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The Farm That Feeds Us: A Year in the Life of an Organic Farm

Written by Nancy Castaldo and Illustrated by Ginnie Hsu

Explore the workings of a small-scale, organic family farm and experience the rhythm of farm life...

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Don't Throw That Away!: A Lift-the-Flap Book about Recycling and Reusing

Written by Lara Bergen and Illustrated by Betsy Snyder

You can keep that trash and reuse it in all kinds of wonderful ways!
Do you see that old jar?
Don’t
...

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Are Trees Alive?

Written by Debbie S. Miller and Illustrated by Stacey Schuett

"Are trees alive? How do they breathe? They don't have noses."

And so begins a conversation between...

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You Can Save the Planet

Written by Alessandra Potenza

Learn all about the science of climate change, the kids-from the United States to Australia-taking a...

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The Beach

Written by Alex Ives

Look at the beach. What do you see?

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What Linnaeus Saw

Written by Karen Magnuson Beil

In What Linnaeus Saw, Karen Magnuson Beil chronicles Linnaeus’s life and career in readable...

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Rising Water: The Story of the Thai Cave Rescue

Written by Marc Aronson

On June 23rd, 2018, twelve members of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach were exploring the...

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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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My Wild Life

Written by Suzi Eszterhas

As a young girl, Suzi Eszterhas knew she wanted to be a wildlife photographer. But how did she go...

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Earth Verse

Written by Sally M. Walker

In a stunning combination of haiku and impressionistic (but accurate) art, this one-of-a-kind book...

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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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Three Stars in the Night Sky

A 2018 Junior Library Guild selection At the age of 12, Gerda Katz fled Nazi Germany and came to...

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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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Bedtime Math: A Fun Excuse to Stay Up Late

We all know it's wonderful to read bedtime stories to kids, but what about doing math? Many...

Pre-K - 2nd
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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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