![Living Fossils: Clues to the Past](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/158089691X.jpg?itok=3NE2p4i-)
Scientists thought the coelacanth had been extinct for about 65 million years when one was caught off the South African coast in 1938. This is a fascinating examination of “living fossils”, plants or animals that are close to their ancient relatives. Each is presented “then” and “now” in detailed, realistic paintings and readable text. Additional resources conclude this fascinating book.
Living Fossils: Clues to the Past
![Ideas Are All Around](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1626721815.jpg?itok=sBUpmmAq)
Readers are invited to join a young writer “to walk on the page.” Part journal, part imaginative jaunt, the multimedia images and typeface which seems to have come from the typewriter (that is seen at the end) create a unique look at creativity and writing.
Ideas Are All Around
![Way to Glow! Amazing Creatures that Light Up in the Dark](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/054590661X.jpg?itok=72hxMN8M)
Whether they’re fish or fungi, these creatures share the ability to create their own light or glow. Most live in deep seas but some – like fireflies – are easily seen on land particularly at dusk. Two volumes present information about bioluminescent animals in amazing photographs and lucid text.
Way to Glow! Amazing Creatures that Light Up in the Dark
![Glow: Animals with Their Own Nightlights](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/054441666X.jpg?itok=fwkwT9X7)
Why be afraid of the dark when there is so much to see? Whether it’s used to hunt, hide, find a friend, or escape an enemy, bioluminescence—the ability to glow—is a unique adaptation in nature. In this fun and fascinating nonfiction picture book, join world-renowned photographers and biologists on their close encounters with the curious creatures that make their own light.
Glow: Animals with Their Own Nightlights
![Alamo All Stars](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1419719025.jpg?itok=Cm2w0mK0)
Actual events and people from 19th century Texas come to life in the Hale’s latest look at history. Humor and fact combine in image and word presented in comic book format. (Book 6 in Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales series)
Alamo All Stars
![Yaks Yak: Animal Word Pairs](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0544391012.jpg?itok=99sIBI4d)
Sometimes animal names are also verbs. See what happens when “Bats bat” or “Slugs slug” in each vivacious, double page spread. The definition of the verb is included for each pairing. Additional information (including etymology) on the animal names and verbs is appended.
Yaks Yak: Animal Word Pairs
![Whose Eye Am I?](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/082343558X.jpg?itok=a7sGjp-p)
“Each animal has its own special way of seeing.” Clear, close-up photographs of animals’ eyes and the question posed in the title are followed by more information about other animals. A variety of animals appear, from owls and pigeons to alligators and frogs. Information about the human eye concludes this fascinating look at ways of seeing.
Whose Eye Am I?
![Trampolines](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1620313197.jpg?itok=-W8HuIVL)
What does jumping on a trampoline have to do with science? Lots, it turns out! The basic physics laws involved are presented in crisp, readable text and action-packed photographs. For readers interested in ecology, Arctic Food Chains (Pogo: Who Eats What?) by Rebecca Pettiford (Jump! 1620314274) is similarly formatted and quite interesting (with just a hint of blood in the photographs). Table of contents, index and additional resources for each title expands the use.
Trampolines
![The Real Poop on Pigeons](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1935179934.jpg?itok=3cvEQijv)
When a couple complains about pigeons in the park, two children in pigeon costumes come to give them the real story about pigeons. Done in an open comic book format, this easier-to-read book is sure to entertain as well as inform.
The Real Poop on Pigeons
![Place Value](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0823435504.jpg?itok=jcsiuYHc)
In this playful introduction to number values, readers are reminded that “Order is important in both words and numbers.” Cheerful monkeys, chefs from the Banana Café, host this exploration making place values from one to upwards of a trillion understandable and relatable.
Place Value
![Lincoln and Kennedy: A Pair to Compare](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/080509945X.jpg?itok=Zl2h0vZz)
This brief introduction to two well-known U.S. Presidents presents similarities in their lives and presidencies on opposing pages. Illustrations are informative but cartoonish to suggest that this is a first look at these men.
Lincoln and Kennedy: A Pair to Compare
![The Hole Story of the Doughnut](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0544319613.jpg?itok=fqvlGmuC)
A seafaring cook named Hanson Crockett Gregory is credited with inventing the sweet fried treats we know as doughnuts. Lighthearted, rounded illustrations combine with a humorous narrative to explore the fact and fiction of Hanson and his tasty innovation.
