![Saving Yasha: The Incredible True Story of an Adopted Moon Bear](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/142631051X.jpg?itok=tH_V72iZ)
The rescue and return to the wild of an orphaned moon bear (aka Asiatic black bear) is documented in clear language and action-paced photographs. A map of Yasha’s homeland as well as a note from the scientist who worked with her and additional resources are included.
Saving Yasha: The Incredible True Story of an Adopted Moon Bear
![Everything Goes in the Air](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0061958107.jpg?itok=pedDCsis)
Follow a boy and his parents to the airport, on the plane, and through a bit of aviation history for an informative look at flying. Cartoon illustrations and information in bubbles and sidebars in an oversized format make this book just right for multiple examinations.
Everything Goes in the Air
![Body Actions](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0823423662.jpg?itok=u3TzaPjm)
Every day you do so many things. How does your body do them? begins this brief, informative look at the human body and its systems (e.g., digestive, skeletal, etc.). Color photographs with overlays further enhance the engaging presentation.
Body Actions
![A Strange Place to Call Home](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1452101205.jpg?itok=vQW9w8rL)
Textured collage and paint illustration and various poetic forms are used to introduce creatures that live in difficult, dangerous places. Ice worms in “Frozen Solid,” for example, “…If lurking in the deepest seas,/Why not between the glacial ice,/helped by their own antifreeze?”
A Strange Place to Call Home
![I Have a Dream](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0375858873.jpg?itok=w9CphGl-)
Perhaps one of the best known speeches of the 20th century, Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” has been combined with lush paintings in a large format for a new generation. Included in this stunning book is a CD of Dr. King’s original speech.
I Have a Dream
![Hide and Seek](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1849761019.jpg?itok=-feJ31Od)
Complex engineered paper constructions create a series of worlds in which viewers are encouraged to locate various objects. In one, “Five black spots, four blossoms blue” and more are hidden in a lush garden that emerges from a red page. Each spread deserves many examinations.
Hide and Seek
![Snakes](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0545206383.jpg?itok=Ozlv17h8)
Snakes are presented through up-close and personal image and text for and engaging, informative look at a host of colorful and handsome reptiles. The photographer, also a biologist, concludes with insight into his experiences photographing the sometimes uncooperative subjects.
Snakes
![Ringtale: Miner's Cat](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1617725803.jpg?itok=cxRtAMZV)
Who was the uninvited guest found munching in a California office? It was a ringtail! Though sometimes called a cat, the small, winsome mammal is related to the raccoon. Meet David Hyatt as he studies ringtail habits and habitat, all presented in affable text and striking color photos.
Ringtale: Miner’s Cat
![Meat-Eating Plants: Toothless Wonders](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1617725897.jpg?itok=NvtaaTcF)
Stunning full-color photographs and crisp text introduce plants that gain nutrients by capturing unsuspecting insects and small animals. Locations where they grow are placed on maps, brief experiments, and additional resources conclude this engaging look at hungry plants.
Meat-Eating Plants: Toothless Wonders
![Make Your Mark: The Drawing Book for Children](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/184976011X.jpg?itok=6lAY9RVQ)
Making a mark is easy, just do it! literally. Beginning with tools of the trade (paper, pens, etc.), children are encouraged to explore the language and techniques of drawing. From basic to sophisticated, the brief text and black/white illustration are sure to engage while they inform.
Make Your Mark: The Drawing Book for Children
![A Place for Bats](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1561456241.jpg?itok=MrQyD9xu)
The benefits of human actions to help bat survival are introduced in this readable, realistically illustrated and well-sourced introduction. A variety of bats are included with their range identified on clear maps.
A Place for Bats
![My Mother Is So Smart](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0142425362.jpg?itok=WEuZ9ivR)
The narrator knows his mom is special by the way she does regular Mom things (like changing a diaper) but more. She also drives an old truck and teaches her son to dance the polka. The author/illustrator’s homage to his mom will be appreciated by mothers everywhere.
My Mother Is So Smart
![The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0810989956.jpg?itok=OE8kAClq)
Readers are introduced to activities and journaling in the style of Greg Heffley’s journal. Even those not familiar with the exploits of the comical journalist will enjoy filling in the pages of this book.
