![Stars Beneath Your Bed: The Surprising Story of Dust](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0060571896.jpg?itok=0FMQ0otO)
Though few have ever considered dust – what it is or where it came from – this informative, evocative book may change that. Consider, for example, that the film on a computer screen may have been the dust on a dinosaur. Poetic language and suggestive illustrations pique interest through their simplicity.
Stars Beneath Your Bed: The Surprising Story of Dust
![How to Be a Medieval Knight](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0792236343.jpg?itok=6tXLcWtQ)
This introduction to the medieval period and to “expert fighting men” never takes itself too seriously while introducing the time in which knights lived, fought, and played. Text and information are organized around questions, making this an engaging book to dip in and out of.
How to Be a Medieval Knight
![A Book About Design: Complicated Doesn’t Make It Good](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0805075755.jpg?itok=o9IqQlgP)
Attractive, bold and crisp visuals, and a limited text in ten short chapters introduce art and how it works. Learn about the effect of lines, color, and contrast on one’s perception of an image in this book that’s likely to not only inform, but also to inspire art activities.
A Book About Design: Complicated Doesn’t Make It Good
![Aaron and the Green Mountain Boys](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1590783352.jpg?itok=JpkPxTqG)
This story of the Revolutionary War is based on a real boy who lived in Bennington, Vermont, in 1777. Aaron winds up helping save his town from approaching British troops. Pen and ink sketches illustrate this riveting, easy-to-read fictional history.
Aaron and the Green Mountain Boys
![Zoo's Who](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0152046399.jpg?itok=3SLlabES)
These short poems are an eclectic menagerie of animals illustrated with sophisticated, semi-abstract, and animated paintings. Filled with snappy word play, this book is sure to delight readers who will meet both the familiar and the exotic in this engaging zoo.
Zoo’s Who
![Quilt of States: Piecing America Together](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0792272854.jpg?itok=vdEWlYM2)
Quilts, a truly American art form, are used to illustrate each state in the order in which it was admitted into the United States. Short essays written by state librarians provide the story, background, and information about each quilt and state, and are reflected in the handsome, unique, and colorful illustrations.
Quilt of States: Piecing America Together
![Rosa](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0805071067.jpg?itok=VGOPHqB8)
Rosa Parks was an ordinary woman who became a hero because she “was not going to give in to that which was wrong.” A catalyst for the famous Montgomery Bus boycott in Alabama, she turned the nation’s attention to a glaring injustice in our society. Powerful illustrations evoke a time before the Civil Rights era and give the reader a glimpse at a person, her impact, and a period in American history.
Rosa
![Monumental Verses](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0792271351.jpg?itok=EJrZGZ0w)
Stunning color photographs and poems combine to pay homage to some of the “world’s enduring man-made constructions” while introducing a range of poetic forms. The result is a memorable collection of visual art, information, and literary art sure to stand up to multiple examinations.
Monumental Verses
![The Librarian of Basra: A True Story From Iraq](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0152054456.jpg?itok=K3RdBbMZ)
In spite of looming war, librarian Alia Muhammed Baker was able to save the books from the library of Basra by moving them to safety. Simple forms and deep colors in a naïve style evoke the war without being explicit. The bravery and action of one person celebrates both everyday heroism and books as a unifying force.
The Librarian of Basra: A True Story From Iraq
![Beyond the Great Mountains: A Visual Poem About China](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0811843432.jpg?itok=vwRzMBLb)
Spare text and highly textured rice paper illustrations combine in an unusual format to provide a glimpse of China, the creator’s homeland. Chinese characters placed on each page add to the poetry of the entire book.
Beyond the Great Mountains: A Visual Poem About China
![What You Never Knew About Tubs, Toilets, & Showers](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0689824203.jpg?itok=IgKg7B-F)
History comes to life in this book’s cartoon-like illustrations and informative but informal text. This is not just any history, though. It is the history of plumbing, and “…the history of the bathroom in Europe and North America is a strange story of how people washed themselves often, sometimes, or not at all.”
