Just Like Rube Goldberg: The Incredible True Story of the Man Behind the Machines
By: Sarah Aronson
4.18
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Discover how Rube Goldberg followed his dreams to become an award-winning cartoonist, inventor, and…
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1. The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin (Amazing Scientists, 1)
By: Julia Finley Mosca , Daniel Rieley
4.38
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
If you’ve ever felt different, if you’ve ever been low, if you don’t quite fit in, there’s a name … read more
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- biography
- childrens
- picture books
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- science
2. Greenglass House (Greenglass House, #1)
By: Kate Milford
4.02
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
It’s wintertime at Greenglass House. The creaky smuggler’s inn is always quiet during this season, … read more
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- childrens
"I want that T-shirt" Sirin muttered. " I should have that T-shirt."-Kate Milford, Greenglass House (Greenglass House, #1)
"Never overlook folklore if you want to really know about the place it came from."-Kate Milford, Greenglass House (Greenglass House, #1)
"But Milo had a shiny gold present to open, and presents trumped sad trees any day of the week."-Kate Milford, Greenglass House (Greenglass House, #1)
"But when things were passed to you, you were supposed to pass them on to someone else eventually too."-Kate Milford, Greenglass House (Greenglass House, #1)
3. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
By: E.L. Konigsburg
3.76
Format: None pages,
When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to run from some… read more
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- childrens
4. Moo
By: Sharon Creech
3.32
Format: 224 pages, ebook
Fans of Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech's Love That Dog and Hate That Catwill love her newest tw… read more
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- childrens
5. Shooting at the Stars
By: John Hendrix
4.18
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Shooting at the Starsis the moving story of a young British soldier on the front lines during World… read more
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6. Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions
By: Don Tate , Chris Barton
3.27
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A cool idea with a big splash. You know the Super Soaker. It's one of top twenty toys of all time. … read more
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7. Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad
By: Kadir Nelson , Ellen Levine
3.57
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-win… read more
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8. And Then It's Spring
By: Julie Fogliano , Erin E. Stead
3.26
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Following a snow-filled winter, a young boy and his dog decide that they've had enough of all that … read more
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9. The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos
By: LeUyen Pham , Deborah Heiligman
4.75
Format: 14 pages, Hardcover
Most people think of mathematicians as solitary, working away in isolation. And, it's true, many of… read more
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10. Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci
By: Joseph D'Agnese , John O'Brien
4.02
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
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11. Knight Owl (The Knight Owl Series, 1)
By: Christopher Denise
4.51
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
A Caldecott Honor Winner and New York Times Bestseller! A determined Owl builds strength and … read more
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- humor
- picture books
- childrens
12. The Year We Learned to Fly
By: Jacqueline Woodson
4.39
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Jacqueline Woodson and Rafael López’s highly anticipated companion to their #1 New York Times bests… read more
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- picture books
- childrens
13. City Spies (City Spies #1)
By: James Ponti
4.31
Format: 378 pages, Hardcover
Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose h… read more
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- childrens
"Justice doesn’t require a membership card. Just a sense of right and wrong."-James Ponti, City Spies (City Spies #1)
14. Gingerbread
By: Helen Oyeyemi
3.05
Format: 372 pages, Paperback
The prize-winning, bestselling author of Boy, Snow, Bird and What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours returns… read more
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"She has a soft spot for houses that look sensible until you get inside."-Helen Oyeyemi, Gingerbread
"Handmade and heartfelt; Harriet wanted everything she did to be like this."-Helen Oyeyemi, Gingerbread
"He was drinking Harriet's favourite, cold tea... not iced tea, but hot tea that had cooled. They liked him so much. They liked the way he talked when he talked and they liked his quiet when he was qu…"-Helen Oyeyemi, Gingerbread
"More than friends, eh? More than friends... You know, my mother once told me that half of the hatred that springs up between people is rooted in this mistaken belief that there's any human relationsh…"-Helen Oyeyemi, Gingerbread
15. The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
By: Nicholas Day
4.15
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A propulsive work of narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how t… read more
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- art
- history
- childrens
- historical
- nonfiction
"Leonard da Vinci had painted the Mona Lisa. But Vincenzo Perugia had turned it into The Mona Lisa."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
