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Don't Give This Book a Bowl of Milk!

Benjamin Bird - Capstone Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Jerry the Mouse needs your help! He doesnt want young readers to give this book a bowl of milk because he knows that its really Tom the Cat in disguise! Watch out for Toms tricks. Turning each page in this rollicking, interactive picture book will bring a new surprise. The perfect way to enjoy...
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Pete the Cats 12 Groovy Days of Christmas

James Dean - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

This New York Times bestselling Pete the Cat hardcover picture book is a perfect Christmas gift for Pete the Cat fans who are eagerly awaiting Santas arrival!Pete and his friends are rockin and groovin while counting down the days to Christmas! Who needs five golden rings, when you can have...
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A Sporting Chance: How Ludwig Guttmann Created the Paralympic Games

Lori Alexander - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Telling the inspiring human story behind the creation of the Paralympics, this young readers biography artfully combines archival photos, full-color illustrations, and a riveting narrative to honor the life of Ludwig Guttmann, whose work profoundly changed so many lives. Dedicating his life...
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The Code Breaker -- Young Readers Edition: Jennifer Doudna and the Race to Understand Our Genetic Code

Walter Isaacson - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Walter Isaacson's #1 New York Times bestselling history of our third scientific revolution: CRISPR, gene editing, and the quest to understand the code of life itself, is now adapted for young readers!When Jennifer Doudna was a sixth grader in Hilo, Hawaii, she came home from school...
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How Women Won the Vote: Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, and Their Big Idea

Susan Campbell Bartoletti - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

This is how history should be told to kids - with photos, illustrations, and captivating storytelling.From Newbery Honor medalist Susan Campbell Bartoletti and in time to celebrate the 100th anniversary of woman suffrage in America comes the page-turning, stunningly illustrated, and tirelessly...
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We Are Wolves

Katrina Nannestad - Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Format: Hardcover


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A Ceiling Made of Eggshells

Gail Carson Levine - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

In A Ceiling Made of Eggshells, Newbery Honor-winning author Gail Carson Levine tells a moving and ambitious story set during the expulsion of Jews from Spain, about a young Jewish girl full of heart who must play her own role in her people's epic history - no matter the sacrifice....
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Big Dog and Little Dog Going for a Walk

Dav Pilkey - Harcourt Brace and Company
Format: Paperback

Canine companions Big Dog and Little Dog are always getting into sticky situations. Their second adventure is about a particularly muddy situation! But friends who endure baths together are friends 'til the end--or, at least until their next muddy walk. With simple text, graphic...
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Vegetables in Underwear

Jared Chapman - Abrams Appleseed
Format: Board book

A bunch of friendly vegetables wear colorful underwear of all varieties--big, small, clean, dirty, serious and funny--demonstrating the silliness and necessity of our undies. The unexpectedness of vegetables in their unmentionables is enough to draw giggles, but the pride with which this...
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