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Totally Amazing Facts About Military Vehicles
Cari Meister · Capstone Press
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
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Readers will learn over 200 facts about military sea, air, and land vehicles, such as helicopters and stealth flighters, submarines and mammoth ships, and tanks and motorcycles. Reluctant readers will love the unusual facts, the amazing colorful spreads, and the lively photos attached to each... |
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Steppin' Out: Playful Rhymes for Toddler Times
Lin Oliver · Nancy Paulsen Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book
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Capturing the magic and fun of early childhood, this lively collection of toddler-centric poems, from the creators of Little Poems for Tiny Ears, is a book to be treasured. Being a toddler means days full of discovery every time you step out of your door. It's a time filled with... |
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Caroline's Comets: A True Story
Emily Arnold McCully · Holiday House
Pages: 40
Format: Print book
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Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) was not only one of the greatest astronomers who ever lived but also the first woman to be paid for her scientific work. Born the youngest daughter of a poor family in Hanover, Germany, she was scarred from smallpox, stunted from typhus and used by her parents... |
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Becoming Bach
Thomas Leonard · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 40
Format: Print book
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For Johann Sebastian there was always music. His family had been musicians, or bachs as they were called in Germany, for 200 years. He always wanted to be a bach. As he grew, he saw patterns in everything. Patterns he would turn into melodies and song, eventually growing into one of the most... |
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Tornado Terror
Lauren Tarshis · Scholastic Press
Pages: 157
Format: Hardcover
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The Tri-State Tornado of 1925 was the deadliest tornado strike in American history, tearing through three states and killing 700 people. Almost a century later, the Joplin Tornado was a mile-wide monster that nearly destroyed the heart of a vibrant city. The author of the New York Times... |
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Falcons in the City: The Story of a Peregine Family
Chris G Earley · Firefly Books
Pages: 48
Format: Print book
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What happens when a peregrine falcon chooses to lay its eggs high atop a Chicago condominium balcony? Here is the story of a family of wild birds that moves into a cramped urban home and decides to settle in among towers filled with people and noise. The birds' new human neighbors are quick... |
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Science Comics: Bats: Learning to Fly
Falynn Koch · First Second Books
Pages: 128
Format: Print book
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Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic -- dinosaurs, coral reefs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, flying machines, and more. These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer wildly entertaining views of their subjects. Whether you're... |
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Lost in Outer Space: The Incredible Journey of Apollo 13
Tod Olson · Scholastic Nonfiction
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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April 13, 1970: Two hundred thousand miles from Earth and counting, an explosion rips through Jim Lovell's spacecraft. The crippled ship hurtles toward the moon at three times the speed of sound, losing power and leaking oxygen into space.Lovell and his crew were two days from the dream... |
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The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life
Kwame Alexander · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Bestseller! You gotta know the rules to play the game. Ball is life. Take it to the hoop. Soar. What can we imagine for our lives? What if we were the star players, moving and grooving through the game of life? What if we had our own rules of the game to help us get what... |
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Feathers and Hair, What Animals Wear
Jennifer Ward · Beach Lane Books
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover
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From the award-winning author of Mama Built a Little Nest comes an oh-so-clever picture book that explores the feathers, fur, skin, or hair that different animals wear!Some animals wear feathers. Some animals wear hair. Some animals wear prickly spines and roam without a care! At first... |
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Here To There and Me To You
Cheryl Keely · Sleeping Bear Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book
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Bridges are some of the most fascinating structures in our landscape, and they come in all forms. From towering suspension bridges to humble stone crossings, this book visits them all in sweet, bouncing text with expository sidebars. But while bridges can be quite grand, this reminds us that... |
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100 Women Who Made History
Dk. · DK
Pages: 128
Format: Print book
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There are many ladies in history who have left their mark. 100 Women Who Made History takes kids on a tour of the past and uncovers the stories of the women and girls who have shaped the modern world.From super scientists like Marie Curie and Rosalind Franklin to clued-up creatives like... |
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The Secret Project
Jonah Winter · Beach Lane Books
Pages: 40
Format: Print book
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Mother-son team Jonah and Jeanette Winter bring to life one of the most secretive scientific projects in history - the creation of the atomic bomb - in this powerful and moving picture book.At a former boy's school in the remote desert of New Mexico, the world's greatest scientists... |
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Malala: Activist for Girls' Education
Raphae?le Frier · Charlesbridge
Pages: 48
Format: Print book
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Malala Yousafzai stood up to the Taliban and fought for the right for all girls to receive an education. When she was just fifteen-years old, the Taliban attempted to kill Malala, but even this did not stop her activism. At age eighteen Malala became the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel... |
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