The Hole Story of the Doughnut
![Follow the Moon Home](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/145211241X.jpg?itok=jq9D-vb7)
Loggerhead turtles are confused by artificial lights on the beach. A group of children work to turn them out so that turtle hatchlings can follow the moon to the sea. The story of how children became activists and can continue to contribute positively is engagingly presented. Suggestions conclude this attractive, can-do book.
Follow the Moon Home
![The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0802737390.jpg?itok=vfNo0pAq)
Sarah Roberts lived in Boston in 1847 but was prevented from attending school. While her family finally won the right for Sarah to go to the all-white school, the struggle for desegregation continued. This little-known story of one child’s impact on history is accessible in text and touching, realistic watercolor illustrations. Additional information is appended.
The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial
![There Is a Tribe of Kids](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1626720568.jpg?itok=boaazmdL)
A colony of penguins, a pod of whales, a formation of rocks, and other groups of animate and inanimate things bring a lonely child to his own group. The joyful reunion creates a family. Stylized illustrations are rich with humor and liveliness, deserving of many readings.
There Is a Tribe of Kids
![Run for Your Life: Predators and Prey on the African Savanna](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0823435555.jpg?itok=uO8qqBXr)
Energetic illustrations depict a day in the life of animals on the African savanna. They lunge and trot, leap and scurry as they hunt and are hunted. The animals’ speeds are noted in a concluding note.
Run for Your Life: Predators and Prey on the African Savanna
![Flying Frogs and Walking Fish](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0544630904.jpg?itok=uwnUZaUg)
A walking octopus? A swimming elephant? A flying snake? Yes! Animals move in varied, unexpected ways. Stunning collage illustrations and informative text present a range of animals and how they move. Additional information about where these animals live is included.
Flying Frogs and Walking Fish
![Touch and Explore the Ocean](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/2745976192.jpg?itok=oH-7a1OP)
Look at some of the amazing animals found near or in the ocean in colorful, sometimes sparkly illustration. Lift the flap; touch the texture to find out a bit more about them in this sturdy, appealing, and informative, surprisingly sophisticated book.
Touch and Explore the Ocean
![Cars Go](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1452150672.jpg?itok=vsAIAJSj)
Watch the bright hot rod “brrrroommm” and the taxi “skreeeek!” across the elongated pages of this sturdy board book. The lively sounds present an animated cacophony of vehicles that go!
Cars Go
![Baby Animals](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1452145199.jpg?itok=f4-QLMVo)
Small hands can trace shapes of young animals while discovering other tidbits about them. Simple, bright forms on sturdy pages with related words make this an engaging, multisensory experience. Also in the series, similarly presented and equally appealing, is Homes (opens in a new window).
Baby Animals
![Olinguito, from A to Z!: Unveiling the Cloud Forest / Olinguito, de la A a la Z!: Descubriendo el bosque numblado](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0892393270.jpg?itok=LNzm_mDf)
The alphabet is used to introduce animals of the cloud forest and its most recently discovered resident, the elusive olinguito. Handsome illustrations and brief information appear in both Spanish and English as does more complete information at this stunning book’s conclusion.
Olinguito, from A to Z!: Unveiling the Cloud Forest / Olinguito, de la A a la Z!: Descubriendo el bosque numblado
![Junk Re-Thunk](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1627791337.jpg?itok=hvlQsatY)
Don’t toss that tube, use it to create! Clearly presented ideas for crafts, games and other activities are displayed in this well organized, accessible book – a creative way to recycle and reuse “trash.”
Junk Re-Thunk
![Every Breath We Take: A Book About Air](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1580896162.jpg?itok=tcvlr4cR)
Air is all around us and is crucial to all living things on earth. In poetic language and handsome photographs of people from around the globe, the importance of clean air is presented. Additional information is presented at the back of the book.
Every Breath We Take: A Book About Air
![Water in the Park](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0375870024.jpg?itok=FVrirgHG)
From the first orange glow on the water in the pond, to the last humans and animals running home from an evening rain shower, here is a day-in-the-life of a city park, and the playground within it. A rhythmic text and sweet, accessible images will immerse parents, toddlers, and young children in the summer season and the community within a park.