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The Romans: Gory Gladiators and Cruel Conquerors

From the Series Deadly History

From fighting as a gladiator through being fed to the lions, daily life in the Roman Empire was pretty deadly! Readers will love digging up the past and finding out just how horrible it was… Read More →

  • Dewey: 930
  • Copyright: 2023

The Vikings: Raids of Terror and Bloody Battles

From the Series Deadly History

From fighting bloodthirsty battles through being sacrificed to the gods, daily life in the Viking world was pretty deadly! Readers will love digging up the past and finding out just how… Read More →

  • Dewey: 930
  • Copyright: 2023

Tracking a Killer: Using Science to Solve Homicides

From the Series Crime Science

When a murder is committed, crime investigators do all they can to solve the crime—and stop the criminal before they strike again. This fascinating book shows readers how the very latest… Read More →

  • Dewey: 340
  • Copyright: 2023

Transplant Breakthroughs

From the Series Edge of Medicine

From the first immunosuppressant drugs to the first successful heart transplant, this exploration of scientific inquiry celebrates the greatest developments to date in transplant medicine.… Read More →

  • Lexile: 890
  • Dewey: 509
  • Copyright: 2024

Vaccine Breakthroughs

From the Series Edge of Medicine

From the discovery of the Polio vaccine to the breakthrough in mRNA vaccines for COVID-19, this exploration of scientific inquiry celebrates the greatest developments to date in vaccine… Read More →

  • Lexile: 880
  • Dewey: 509
  • Copyright: 2024

We Planted a Pumpkin

From the Series In the Garden

Two children plant a pumpkin seed together and nurture the growing plant through the seasons. The plant flowers and a pumpkin forms, but will it change color and be ripe and ready to harvest… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023

What Can Tas Eat?: Book 98

From the Series Tas and Friends

Bec can eat grain at the farm, but Tas cannot eat grain. What can Tas eat? He shares a pie with Brin! Young readers will enjoy following Tas along on her many adventures and meeting new… Read More →

  • Dewey: 428
  • Copyright: 2023

Where Is Tas and Bec?: Book 94

From the Series Tas and Friends

Gem sees that the gate is open. Tas and Bec are missing. Where could they be? Young readers will enjoy following Tas along on her many adventures and meeting new buddies along the way. Cute… Read More →

  • Dewey: 428
  • Copyright: 2023

Wolves: And Their Food Chains

From the Series Food Chain Kings

Armed with lethal fangs, endless endurance, and an incredible intelligence, the wolf is an amazing predator! Readers will discover how the apex hunter tracks down and kills its prey with… Read More →

  • Dewey: 599
  • Copyright: 2023

Luis de Torres Sails to Freedom

Luis de Torres is a secret Jew, a Catholic convert, who, in his heart, remains Jewish. When the Inquisition comes and Jews are forced to leave Spain, Luis decides to join a sailing expedition Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2023
Cover: Any Body: A Comic Compendium of Important Facts and Feelings about Our Bodies
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Any Body: A Comic Compendium of Important Facts and Feelings about Our Bodies

An honest, humorous and factual book for children and early teens who want to understand and feel at home with their own bodies. Sometimes we feel uncomfortable in our own skin, sometimes… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2023
Cover: Men of the 65th: The Borinqueneers of the Korean War
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Men of the 65th: The Borinqueneers of the Korean War

Honor and Fidelity. That is the motto of the 65th Infantry Regiment, also known as the Borinqueneers, the only Puerto Rican unit in the United States Army. Since the regiment’s creation in… Read More →

  • Dewey: 951.904/24
  • Copyright: 2023

Sasquatch and Squirrel

Deep in the forest, Strawberry the Sasquatch is very happy on her own. She keeps busy doing all the alone things a Sasquatch does: sneaking, dance moves, foraging, haircare, and more. But… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2023

The Weight of Everything

It’s been six months since Sarah’s mom died. Three months since her dad fell apart. Sarah has left her fine arts boarding school to take care of her dad and her little brother, and now she’s… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023

Food for Hope: How John van Hengel Invented Food Banks for the Hungry

Hunger continues to be an international problem. This true story of how one ordinary person did something extraordinary shows how everyone can do something to make a difference. Readers will Read More →

  • Dewey: 920
  • Copyright: 2023
Cover: Her Eyes on the Stars: Maria Mitchell, Astronomer
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Her Eyes on the Stars: Maria Mitchell, Astronomer

Maria Mitchell’s curiosity about the night sky led her to spend hours studying the stars. She discovered a comet as a young woman, winning an award from the King of Denmark for being the… Read More →

  • Dewey: 509
  • Copyright: 2023
Cover: Climate Warriors: Fourteen Scientists and Fourteen Ways We Can Save Our Planet
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Climate Warriors: Fourteen Scientists and Fourteen Ways We Can Save Our Planet

Who do you think of when you imagine a climate scientist? Maybe a biologist? Or a chemist? But economists study the climate too! Meet fourteen different scientists who are working to solve… Read More →

  • Dewey: 363.738/74
  • Copyright: 2023
Cover: Indigo and Ida
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Indigo and Ida

When eighth grader and aspiring journalist Indigo breaks an important story, exposing an unfair school policy, she's suddenly popular for the first time. The friends who've recently drifted… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023
Cover: Not So Shy
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Not So Shy

Twelve-year-old Shai hates everything about moving to America from Israel. She's determined to come up with a plan that will get her back home. Maybe she can go back with her grandparents… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023
Cover: Patterns Everywhere
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Patterns Everywhere

Step outside. Let's find designs— / branching, cracking, spirals, lines. / Search the earth, the seas, the air. / Patterns, patterns everywhere. Look around and discover patterns in the… Read More →

  • Dewey: 152.14/23
  • Copyright: 2023
Cover: Rise to the Sky: How the World's Tallest Trees Grow Up
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Rise to the Sky: How the World's Tallest Trees Grow Up

What is the tallest living thing? It's not an elephant, or a giraffe, or even a blue whale. It's a tree! Trees are the tallest living things on Earth. But how do they grow to be so tall?… Read More →

  • Dewey: 582.16
  • Copyright: 2023

The Great Giraffe Rescue: Saving the Nubian Giraffes

From the Series Sandra Markle's Science Discoveries

Giraffes are some of the most fascinating animals on the African savanna. Yet they're facing threats from climate change and competition from humans for natural resources. Long ago, Nubian… Read More →

  • Dewey: 599.638096761
  • Copyright: 2023
Cover: The Moon Is a Ball: Stories of Panda & Squirrel
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The Moon Is a Ball: Stories of Panda & Squirrel

Join Panda and Squirrel in nine funny, wise and thoughtful stories about the meaning of friendship by two world greats of children’s literature. Perfect for emerging readers. Panda and… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023

What's That, Jack?

A fun read-aloud picture book to spark imaginative play and have preschoolers joining in with delight. Jack and George are resting quietly when BOOM! A huge and strange ball lands beside… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2023