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Spring 2025

Watching and Waiting: What Hatches from Nature's Nurseries

What should you do if you discover eggs, egg cases, or galls when you're exploring the outdoors? You should watch and wait and come back to check on them! Author Sara Levine's simple, lyrical Read More →

  • Dewey: 591.4/68
  • Copyright: 2025
Cover: Sensitive
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Sensitive

"You feel way too much." / "Will you stop being dramatic?" This tender picture book follows a girl who is told she is too intense, too sensitive, too much. She's told to grow a thicker skin,… Read More →

  • Dewey: 158.2
  • Copyright: 2023
Cover: Poop for Breakfast: Why Some Animals Eat It
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Poop for Breakfast: Why Some Animals Eat It

Eating poop is gross! So why do some animals do it? For lots of good reasons! Male butterflies slurp up poop to give as a gift to females, which makes their eggs stronger. Robins scarf down… Read More →

  • Dewey: 591.5/3
  • Copyright: 2023
Cover: A Peek at Beaks: Tools Birds Use
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A Peek at Beaks: Tools Birds Use

Have you ever seen a bird using a jackhammer? What about one scooping up a meal with a net? Of course birds can’t really use tools, at least not the way humans do. But birds have surprisingly Read More →

  • Lexile: 950
  • Dewey: 598.14
  • Copyright: 2021

Germs Up Close

Have you ever seen a germ up close? Really, really close? Award-winning science writer Sara Levine introduces readers to a variety of viruses, bacteria, protozoa, and fungi that can make… Read More →

  • Lexile: 850
  • Dewey: 614.5/7
  • Copyright: 2021
Cover: Eye by Eye: Comparing How Animals See
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Eye by Eye: Comparing How Animals See

From the Series Animal by Animal

An innovative look at animal eyes from the creators of Bone by Bone, Tooth by Tooth, and Fossil by Fossil. What kind of animal would you be if you had eight eyes? Or if your pupils were the Read More →

  • Lexile: 610
  • Dewey: 573.8/8
  • Copyright: 2021
Cover: Flower Talk: How Plants Use Color to Communicate
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Flower Talk: How Plants Use Color to Communicate

Pssssst! Did you know plants can talk? It’s true! Plants use the colors of their flowers to communicate with animals. But why animals? Because they help plants make seeds by moving pollen… Read More →

  • Lexile: 570
  • ATOS: 3.6
  • Dewey: 579/.178
  • Copyright: 2019
Cover: Fossil by Fossil: Comparing Dinosaur Bones
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Fossil by Fossil: Comparing Dinosaur Bones

From the Series Animal by Animal

What dinosaur would you be if you had a bony ridge rising from the back of your skull and three horns poking up from the front? Answer: a triceratops! This picture book will keep you guessing Read More →

  • Lexile: 650
  • ATOS: 4.5
  • Dewey: 567.9
  • Copyright: 2018
Cover: Tooth by Tooth: Comparing Fangs, Tusks, and Chompers
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Tooth by Tooth: Comparing Fangs, Tusks, and Chompers

From the Series Animal by Animal

What animal would you be if a few of your teeth grew so long that they stuck out of your mouth even when it was closed? What would you be if your top canine teeth grew almost all the way down Read More →

  • Lexile: 820
  • ATOS: 4.6
  • Dewey: 599.9'43
  • Copyright: 2016
Cover: Bone by Bone: Comparing Animal Skeletons
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Bone by Bone: Comparing Animal Skeletons

From the Series Animal by Animal

What would you be if your finger bones grew so long that they reached your feet? You'd be a bat! What if you had no leg bones but kept your arm bones? You'd be a whale, a dolphin, or a… Read More →

  • Lexile: 580
  • ATOS: 3.7
  • Dewey: 599.9'47
  • Copyright: 2014