The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
![Pilgrims: A Nonfiction Companion to Thanksgiving on Thursday](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0756954819.jpg?itok=5mnSvVGs)
This companion volume to Annie and Jack’s colonial adventure (Thanksgiving on Thursday in the Magic Tree House (opens in a new window)), provides information about those who arrived on the Mayflower, what they confronted, and more. Illustrations enhance the accessible information, as do occasional asides from Jack and Annie.
Pilgrims: A Nonfiction Companion to Thanksgiving on Thursday
![Where the Flame Trees Bloom](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1416968407.jpg?itok=SoVx_8tU)
“Telling of her childhood in Cuba, Ada begins with an introduction to her homeland followed by 11 episodes about her family and her community. One story tells of her grandfather Modesto’s courage and loyalty in the face of the death of his beloved wife and the simultaneous collapse of the Cuban economy. Another tells of her great-grandmother Mina, who continued to make rag dolls for the village children even after she had lost her sight. And a third tale tells of a Japanese street vendor who sold ice cream for a living, but gave generous samples to children who could not afford to pay.” — School Library Journal
Where the Flame Trees Bloom
![All for the Better: A Story of El Barrio](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0811480607_0.jpg?itok=QGi7GbRE)
A biography of Evelina Antonetty, a Puerto Rican immigrant who helped people in Spanish Harlem during the Depression. During the dark days of the Great Depression, eleven-year-old Evelina Lopez leaves Puerto Rico to live with an aunt in New York City. Evelina learns that one person can make a difference as she adjusts to life in her new home.
All for the Better: A Story of El Barrio
![Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1416913971.jpg?itok=HeTZEW8X)
How 33 Chilean miners were rescued from a copper mine dominated the media in 2010. It is recounted here using primary sources, scientific explanations, and a riveting narrative.
Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert
![The Skull in the Rock: How a Scientist, a Boy, and Google Earth Opened a New Window on Human Origins](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1426310102.jpg?itok=QzjjKvAS)
In 2008, Lee Berger and his 9-year old son discovered two well preserved fossils, ancestors of modern man. The process as much as the ripples the discovery created remind readers that information is dynamic.
The Skull in the Rock: How a Scientist, a Boy, and Google Earth Opened a New Window on Human Origins
![The World Made New: Why the Age of Exploration Happened and How It Changed the World](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0792264541.jpg?itok=VwEDM1Ma)
The world was changed forever in 1492. The impact of explorers and exploration is examined and placed in a broader context with complete documentation and resources noted.
The World Made New: Why the Age of Exploration Happened and How It Changed the World
![If Stones Could Speak: Unlocking the Secrets of Stonehenge](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1426305990.jpg?itok=9uAK8W9s)
No matter how much is known, there’s always more to learn. In a fascinating re-examination of Stonehenge and recent discoveries, readers are introduced to new interpretations and thinking.
If Stones Could Speak: Unlocking the Secrets of Stonehenge
![Ain't Nothing but a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/142630000X.jpg?itok=oFPhz4Vt)
The search for the man who beat a steam engine unfolds in words and pictures. The mystery in history is sure to intrigue readers.
Ain’t Nothing but a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry
![Opuestos: Mexican Folk Art Opposites](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1933693568.jpg?itok=U5hzzULQ)
Cynthia Weill’s book of Mexican folk art teaches kids about opposites in Spanish and English! These whimsical little animals from Oaxaca, carved and painted by hand, make learning about opposites fun. Up and down, tall and short, left and right — all inside a beautiful book.
Opuestos: Mexican Folk Art Opposites
![We’re Sailing to Galapagos: A Week in the Pacific](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1846861012.jpg?itok=nTrzUInE)
Two people in bright, stylized garb sail to the islands known as the Galapagos. On successive days of the week, they see a variety of the animals that live there with the repeating refrain, “We’re sailing to Galapagos….I wonder who we’ll see.” End notes describe in greater detail the location and inhabitants of the Galapagos as well as a brief piece about Charles Darwin who sailed there.
We’re Sailing to Galapagos: A Week in the Pacific
![Josefina](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0152010912.jpg?itok=qNnmmh0h)
Count along in English and Spanish with a Mexican folk artist as she sculpts her world from clay. Inspired by Josefina Aguilar, an artist who continues to create painted clay figures in the village of Ocotlán, Mexico, this colorful tale is profound in its beauty and simplicity.