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Rocks and Minerals (Scholastic Discover More)

Written by Dan Green

A fun, informative book with colorful pictures and interesting facts about rocks and minerals...

5th - 9th

Hoop Genius: How a Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball

Written by John Coy and Illustrated by Joe Morse

What can you do with a bunch of rowdy college boys in the winter when it’s cold outside? John...

2nd - 6th

Marching With Aunt Susan: Susan B. Anthony and the Fight for Women's Suffrage

Written by Claire Rudolf Murphy and Illustrated by Stacey Schuett

It’s 1896, and women in America don’t have the right to vote in elections. Follow along with one...

1st - 5th

Days to Celebrate

Written by Lee Bennett Hopkins and Illustrated by Stephen Alcorn

A month-by-month guide to special days of the year. Discover poems recognizing holidays and seasons...

3rd - 7th

T is for Time

Written by Marie Smith and Roland Smith and Illustrated by Renee Graef

Got a minute? This book introduces an alphabet of scientific history related to telling time. Read...

1st - 5th

A Single Shard

Written by Linda Sue Park

Set in 12th century Korea, this story centers on Tree-Ear, an orphan being raised by Crane-man in...

5th - 7th

All-of-a-Kind-Family

Written by Sydney Taylor and Illustrated by Helen John

The story of an immigrant Jewish family living in New York's Lower East Side at the turn of the...

3rd - 7th

Locomotive

Written and Illustrated by Brian Floca

This exquisitely illustrated book makes trains come to life in sound and color as it tells the...

Pre-K - 5th

Rad American Women A-Z Rebels Trailblazers and Visionaries Who Shaped Our History . . . and Our Future!

Written by Kate Schatz and Illustrated by Miriam Klein Stahl

Readers will enjoy colorful and hip potraitures of 26 American women from the 18th through 21st...

3rd - 11th

Boy at the Top of the Mountain

Written by Boyne and John

When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his aunt Beatrix...

4th - 6th

Last Days of Jesus His Life and Times (Revised)

Written by O'Reilly and Bill and Illustrated by Low

Two thousand years ago, Jesus walked across Galilee; everywhere he traveled he gained followers. His...

4th - 9th

Lincoln and Kennedy A Pair to Compare

Written by Barretta and Gene and Illustrated by Barretta

President Abraham Lincoln grew up in a one-room log cabin. President John F. Kennedy was raised in...

1st - 5th

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village

Written by Laura Amy Schlitz and Illustrated by Robert Byrd

Go back in time to an English village in 1266, where an interesting array of characters live and...

5th - 9th

The Midwife's Apprentice

Written by Karen Cushman

Set in medieval England, the book is about Brat, a girl with no home, no family, or no future. That...

5th - 7th

Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library

Written by Carole Boston Weatherford and Illustrated by Eric Velasquez

Amid the scholars, poets, authors, and artists of the Harlem Renaissance stood an Afro-Puerto Rican...

4th - 7th

Sitting Bull: Lakota Warrior and Defender of His People

Written by S. D. Nelson

Sitting Bull (c. 1831–1890) was one of the greatest Lakota/Sioux warriors and chiefs who ever lived...

3rd - 7th

The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights

Written by Steve Sheinkin

An astonishing civil rights story from Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist Steve...

3rd - 9th

The Youngest Marcher

Written by Cynthia Levinson and Illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton

Meet the youngest known child to be arrested for a civil rights protest in Birmingham, Alabama, 1963...

K - 5th

Twelve Days in May—Freedom Ride 1961

Written by Larry Dane Brimner

Twelve Days in May—Freedom Ride 1961

5th - 12th

Girls Think Of Everything: Stories Of Ingenious Inventions By Women

Written by Catherine Thimmesh and Illustrated by Melissa Sweet

Check out some of the coolest inventions created by women and girls and see what inspired their...

5th - 7th

The Kid Who Invented the Popsicle: And Other Surprising Stories about Inventions

Written by Don L. Wulffson

What's the story behind some of your favorite inventions? From sundaes to Mickey Mouse, learn the...

3rd - 7th

The Television (Tales of Invention)

Written by Louise and Richard Spilsbury

Learn all about the key people and discoveries behind the invention of the television.

3rd - 5th

100 Most Awesome Things On The Planet

Written by Anna Claybourne

As a follow up to the 100 Most Dangerous Things on the Planet (10/08) and the 100 Most Disgusting...

3rd - 7th

Hidden Figures (Young Readers' Edition)

Written by Margot Lee Shetterly

Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated...

3rd - 7th