![I See Things Differently: A First Look at Autism](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1438004796.jpg?itok=1-m8zf8h)
A sensitive, gently illustrated book about helping a child understand autism in a sibling, playmate, or classmate. The storyline is simple and easily accessible to younger children, who will learn that exploring the personal feelings around social issues is a first step in dealing with them.
I See Things Differently: A First Look at Autism
![Squirrels Leap, Squirrels Sleep](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/080509251X.jpg?itok=zuVSikpC)
Poetic language provides an introduction to squirrels, their habitats, and behaviors. Collage illustration enhances the information and the energetic tone. Additional information finishes this attractive and informative book.
Squirrels Leap, Squirrels Sleep
![Lesser Spotted Animals](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/133808934X.jpg?itok=gFMdKAnV)
Humor abounds in the both the text and comic (but surprisingly informative) illustrations to introduce readers to a host of little known animals. Fact and fun combine in this engaging look at some amazing critters.
Lesser Spotted Animals
![Story Worlds Nature](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1944530010.jpg?itok=2lev3f3x)
Examine each double page spread in this oversized book. See the realistically pictured animals and where they live. Make up or find a story about them. If you’re curious, you can look in the back for the names of the real animals. Handsome scenes from different natural environments make this a book to examine again and again.
Story Worlds Nature
![Who Wants to Be a Princess?](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0805097694.jpg?itok=KuYLev6a)
The illustration looks like a fairy tale but this book actually dispels the myth of the luxurious life of princesses who lived in the Middle Ages. Not at all like Cinderella, it seems. The smell would have been the moat (filled with potty water), banquet halls cluttered with bones, grease — and rats — you get it. An author’s note and bibliography about the period conclude this myth-buster.
Who Wants to Be a Princess?
![Pedal Power: How One Community Became the Bicycle Capital of the World](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0374305277.jpg?itok=Bxa1OMaO)
How one person helped make one community into the bicycle capital of the world is told in animated illustrations and easy text. It began in the 1970s when Maartje Rutten and her friends strived to change one city. The impact of that movement is still evident in Amsterdam today where bicycles remain more prevalent than automobiles.
Pedal Power: How One Community Became the Bicycle Capital of the World
![Lighter than Air: Sophie Blanchard, the First Woman Pilot](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763677329.jpg?itok=y0fFO-1H)
Sophie admired Jean-Pierre Blanchard, the first man to cross the English Channel in a hot air balloon. She would marry him and become the first woman to first fly solo in a balloon after her husband’s death. Colorful illustrations dramatically bring 18th century France to life; when coupled with an action-paced text Sophie and her bravery come into crisp focus.
Lighter than Air: Sophie Blanchard, the First Woman Pilot
![John Ronald’s Dragons: The Story of J.R.R. Tolkien](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1626720924.jpg?itok=Ewb8JsTr)
John Ronald loved horses and dragons and words, even invented words. But war changed John Ronald. After serving during World War I, while teaching at Oxford University, John Ronald began to imagine again. His story about Bilbo Baggins became The Hobbit. The handsomely illustrated book concludes with a list of Tolkien’s writing about dragons as well as a bibliography.
John Ronald’s Dragons: The Story of J.R.R. Tolkien
![Float Like a Butterfly](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0786805544.jpg?itok=mtkdeSzj)
Visually stunning and informative, Ali’s early life, how it influenced him, as well as his many accomplishments are presented. Dramatic illustrations are enhanced by the presentation of text in different typefaces. A timeline concludes this brief biography.
Float Like a Butterfly
![Boys Dancing: From School Gym to Theater Stage](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763682020.jpg?itok=JCi-Zrzy)
Elementary school-age boys start at the beginning of the school year to study with Pamela at the National Dance Institute of New Mexico. By the end of the year, some will perform “Treasure Island,” others will perform Mexican folktales. All in all, over 20 dances lead up to the grand finale. Dancing is hard work but lots of fun, too, chronicled in this photoessay.
Boys Dancing: From School Gym to Theater Stage
![The Secret Life of the Red Fox](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1629792608.jpg?itok=iBYV1FD0)
A year in the life of Vixen, a red fox, reveals how these canine omnivores live, hunt, and reproduce. A muted palette allows Vixen to stand out as she moves throughout her territory. Additional information and resources conclude this attractive, evocative, and informative book.
The Secret Life of the Red Fox
![One Proud Penny](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1626722358.jpg?itok=mulypMdL)
The humble and sometimes abused copper penny tells its own story in this humorous combination of fact and fantasy. It begins, “I was born in Philadelphia, where the United States was born” and continues revealing its adventures small and historical. Cartoon illustrations in simple line and real pennies augment the combination of fiction and information. The penny’s history and additional resources conclude this entertaining book.
