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Sports Illustrated Kids STATS!: The Greatest Number in Sports

Count up the most fascinating numbers behind sports' greatest moments in STATS! The Biggest Numbers...

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Fighting for the Forest: How FDR's Civilian Conservation Corps Helped Save America

In an inspiring middle grade nonfiction work, P. O’Connell Pearson tells the story of the Civilian...

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Life on Surtsey: Iceland's Upstart Island (Scientists in the Field)

Written by Loree Griffin Burns

On November 14, 1963, a volcano fifteen miles off the shore of Iceland exploded under the sea...

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Great Bear Rescue: Saving Gobi Bears

Written by Sandra Markle

Acclaimed science author Sandra Markle offers a fascinating look at Gobi bears―the rarest bears on...

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Nature Did It First: Engineering Through Biomimicry

Written by Karen Ansberry and Illustrated by Jennifer DiRubbio

Nature does it best...and did it first! Explore the ways we have looked to nature for brilliant new...

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A Kids Book About Imagination

Written by LeVar Burton
Imagination is a superpower that unlocks endless possibilities, and all by asking one simple question: what if?
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Swoop and Soar: How Science Rescued Two Osprey Orphans and Found Them a New Family in the Wild

Written by Deborah Lee Rose and Jane Veltkamp

Swoop and Soar, two baby osprey chicks, are safe in their nest at the top of the forest, until a...

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My Brother Charlie

Written by Holly Robinson Peete & Ryan Elizabeth Peete and Illustrated by Shane Evans

"Charlie has autism. His brain works in a special way. It's harder for him to make friends. Or show...

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This Is How I Grow

Written by Dia L. Michels and Illustrated by Wesley Davies

This book shares the life cycle story of eight different mammal babies from habitats across the...

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Women in Medicine (Science Wide Open)

Written by Mary Wissinger and Illustrated by Danielle Pioli

How does the body work? Women in Medicine introduces kids to the field of medicine through the...

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What's Great About Washington, DC? (Our Great States)

Written by Rebecca E. Hirsch
What's so great about Washington, DC? Find out the top ten sites to see or things to do in the...
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Machu Picchu: The Lost Civilization

Written by Christina Leaf

The city in the clouds, Machu Picchu, has an air of mystery surrounding it. Historians know the site...

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Ching Shih

Written by Christina Leaf
Storming aboard a government trade ship, Ching Shih and her band of followers demand payment—or else...
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Survive On A Desert Island

Written by Patrick Perish
Being stranded on a desert island is a classic survival situation of countless books, movies, and...
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Ghost Ships

Written by Paige V. Polinsky
A flaming ship appears on the horizon. It sails closer and closer to land, when suddenly, it...
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