What You Never Knew About Tubs, Toilets, & Showers
![Oh, No! Where Are My Pants? and Other Disasters: Poems](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0688178618.jpg?itok=LX_wcTQk)
Everyone has had a moment or a day in which nothing seems to be going right. These short, gently illustrated poems not only recall some of these uncomfortable moments, but are sure to help readers recognize the humor in them.
Oh, No! Where Are My Pants? and Other Disasters: Poems
![Lucy Rose: Here’s the Thing About Me](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0385732031.jpg?itok=FyjoJizp)
Lucy Rose realizes she is a “smart cookie,” but is still thrown by the changes in her life, which include a move to Washington, D.C., where her grandparents live. She narrates her own story in this fresh, fast, often funny, and always plausible novel. Her story continues in Lucy Rose: Big on Plans.
Lucy Rose: Here’s the Thing About Me
![Egypt: In Spectacular Cross-Section](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0439745373.jpg?itok=KNECKYwe)
An imagined journey on the Nile River in the time of Ramses II (around 1279-1213 BC) begins when 11-year-old Dedia and his father travel to a wedding in Piramesse. What they see along the way is minutely detailed and clearly labeled illustrations in an oversized format.
Egypt: In Spectacular Cross-Section
![Celia Cruz: Queen of Salsa](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0803729707.jpg?itok=Qb5XGfXo)
Celia Cruz began singing on the streets of Havana as a child. She grew up to become a legendary singer and lasting influence on salsa. Bright, bold illustrations echo the vibrancy of the music in this handsome picture book biography.
Celia Cruz: Queen of Salsa
![Ten Little Sleepyheads](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1582348383.jpg?itok=MzHKpxnM)
From ten to one, little sleepyheads in colorful night clothes count down to sleep; that is, all but one bug who is not sleepy at all. And so begins the countdown again. Actual insects upon which the comical illustrations are drawn are shown and labeled on the end pages.
Ten Little Sleepyheads
![Spiders and Their Webs](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0792269799.jpg?itok=j-iZEn4k)
A biologist introduces spiders and their webs through stunning full color close-up photographs and a lively text. Spider facts include the arachnids’ common and scientific names, size, where they live, and what they eat. A technique to find webs and additional sources of information conclude this handsome volume.
Spiders and Their Webs
![Mosquito Bite](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1570915911.jpg?itok=LJmP1jqb)
Two children play hide and seek outdoors on a warm night. Little do they know that a culex, a newly matured mosquito, is also looking for them. Bordered, color photographs taken with an electron microscope are inserted on black and white photographs of the playing children. Additional information about mosquitoes, micrographs, and more is appended in this fascinating and informative book.
Mosquito Bite
![Miss Spider's Family Album](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0448438291.jpg?itok=ZFnAc0QS)
Pictures of Miss Spider’s family are presented in an album format on sturdy pages. The Sunny Patch characters continue to engage young children as they learn about family relations.
Miss Spider’s Family Album
![Itsy Bitsy the Smart Spider](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0803729014.jpg?itok=2KH0U5dy)
Itsy Bitsy the Smart Spider
![Insectlopedia](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0152013067.jpg?itok=ORLHgYuw)
Insectlopedia
![Happy Bees](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/081095866X.jpg?itok=HJVQbxdE)
Bumbling bees are oblivious to the confusion and downright unhappiness they create as they cheerfully cavort and fly around people and animals. The bees’ antics are captured in lighthearted illustrations. A CD of bee tunes with lyrics is included.
Happy Bees
![Eddie's Garden and How to Make Things Grow](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1845070151.jpg?itok=C4-EkhrL)
The garden that Eddie and his Mum plant while his younger sister “helps” grows in the warm earth with the help of sun, rain, and beneficial creatures like worms. Eddie learns that other creatures (like slugs) eat plants. This gentle, engaging family story informs and illuminates many aspects of gardening.
Eddie’s Garden and How to Make Things Grow
![Ace Lacewing Bug Detective](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1570915695.jpg?itok=J5io9kkf)
Ace Lacewing — whose business is bad bugs — narrates the saga of how he and his trusty sidekick and girlfriend foil the plot to overturn Queenie Bee. The exaggerated illustrations combine with staccato, pun-filled language to create this funny parody of detective stories.