One Proud Penny
![Margaret and the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Saved the First Lunar Landing](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0399551859.jpg?itok=aBl2glQg)
Margaret loved to solve all kinds of problems coming up with original ideas. She wondered why more girls didn’t grow up to be doctors or scientists. So, she studied hard and finally convinced NASA to use her software programs to get astronauts to the moon and back. Cartoon illustrations complement the conversational text. Additional information about Margaret, additional resources and photos of Margaret conclude this empowering sketch.
Margaret and the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Saved the First Lunar Landing
![Fabulous Frogs](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763681008.jpg?itok=jS3TpJn5)
Endpages show swimming tadpoles; turn the page and the progression from tadpole to frog appears within brief frog facts. There are over 5,000 kinds of frogs that live all over the world. Turn the page and some of them are introduced in lively but short text and dramatic, colorful illustrations. Alliterative, onomatopoeic frog sounds are effectively incorporated into page designs of this informative and engaging book
Fabulous Frogs
![The Butterfly Garden](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763693170.jpg?itok=o2uciVuo)
The life cycle of a monarch butterfly begins with an egg and a feast by caterpillars; each colorful leaf and creature is hidden beneath a well-hidden flap on bold black and white pages. The journey continues in lyrical language with colorful surprises beneath well camouflaged flaps, sure to inspire close observation and interest.
The Butterfly Garden
![Wilderness: An Interactive Atlas of Animals](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1848575068.jpg?itok=eXuCR0de)
A conversational tone and flaps to lift on each double page look at different biomes are sure to inspire further examination. Freshwater, desert, rainforest and other ecological communities of plants and animals are handsomely illustrated and presented on sturdy pages.
Wilderness: An Interactive Atlas of Animals
![Volcanoes: Fire and Life](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1626723605.jpg?itok=RNdwLM97)
Rocks tell stories of constant changes in the earth. And volcanoes show the changes to earth’s surface, often to the benefit of its inhabitants. Join Aurora, her classmates and teacher to explore the forces at work on our planet. Fact and fiction combine in this engaging comic book presentation.
Volcanoes: Fire and Life
![Slickety Quick: Poems About Sharks](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763665436.jpg?itok=YsdhVEKj)
A poem about the well-known Great White begins this handsomely illustrated collection of poems each about a different sea-dwelling shark. Readers will meet the Wobbegong, a nurse shark, the goblin shark, and more. Different poetic forms combine with splendid illustrations that evoke the depths of the creatures’ habitats.
Slickety Quick: Poems About Sharks
![Real Friends](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1626724164.jpg?itok=3pupDnfB)
Shannon struggles with a bully named Jenny, an abusive older sister, and finding one true friend. Presented as a graphic novel, the author’s sometimes painful story ends on a positive note is enhanced by lighter-toned illustrations.
Real Friends
![Hello World: A Celebration of Languages and Curiosities](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1848575033.jpg?itok=U1jt2grj)
There are many ways to say Hello! There’s more than just “hi!” People world-over say it in their own languages. Travel the world through the pages of this book to say “hello” then lift the flaps to discover more interesting facts. Small illustrations on large double-page spreads are sure to help readers become more cognizant of the similarities among the people of the world
Hello World: A Celebration of Languages and Curiosities
![Curious Constructions: A Peculiar Portfolio of Fifty Fascinating Structures](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1452144842.jpg?itok=yXL_p_Ak)
Some structures — like the Eiffel Tower and China’s Great Wall — are familiar. Others, however, are less well known like the Svalbard Global Seed Vault and the Kingda Ka. What they do share in common is that the y are all curious, a combination of imagination and science. Examine these curiosities in image and fascinating text which encourages thought and participation.
Curious Constructions: A Peculiar Portfolio of Fifty Fascinating Structures
![Carry Me! Animal Babies on the Move](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1561453285.jpg?itok=xqu50AVx)
Animals care for and carry their young much like people do — from kangaroos carrying babies in pouches in the Australian outback to penguin babies perched on their parents’ feet in the frozen Antarctic. This is brought to life in Stockdale’s signature style of lyrical text and richly hued illustrations.
Carry Me! Animal Babies on the Move
![Wake Up!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763681490.jpg?itok=x3wOHDQP)
With a warm invitation, “Sun says, Wake up-/come out and explore…” all are invited to observe the new life all around. Stunning nature photographs of animals, amphibians, and insects and a brief text which encourages participation and thought continue the exploration. A bit of additional information to help answer possible questions concludes this handsome book.
Wake Up!
![Baby’s First Book of Birds and Color](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1580897428.jpg?itok=ZIDVHTgD)
Observing birds and eating berries just may lead to a summertime exploration of colors and counting. Meet the yellow goldfinch, a pink flamingo, and other well and less familiar birds in brief text and realistic illustrations. In The Very Berry Counting Book (opens in a new window) by Jerry Pallotta (Charlesbridge; 1580897843), you can count realistic, luscious looking berries from 1 to 10.