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Baby Goes to Market

ATINUKE. · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Join Baby and his doting mama at a bustling southwest Nigerian marketplace for a bright, bouncy read-aloud offering a gentle introduction to numbers.

Market is very crowded.
Mama is very busy.
Baby is very curious.
When Baby and Mama go to the market,...
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Star Wars Illustrated Picture Book

LUCAS FILM BOOK GROUP. · Disney Lucasfilm Press
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

When BB-8 is separated from his master, Poe Dameron, on the lonely desert planet of Jakku, he has no choice but to keep rolling. It's all up to him to get a top-secret map back to the Resistance so they can find Luke Skywalker and save the galaxy from the evil First Order.


It's...

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50 Things To See With A Telescope - Kids: A Constellation Focused Approach

John A Read · John A Read
Pages: 72
Format: Paperback

From the author of the bestselling book 50 Things to See with a Small Telescope, this colorful edition explores the constellations with young readers, guiding them to dozens of galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters. Every page features a helpful "telescope view", showing exactly...
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The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora

PABLO CARTAYA · VIKING CHILDREN'S Books
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

"Sensational." - Matt de la Peña, New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author of The Last Stop on Market Street

Save the restaurant. Save the town. Get the girl. Make Abuela proud. Can thirteen-year-old Arturo Zamora do it all or is he in for a BIG,...
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Grandfather and the Moon

STPHANIE LAPOINTE · GROUNDWOOD
Pages: 100
Format: Print book

This moving graphic novel tells the story of the affection between a girl and her grandfather. When the grandfather withdraws in grief after his wife dies, the girl is determined to live life fully herself and enters an extraordinary contest - the result is a sensitive portrayal of pursuing...
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Margaret and the Moon

Dean Robbins · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Margaret Hamilton loved numbers as a young girl. She knew how many miles it was to the moon (and how many back) . She loved studying algebra and geometry and calculus and using math to solve problems in the outside world.

Soon math led her to MIT and then to helping NASA put a man on the moon!...
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Eclipse: Journeys to the Dark Side of the Moon

FRANK CLOSE · Oxford University Press
Pages: 219
Format: Hardcover

On August 21st, over one hundred million people will gather across the USA to witness the most-watched total solar eclipse in history. Eclipse: Journeys to the Dark Side of the Moon, by popular science author Frank Close, describes the spellbinding allure of this beautiful natural phenomenon....
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Moonwalk: The Story of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing

DAVID JENKINS · Circa Press
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Celebrates one of the greatest feats of human engineering - putting a man on the moon - in a child-friendly formatEnjoyable both for children and parents Contains fun historical and scientific facts designed to encourage curiosity and interest in spaceThat's one small step for a man,...
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The Moon Inside

Sandra V Feder · Groundwood Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Yellow is Ella's favorite color - she loves the bright, sunny daytime. But every night, as darkness falls, she becomes afraid. When her mother encourages her to look at the soft glow of the moon and fireflies dancing in the night, and to listen to the chirping of crickets and the gentle...
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Once Upon a Frog

Sarah Mlynowski · Scholastic Press, 2016.
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

Ribbit ribbit! Siblings Abby and Jonah are in for a surprise when the magic mirror in their basement pulls them into the classic story of The Frog Prince. Abby knows how the tale goes: the princess kisses the frog, and he transforms into a handsome prince. Right? WRONG. Turns out the princess...
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