Swimming Toward a Dream: Yusra Mardini's Incredible Journey from Refugee to Olympic Swimmer
By: Reem Faruqi
4.21
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Growing up in Damascus, the pool was Yusra Mardini’s happy place. She learned to swim before she co…
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1. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Edition
By: William Kamkwamba , Bryan Mealer
3.50
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
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2. Big
By: Vashti Harrison
4.66
Format: 60 pages, Kindle Edition
This deeply moving story shares valuable lessons about fitting in, standing out, and the beauty of … read more
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3. The Beatryce Prophecy
By: Kate DiCamillo
4.30
Format: 247 pages, Hardcover
A magical medieval tale from two masters, Newbery Medal-winning Kate DiCamillo and Caldecott Medal-… read more
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4. 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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"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
5. Mascot
By: Charles Waters
4.02
Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition
What if a school's mascot is seen as racist, but not by everyone? In this compelling middle-grade n… read more
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6. Lucky Duck
By: Greg Pizzoli
4.04
Format: 49 pages, Kindle Edition
From Geisel Award-winning author Greg Pizzoli comes a hilarious picture book about a duck who learn… read more
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7. Milo Imagines the World
By: Matt de la Peña
4.49
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Milo is on a long subway ride with his older sister. To pass the time, he studies the faces around … read more
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8. You Matter
By: Christian Robinson
4.15
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
They All Saw a Cat meets The Important Book in this sensitive and impactful picture book about seei… read more
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9. We Are Water Protectors: (Caldecott Medal Winner)
By: Carole Lindstrom
4.51
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues … read more
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10. Fungi Grow
By: Maria Gianferrari
4.27
Format: 42 pages, ebook
Discover when, how, where, and why fungi grow in this poetic and illuminating nonfiction picture bo… read more
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11. Sakamoto's Swim Club: How a Teacher Led an Unlikely Team to Victory
By: Julie Abery
4.23
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
The little-known story of a dedicated teacher who coached Hawaiian swimmers all the way to the Olym… read more
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12. Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis
By: Susan Hood
4.42
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The moving true story of how young Ukrainian Jewish piano prodigies Zhanna (alias "Anna") and her s… read more
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13. Finally Seen (Finally Seen #1)
By: Kelly Yang
4.46
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a “involving, realistic” ( Booklist … read more
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14. Books Make Good Friends
By: Jane Mount
4.53
Format: 48 pages, Kindle Edition
This new picture book from beloved author-illustrator Jane Mount celebrates the avid reader, demons… read more
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15. Ready to Soar
By: Cori Doerrfeld
4.31
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Rabbit Listened , a story of learning to stay tru… read more
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16. Ahoy!
By: Sophie Blackall
4.09
Format: 48 pages, Library Binding
Join a child captain and parent first mate as they embark on a wild high seas adventure…all without… read more
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17. 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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18. The Book That Can Read Your Mind
By: Marianna Coppo
4.09
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
Prepare to be amazed by this magic trick in a book! This is not an ordinary book—it’s a magical on… read more
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19. Desert Queen
By: Jyoti Rajan Gopal
4.47
Format: None pages, None
This picture book biography in verse follows the life of beloved Rajasthani drag performer Queen Ha… read more
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20. The Coquíes Still Sing: A Story of Home, Hope, and Rebuilding
By: Karina Nicole Gonzalez
4.31
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
A story about home, community, and hope, inspired by the rebuilding of Puerto Rico following Hurric… read more
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21. If You Spot a Shell
By: Aimée Sicuro
4.05
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
A stunning companion to If You Find a Leaf, this cheery picture book captures the excitement of sum… read more
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22. The Yellow Bus
By: Loren Long
4.36
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
Perfect for fans of Love and Hello, Lighthouse , The Yellow Bus from #1 New York Times bestselling … read more
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23. Sora's Seashells
By: Helena Ku Rhee
4.35
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Every summer, when Sora’s Halmoni, or grandmother, visits from South Korea, the two of them take th… read more
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24. Twenty-Four Seconds from Now...
By: Jason Reynolds
4.39
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
“Jason Reynolds has done it again!...Fresh from start to finish…This is what it could be, should be… read more
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25. The Perfect Place
By: Matt de la Peña
3.96
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
From the Newbery Medal-winning author of Last Stop on Market Street comes this moving picture book … read more
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26. The Iguanodon's Horn: How Artists and Scientists Put a Dinosaur Back Together Again and Again and Again
By: Sean Rubin
4.46
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
Highlighting the role of artists in the scientific process, this crowd-pleasing look at dinosaurs e… read more
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27. Santiago Saw Things Differently: Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Artist, Doctor, Father of Neuroscience
By: Christine Iverson
4.00
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
In an exquisitely illustrated nonfiction picture book about the childhood and discoveries of the “f… read more
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28. That's Not My Name!
By: Anoosha Syed
4.38
Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition
A debut picture book about loving your name, finding your voice, and standing up for yourself from … read more
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29. Out of My Dreams (The Out of My Mind Series)
By: Sharon M. Draper
4.30
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Melody flies to London to speak at a convention about differently abled kids in this stunning seque… read more
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30. And Yet You Shine: The Kohinoor Diamond, Colonization, and Resistance
By: Supriya Kelkar
4.34
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
The story of one of the world’s most famous diamonds—stolen from South Asia during colonization and… read more
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31. Swimming Toward a Dream: Yusra Mardini's Incredible Journey from Refugee to Olympic Swimmer
By: Reem Faruqi
4.21
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Growing up in Damascus, the pool was Yusra Mardini’s happy place. She learned to swim before she co… read more
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