"The Lourve, he concluded, with an insult designed to puncture French pride, "is less well protected than a Spanish museum."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
"If the Mona Lisa is the most famous face in art history, Les Demoiselles is a hatchet thrown at it. It's not a pretty painting. Its brutal and uncomfortable."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
"Word of his midnight activities gets out. 'The pope has found out that I have skinned three corpses,' Leonardo writes in his notebook. He gets off easy. He's simply told: please stop skinning corpses."-Nicholas Day, The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity
16. Love in the Library
By: Maggie Tokuda-Hall
4.47
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Set in an internment camp where the United States cruelly detained Japanese Americans during WWII a… read more
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- historical
- picture books
- childrens
17. The First State of Being
By: Erin Entrada Kelly
4.14
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
When twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed fo… read more
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- historical
- childrens
18. The One and Only Ruby (The One and Only #3)
By: Katherine Applegate
4.28
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
Ruby’s story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob. Now living in a wildli… read more
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- childrens
19. Aaron Slater, Illustrator (Questioneers Picture Books)
By: Andrea Beaty
4.47
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
An uplifting story about the power of art, finding your voice, and telling your story even when you… read more
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- art
- picture books
- childrens
20. Elf Dog and Owl Head
By: M.T. Anderson
3.92
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A Newbery Honor Book A magical adventure about a boy and his dog—or a dog and her boy—and a fore… read more
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- childrens
21. Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story
By: Danielle Greendeer
4.36
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
In this Wampanoag story told in a Native tradition, two kids from the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe learn… read more
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- history
- childrens
- historical
- picture books
- nonfiction
22. Secrets of the Sea: The Story of Jeanne Power, Revolutionary Marine Scientist
By: Evan Griffith
4.29
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
The curiosity, drive, and perseverance of the nineteenth-century woman scientist who pioneered the … read more
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- science
23. Shine!
By: J.J. Grabenstein
4.18
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
Who do you want to be? asks Mr. Van Deusen. And not when you grow up. Right here, right now. Shine … read more
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- humor
- childrens
24. Dream Street
By: Tricia Elam Walker
4.31
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST CHILDREN'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES - FIVE STARRED REVIEWS … read more
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- biography memoir
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25. Jump at the Sun: The True Life Tale of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston
By: Alicia D. Williams
4.24
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
A picture book that shines the light on Zora Neale Hurston, the writer and storycatcher extraordina… read more
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26. The Talk
By: Alicia D. Williams
4.58
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
As a little boy grows into a bigger boy, ready to take on the world, he first must have that very d… read more
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- childrens
27. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
By: Margot Lee Shetterly
4.44
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math...really g… read more
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- history
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- nonfiction
- science
28. Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor: The Woman Who Loved Reptiles
By: Patricia Valdez
4.35
Format: 40 pages, Library Binding
For fans of Ada Twist: Scientist comes a fascinating picture book biography of a pioneering female … read more
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29. The Eye That Never Sleeps: How Detective Pinkerton Saved President Lincoln
By: Marissa Moss
4.22
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author Marissa Moss comes the first children’s book about Allan Pinkerton, one o… read more
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- history
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- picture books
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
30. Just Like Rube Goldberg: The Incredible True Story of the Man Behind the Machines
By: Sarah Aronson
4.18
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Discover how Rube Goldberg followed his dreams to become an award-winning cartoonist, inventor, and… read more
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- biography
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- childrens
- historical
- humor
- picture books
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- science
31. Out of the Shadows: How Lotte Reiniger Made the First Animated Fairytale Movie
By: Fiona Robinson
4.23
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
Out of the Shadows is an innovative picture book biography about an unsung hero of early animation.… read more
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- art
- biography
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- childrens
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