Cactus Queen: Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National Park
By: Lori Alexander
4.27
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
How did the Joshua Tree National Park in California come to be? Meet Minerva Hamilton Hoyt, an arti…
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1. Tree. Table. Book.
By: Lois Lowry
4.39
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Everyone knows the two Sophies are best friends. One is in elementary school, and one is . . . well… read more
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2. The Good Little Mermaid's Guide to Bedtime
By: Eija Sumner
4.09
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
This little mermaid is too FIERCE and SCARY and FEROCIOUS to follow The Good Little Mermaid's Guide… read more
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3. The Last Stand
By: Antwan Eady
4.40
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
The author of Nigel and the Moon, delivers a tender intergenerational story inspired by his childho… read more
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4. First Laugh--Welcome, Baby!
By: Rose Ann Tahe
4.17
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
In Navajo families, the first person to make a new baby laugh hosts the child's First Laugh Ceremon… read more
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5. The Last Zookeeper
By: Aaron Becker
4.24
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
A master of the wordless form imagines a futuristic Noah’s Ark in a luminous sci-fi parable for our… read more
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- environment
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6. 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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7. The Great Lakes: Our Freshwater Treasure
By: Barb Rosenstock
4.28
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
A stunning picture book about the five largest lakes in North America - how they formed, the import… read more
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8. My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story
By: George Takei
4.47
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
A moving, beautifully illustrated true story for children ages 6 to 9 about growing up in Japanese … read more
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9. The Fabulous Fannie Farmer: Kitchen Scientist and America’s Cook
By: Emma Bland Smith
4.32
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Fannie Farmer, America’s most famous cooking teacher, discovers that precise measurements are a rec… read more
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10. Cactus Queen: Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National Park
By: Lori Alexander
4.27
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
How did the Joshua Tree National Park in California come to be? Meet Minerva Hamilton Hoyt, an arti… read more
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- biography memoir
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- conservation
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11. Finding Grateful
By: Dianne White
4.43
Format: 44 pages, Hardcover
A heartfelt picture book that celebrates embracing the moment and finding gratitude right here, rig… read more
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12. A Flicker of Hope: A Story of Migration
By: Cynthia Harmony
4.42
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
A heartwarming tale of a girl waiting for her beloved Papá to return when the monarchs fly south to… read more
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13. It's Your Time to Shine
By: Dianne White
4.58
Format: 26 pages, ebook
Inspire readers to go off into the world as the bold and brave person they are with this empowering… read more
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14. One Day This Tree Will Fall
By: Leslie Barnard Booth
4.50
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Discover how a tree’s wounds and decay bring new life to the forest ecosystem in this lyrical nonfi… read more
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15. Abzuglutely!: Battling, Bellowing Bella Abzug
By: Sarah Aronson
4.64
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
"As long as people are reading this book, Bella will be with us still." —Gloria SteinemMeet unique … read more
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16. Thomas Jefferson's Battle for Science: Bias, Truth, and a Mighty Moose!
By: Beth Anderson
4.41
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
Thomas Jefferson is one of the most famous founding fathers, but did you know that his mind was alw… read more
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17. Lights Out: A Movement to Help Migrating Birds
By: Jessica Stremer
4.40
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
Based on the real-life Lights Out movement, this inspirational picture book shows how even the smal… read more
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18. Pedal, Balance, Steer: Annie Londonderry, the First Woman to Cycle Around the World
By: Vivian Kirkfield
4.59
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Annie Londonderry proves women can do anything they set their minds to—even cycle around the world—… read more
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19. Log Life (Tiny Habitats)
By: Amy Hevron
4.42
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
Discover the tiny, fascinating world of nurse logs in this first book in an illuminating picture bo… read more
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20. Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez
By: Belen Medina
4.29
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Meet Lorena Ramírez, an Indigenous Rarámuri athlete from Mexico who is internationally known for wi… read more
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21. Bird Girl: Gene Stratton-Porter Shares Her Love of Nature with the World
By: Jill Esbaum
4.40
Format: 49 pages, Kindle Edition
This lively STEAM picture book is about the life of Gene Stratton-Porter, a pioneering wildlife pho… read more
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22. Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos
By: Nathalie Alonso
4.40
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Here is the often overlooked yet inspirational story of Major League Baseball player Roberto Clemen… read more
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23. Polly Bee Makes Honey (Follow My Food)
By: Deborah Chancellor
3.84
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Follow My Food is a new non-fiction series that encourages children to be environmentally aware and… read more
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24. The Painter and the President: Gilbert Stuart's Brush with George Washington
By: Sarah Albee
4.10
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
George Washington hated having his portrait painted, but as president of the United States, he knew… read more
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25. Free to Learn: How Alfredo Lopez Fought for the Right to Go to School
By: Cynthia Levinson
3.81
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the award-winning The Youngest Marcher comes a picture book about the true story… read more
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26. One of a Kind: The Life of Sydney Taylor
By: Richard Michelson
3.82
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
For fans of All-of-a-Kind Family , here is the true story of how Sarah Brenner, a poor girl from Ne… read more
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27. Saturdays at Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood
By: Tony Hillery
4.18
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
In this companion to the bestselling nonfiction picture book Harlem Grown about the real-life urban… read more
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28. Everywhere Beauty Is Harlem: The Vision of Photographer Roy DeCarava
By: Gary Golio
4.22
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
A child of the Harlem Renaissance and an artistic collaborator of Langston Hughes, Roy DeCarava is … read more
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29. Swinging into History: Toni Stone: Big-League Baseball's First Woman Player
By: Karen L. Swanson
3.90
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Young readers will root for Toni “Tomboy” Stone, the first woman (and the first Black woman) to bre… read more
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30. Skybound!: Starring Mary Myers as Carlotta, Daredevil Aeronaut and Scientist
By: Sue Ganz-Schmitt
3.92
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
In this STEAM picture book, take to the skies with Mary Myers, aka “Carlotta,” an aeronaut and inve… read more
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31. The Soldier's Friend: Walt Whitman's Extraordinary Service in the American Civil War
By: Gary Golio
4.33
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Walt Whitman is celebrated as an iconic American poet, but few know of the crucial and heroic role … read more
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