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Good Housekeeping Amazing Science: 83 Hands-on S.T.E.A.M Experiments for Curious Kids!

Rachel Rothman - Hearst Home Kids
Format: Hardcover

Join the experts at the Good Housekeeping Institute Labs and explore the science you interact with every day. Using the scientific method, you'll tap into your own super-powers of logic and deduction to go on a science adventure. The engaging experiments exemplify core concepts and range...
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Bear and Friends: Fox Wants a Pet

Jody Jensen Shaffer - Highlights Press
Format: Hardcover

Fox is looking for a pet, but everything Bear, Mouse, and Squirrel suggest isn't quite right. In this Level P Highlights Puzzle Reader, kids can join in the search and then find hidden letters throughout the book. The simple text has lots of picture support that will keep readers turning...
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Fancy Nancy: Apples Galore!

Jane O'Connor - Harper
Format: Paperback

Join Fancy Nancy on the perfect fall field trip - to the apple orchard. Fall is an extra-fancy season. Even the trees wear fancy colors! Nancy is determined to find a perfect Gala apple for her dad - it's his favorite kind, and even the name sounds fancy. But what if the perfect apple is just...
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On the First Day of First Grade

TISH RABE - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

On the first day of first grade, there will be lots of fun! This is the perfect book to share with a kindergartner getting ready for the step up to "big kid" school!From choosing books to read to building things with clay to performing in a play, there are many exciting firsts...
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Boom Snot Twitty

Doreen Cronin - Penguin Group USA
Format: Hardcover

Boom!Snot ... Twitty?Three unlikely friends,and three different waysof being in the world.This simplest of storiesis a fable for life.
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What's Up, Chuck?

Leo Landry - Charlesbridge
Format: Print book

Chuck Wood is jealous. As the winner of the Best of the Forest art contest three years in a row, he finds it very difficult to deal with the prospect that newcomer Scooter Possum's abstract paintings might beat his wood sculptures. But with the help of his forest friends, Chuck deals with...
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Blood Infernal: The Order of the Sanguines Series

James Rollins - William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Print book

In a masterpiece of supernatural mystery and apocalyptic prophecy, New York Times bestselling authors James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell bring to a thunderous conclusion their epic trilogy of novels set between the worlds of shadow and light, between salvation and damnation, where the very...
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Princess Pink and the Land of Fake-Believe #1: Moldylocks and the Three Beards

Noah Z. Jones - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover

Noah Z. Jones turns well-known fairy tales upside-down in this humorous new series!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations...
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Machines That Think!: Big Ideas That Changed the World #2

Don Brown - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover

Award-winning author Don Brown explores computers and technology in book two of the Big Ideas series Machines That Think! explores machines from ancient history to today that perform a multitude of tasks, from making mind-numbing calculations to working on assembly lines. Included are fascinating...
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Little Bird Takes a Bath

Marisabina Russo - Schwartz & Wade
Format: Print book

In this sweet read-aloud, a little bird in the big city searches for the perfect puddle. Fans of Goldilocks and the Three Bears will enjoy Little Birds search for a just-right puddle after a rainstorm. He searches far and wide, but some puddles are too big, some are too small, and some...
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