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Cover: The Lady and the Octopus: How Jeanne Villepreux-Power Invented Aquariums and Revolutionized Marine Biology
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The Lady and the Octopus: How Jeanne Villepreux-Power Invented Aquariums and Revolutionized Marine Biology

Born in a small village in eighteenth-century France, Jeanne Villepreux wasn’t expected to transform marine science. Curious, creative, and clever, Jeanne ventured to Paris by foot as a… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1220
  • Dewey: 578.77092 [B]
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: Where We Come From
Starred Review & Award Count 1 2

Where We Come From

"Outstanding in all ways, this title deserves a place in most collections and adds a wonderful opportunity for upper elementary students (and higher!) to unpack our complicated… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1000
  • Dewey: 811/.6
  • Copyright: 2022

Big Bear and Little Fish

Friendship comes in all sizes. Bear loves being big! At the carnival, Bear wants to win a teddy bear as big as she is. Instead, she gets a fish. A very little fish. Bear is so very big and… Read More →

  • Lexile: 480
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2022

Hear Me

A year after being diagnosed with hearing loss, twelve-year-old Rayne is doing her best to live a “normal” life and act like nothing has changed. But her hearing keeps failing her. Even with Read More →

  • Lexile: 660
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2022

My First Dino-Basketball

From the Series Dino Board Books

Shorts and jerseys. / Ball and hoop. / Dino-dribble. / Pass and shoot. Bouncy rhyming text from Lisa Wheeler highlights basketball basics as two teams of dinosaurs take the court. Young fans… Read More →

  • Lexile: 180
  • Dewey: 796
  • Copyright: 2022

My First Dino-Football

From the Series Dino Board Books

Numbered jerseys. / Field of green. / Pads and helmets. / Dino-team. Fun rhyming text from Lisa Wheeler introduces key elements of football to the youngest sports fans, and colorful… Read More →

  • Lexile: 150
  • Dewey: 796.332
  • Copyright: 2022

My First Dino-Hockey

From the Series Dino Board Books

Dino-skates. / Stick and puck. / Dino-helmet. / Lick for luck. Introduce young readers to the thrill of hockey with Lisa Wheeler's simple rhyming text and Barry Gott's high-energy… Read More →

  • Lexile: 180
  • Dewey: 796.356
  • Copyright: 2022

Be a Bridge

In this upbeat picture book, acclaimed authors Irene Latham and Charles Waters bring key themes from their earlier collaborations (Can I Touch Your Hair? and Dictionary for a Better World) to Read More →

  • Lexile: 610
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2022

The Art of Magic: A Novel

A pack of paints, a set of pens, and unlimited creativity throw two friends into an enchanted, fast-paced adventure. ZuZu's first summer without her best friend is looking pretty grim, until Read More →

  • Lexile: 770
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2022

10 at 10: The Surprising Childhoods of Ten Remarkable People

Audrey Hepburn, Roberto Clemente, Albert Einstein—kids know the names, but do they know what some of history's most famous figures were like at the age of ten? Carlyn Beccia presents ten… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1080
  • Dewey: 920.0083
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: Today Is Different
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Today Is Different

Standing together makes all of us stronger. Mai, a young Hmong girl, and Kiara, a young Black girl, are best friends. They do everything together—riding the bus, eating lunch, playing at… Read More →

  • Lexile: 530
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2022

We Belong

We all belong! You and I, we're alike, / but we're different too. / That's not good. / That's not bad. / It's just what is true. Explore and celebrate who you are and who others are too!… Read More →

  • Lexile: 540
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2022
13 titles

Dino Board Books — Board Book Set

From the Series Dino Board Books

There's dino-fun for everyone in this high-energy board book series. Dinosaurs face off on the field, battle on the court, and rally in the rink. Read More →

  • Copyright: 2024
  • Board Book
  • List Price: $103.87
  • Your Price: $103.87
  • 13 titles

Dino-Easter

From the Series Dino-Holidays

As winter snow melts into spring, froggies croak and robins sing. Soon there'll be a holiday . . .Dino-Easter's on its way! Celebrate with the dinos as they gather flowers for a spring… Read More →

  • Lexile: 490
  • ATOS: 2.6
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2022

My First Dino-Baseball

From the Series Dino Board Books

Batter up! Simple rhyming text highlights baseball essentials as dinosaurs play baseball in this charming board book. Bright and appealing illustrations from Barry Gott bring the sports… Read More →

  • Lexile: 200
  • Dewey: 796.357
  • Copyright: 2022

My First Dino-Soccer

From the Series Dino Board Books

Goal! Youngsters will cheer along as simple rhyming text from Lisa Wheeler describes how dinosaurs play soccer in this high-energy board book. Bright and appealing illustrations from Barry… Read More →

  • Lexile: 170
  • Dewey: 796.334
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: This Last Adventure
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This Last Adventure

When Archie's beloved grandpa is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, Archie desperately wants to slow the progression of his grandpa's memory loss. Using Grandpa's old journal entries as… Read More →

  • Lexile: 650
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2022

Eddie Whatever

"Comic, creepy, calamitous, and . . . completely satisfying."—Claudia Mills, author of The Lost Language and Zero Tolerance With his bar mitzvah on the horizon, thirteen-year-old Eddie needs… Read More →

  • Lexile: 760
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2021
2 titles

Adventures of the PSS 118 — Hardcover Set

From the Series Adventures of the PSS 118

Life aboard the PSS 118, a public school spaceship orbiting Jupiter, has never been stellar for Jack. But when he accidentally activates a brand-new light speed engine and transports the ship Read More →

  • Copyright: 2023
  • Hardcover
  • List Price: $37.98
  • Your Price: $28.49
  • 2 titles

Eighth Grade vs. the Machines

From the Series Adventures of the PSS 118

Seventh grade didn’t end especially well for Jack, thanks to some hostile aliens. After the entire population of Earth's solar system is whisked away by alien technology, Jack and his… Read More →

  • Lexile: 590
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2021
Cover: From the Tops of the Trees
Starred Review & Award Count 4 5

From the Tops of the Trees

Winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature in the Picture Book Category "Father, is all of the world a refugee camp?" Young Kalia has never known life beyond the fences of the… Read More →

  • Lexile: 610
  • Dewey: 362.7/7914
  • Copyright: 2021

AfterMath

"This book is a gift to the culture." —Amy Schumer, writer, actor, and activist After her brother's death from a congenital heart defect, twelve-year-old Lucy is not prepared to be the new… Read More →

  • Lexile: 730
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2021

Hair Story

With rhythmic, rhyming verse, this picture book follows two girls—one non-Black Puerto Rican, one Black—as they discover the stories their hair can tell. Preciosa has hair that won’t stay… Read More →

  • Lexile: 320
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2021

Monkey with a Tool Belt and the Craftiest Christmas Ever!

From the Series Monkey with a Tool Belt

Chico Bon Bon's epic Christmas party is three days away! Is our intrepid monkey ready? Of course not! But thanks to his trusty tool belt and plenty of ingenuity, Chico helps his friends… Read More →

  • Lexile: 610
  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2021