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Cover: Nature Spy Guide

Nature Spy Guide

What can you find in nature? Look for bright flowers and listen to buzzing bees! Feel rough tree bark and taste a sweet apple! Join author and photographer Shelley Rotner as she encourages kids to use their senses to safely explore the outdoors. With simple text and photos featuring kids View →

 
Cover: Nearer My Freedom: The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself

Nearer My Freedom

“Permit me to lay at your feet the following genuine Narrative . . .” Olaudah Equiano was a writer and abolitionist whose autobiography, The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano, captured the attention of British readers at the height of the… View →

 
Cover: Never Give Up: Dr. Kati Karikó and the Race for the Future of Vaccines

Never Give Up

The first-ever picture book biography about Dr. Katalin Karikó, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Growing up in a small Hungarian town, Kati Karikó was curious about everything. That included her family’s farm… View →

 
Cover: Night and Dana

Night and Dana

A creative coming-of-age story for the climate-change generation Dana Drucker fights boredom in her Florida beach town by crafting special-effects makeup—the more gruesome, the better. But when a messy prank with Dana’s best friend Lily gets the wrong kind… View →

 
Cover: Night Becomes Day: Changes in Nature

Night Becomes Day

Night becomes day / Flower becomes fruit. Nature is always at work, transforming. Whether sudden or gradual, change is a constant in our world. Author Cynthia Argentine describes transitions including acorns sprouting, deserts blooming, canyons forming, and… View →

 
Cover: Night Creatures: Animals That Swoop, Crawl, and Creep while You Sleep

Night Creatures

As the sun sets, night creatures awaken. In their rural backyard, a parent and child camp out, watching as fireflies flicker, bats flap, and rabbits race. Atmospheric illustrations bring the nocturnal world to life in this lyrical and informative picture book. View →

 
Cover: Noah Green Saves the World

Noah Green Saves the World

Noah is a would-be filmmaker who has trouble making friends and understanding people. In Noah Green Saves the World, by Laura Toffler-Corrie, Noah thinks that this summer, the best place for him is the David Lynch Film Camp, to work on his film “opus,” and not his parents’… View →

 
Cover: No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller

No Crystal Stair

“You can’t walk straight on a crooked line. You do you’ll break your leg. How can you walk straight in a crooked system?” Lewis Michaux was born to do things his own way. When a white banker told him to sell fried chicken,… View →

 
Cover: No More Excuses: Dismantling Rape Culture

No More Excuses

Soon after the sexual misconduct allegations against film producer Harvey Weinstein became public in late 2017, the #MeToo movement went viral, opening up an explosive conversation about rape culture around the globe. In the US, someone is sexually assaulted every 98 seconds. More than… View →

 
Cover: No One Is Angry Today

No One Is Angry Today

An illustrated collection of thought-provoking stories about how anger doesn’t always have to be angry, with illustrations from Marc Boutavant. In ten thoughtful, philosophical, absurd tales by master storyteller Toon Tellegen, the forest animals—from squirrel to View →

 
Cover: Native Peoples of the Arctic

North American Indian Nations

Explore the history, culture, and modern-day lifestyles of American Indians living in ten distinct geographic regions of North America. Readers will evaluate the similarities and differences between the Indian nations and make connections as to how geography affected their past and… View →

 
Cover: Not So Shy

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 when they come to visit. Or maybe she can win a drawing competition… View →

 
Cover: Numbers in Motion: Sophie Kowalevski, Queen of Mathematics

Numbers in Motion

Sophie Kowalevski was both a brilliant mathematician and a talented writer. Creative work nurtured her mathematical research, giving her a flexibility of thought she treasured. A wonderful STEAM figure, she not only did mathematical research, but she also… View →

 
Cover: Oink

Oink

A comical story akin to Five Minutes’ Peace about a very busy bath. Pig is having a lovely bath. In come Sheep, Cow, Horse….They are very noisy! What can Pig do to make them go away? Pig must think of something smart and quick. View →

 
Cover: Olive

Olive

Who is the real giant in this wordless retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk? Perspective is everything in this visual exploration of what big and small can mean. Olive, the little girl climbing the beanstalk, is small in comparison to the giant who lives in the… View →

 
Cover: One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia

One Plastic Bag

Discover the inspiring true story of Isatou Ceesay, an African woman who started a recycling movement to combat the pollution caused by plastic bags in her community. For years, plastic bags were a cheap and convenient option for carrying goods in Njau,… View →

 
Cover: One Wise Sheep: An Untraditional Christmas Story

One Wise Sheep

Tonight, the sheep can’t sleep. The pasture is floodlit by a strange new star and their shepherds have disappeared. They must have been kidnapped by a UFO—or perhaps they’ve gone to meet the child rumored to have been born in a stable. The sheep set… View →

 
Cover: One Year, One Night (2nd Edition)

One Year, One Night (2nd Edition)

It’s never easy to go back, especially when the memories you’ve been running from suddenly resurface. When Annie returns to her home village after a long absence, she rediscovers the diary she kept the year she turned 16, the year that changed her… View →

 
Cover: John Brown

On My Own Biography

Engage readers’ interest and imagination! These award-winning biographies feature full-page illustrations. Written in story format, each book features pivotal episodes that reveal what kind of person the subject is (or was) and how he or she came to be famous. View →

 
Cover: Mike Fink

On My Own Folklore

Folklore characters come to life in these magically illustrated titles. Each story shares both the facts and the fiction behind the tall tale and explains how the story became a part of folklore. View →

 
Cover: An American Army of Two

On My Own History

With striking, full-page illustrations, real and fictionalized characters, and stories featuring events that really happened, these books capture readers’ interest and imagination. View →

 
Cover: Day of the Dead

On My Own Holidays

Encourage understanding of diverse cultures. Featuring full-page illustrations, these beautiful editions look at the history and customs associated with various holidays and present early readers with high-interest offerings. View →

 
Cover: Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure at the Abbey Grange: Case 2

On the Case with Holmes and Watson

Get ready to jump on the case with Holmes and Watson! This graphic novel series presents the thrilling adventures of the world’s greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes, and his assistant, John H. Watson. At the end of each book, readers examine the clues that helped Holmes solve each… View →

 
Cover: I Ship: A Container Ship's Colossal Journey

On the Move

Take readers on unique transportation journeys—narrated by vehicles and even by fuel itself! First-person points of view provide intriguing perspectives on the vital roles that vehicles and fuel play in our lives and in the global economy. Rich back matter provides more detail on the… View →