Creekfinding: A True Story
By: Jacqueline Briggs Martin , Claudia McGehee
4.30
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Once upon a time a creek burbled up and tumbled across a prairie valley. It was filled with insects…
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1. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
By: Mo Willems
4.33
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his pl… read more
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- picture books
- childrens
"I bet your mom would let me." -Pigeon, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus-"-Mo Willems, Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
2. The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
By: Jon Scieszka , Lane Smith
4.32
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
You thought you knew the story of the “The Three Little Pigs”… You thought wrong. In this hysterica… read more
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- picture books
- childrens
3. The Witch of Blackbird Pond
By: Elizabeth George Speare
4.02
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Newbery Medal Winner (1959) Orphaned Kit Tyler knows, as she gazes for the first time at the col… read more
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- childrens
"People are afraid of things they don’t understand."-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
"Hannah's magic cure for every ill," he teased. "Blueberry cake and a kitten."-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
"She snatched at the dream that had comforted her for so long. It was faded and thin, like a letter too often read."-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
"She and Prudence sat on a cool grassy carpet. A pale green curtain of branches just brushed the grasses and threw a filigree of shadows, as delicate as the wrought silver, on the child’s face."-Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond
4. If You Plant a Seed
By: Kadir Nelson
3.80
Format: 184 pages, Hardcover
Kadir Nelson, acclaimed author of Baby Bearand winner of the Caldecott Honor and the Coretta Scott … read more
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- picture books
- childrens
5. What a Plant Knows: A Field Guide to the Senses
By: Daniel Chamovitz
3.97
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
How does a Venus flytrap know when to snap shut? Can an orchid get jet lag? Does a tomato plant fee… read more
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- nonfiction
- environment
- nature
- science
6. A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
By: Aldo Leopold
4.30
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
First published in 1949, A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Tho… read more
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- nature
- ecology
- nonfiction
- environment
- science
"In our attempt to make conservation easy, we have made it trivial."-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
"That the situation is hopeless should not prevent us from doing our best."-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
"Education, I fear, is learning to see one thing by going blind to another."-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
"The evolution of a land ethic is an intellectual as well as emotional process."-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
7. I, Matthew Henson: Polar Explorer
By: Eric Velásquez , Carole Boston Weatherford
3.50
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Matthew Henson was not meant to lead an ordinary life. His dreams had sails. They took him from the… read more
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- nonfiction
- picture books
- childrens
8. Creekfinding: A True Story
By: Jacqueline Briggs Martin , Claudia McGehee
4.30
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Once upon a time a creek burbled up and tumbled across a prairie valley. It was filled with insects… read more
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- ecology
- childrens
- picture books
- nonfiction
- environment
- nature
- science
9. Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany
By: Shaun Whiteside , Norman Ohler
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this highly original book, a bestseller in Germany, Norman Ohler investigates the murky, chaotic… read more
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10. 300 Arguments: Essays
By: Sarah Manguso
3.62
Format: 192 pages,
A brilliant and exhilarating sequence of aphorisms from one of our greatest essayists There will co… read more
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11. The Hundred Dresses
By: Eleanor Estes , Louis Slobodkin
4.11
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
This Newbery Honor classic, illustrated by a Caldecott Medalist, is a beautifully written tribute t… read more
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- picture books
- childrens
12. I Am Jazz
By: Shelagh McNicholas , Jazz Jennings , None
1.80
Format: 76 pages, Hardcover
The story of a transgender child based on the real-life experience of Jazz Jennings, who has become… read more
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13. A Different Pond
By: Bao Phi , Thi Bui
4.50
Format: 34 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed poet Bao Phi delivers a powerful, honest glimpse into a relationship between father and s… read more
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14. The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!
By: Mo Willems
4.32
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
When Pigeon finds a delicious hot dog, he can hardly wait to shove the entire thing in his beak. Bu… read more
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15. 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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16. Why Do Leaves Change Color?
By: Betsy Maestro , Loretta Krupinski
1.00
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
As children jump into piles of leaves and help their parents rake the yard, they also wonder: Why d… read more
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17. Ongoingness: The End of a Diary
By: Sarah Manguso
3.98
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"[Manguso] has written the memoir we didn't realize we needed." --The New Yorker In Ongoingness, Sa… read more
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18. Walk Two Moons
By: Sharon Creech
4.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
"How about a story? Spin us a yarn." Instantly, Phoebe Winterbottom came to mind. "I could tell you… read more
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19. Steelheart (The Reckoners, #1)
By: Brandon Sanderson
3.94
Format: 313 pages, Hardcover
Ten years ago, Calamity came. It was a burst in the sky that gave ordinary men and women extraordin… read more
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20. The 1619 Project: Born on the Water
By: Nikole Hannah-Jones
4.69
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
The 1619 Project’s lyrical picture book in verse chronicles the consequences of slavery and the his… read more
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- nonfiction
- picture books
- childrens
21. When Stars Are Scattered
By: Victoria Jamieson
4.62
Format: None pages, Audio CD
Heartbreak and hope exist together in this remarkable graphic novel about growing up in a refugee c… read more
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- childrens
"Pass or fail—I’ve done my best. It’s in God’s hands now."-Victoria Jamieson, When Stars Are Scattered
22. Life Ceremony
By: Sayaka Murata
3.75
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
With Life Ceremony, the incomparable Sayaka Murata is back with her first collection of short stori… read more
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"Nowadays, your partner is not necessarily a sex object - this is a wonderful advancement."-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony
"I'm seeking an amicable daily routine with someone I get along well with, like brother and sister, without being a slave to sex"-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony
"Walking like this, feeling like a feral human, even machines and buildings were warm to the touch, and some emitted sounds and vibrations. Their presence was similar to the sounds emitted by life-for…"-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony
"If they tried it, the memories of the wild rooted in their flesh would come back to them, and they would discover that eating the city like this would connect the earth between the gaps in the concre…"-Sayaka Murata, Life Ceremony
23. Dreamers
By: Yuyi Morales
4.43
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story in this picture-book tribute to the transformative pow… read more
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24. 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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- childrens
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- environment
25. Lift
By: Minh Lê
4.37
Format: 56 pages, Hardcover
When Iris's elevator button-pushing is disrupted by a new member of the family, she's pretty put ou… read more
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26. There Are Moms Way Worse Than You: Irrefutable Proof That You Are Indeed a Fantastic Parent
By: Glenn Boozan
4.38
Format: 64 pages, Hardcover
A hilarious and reassuring gift for every because we’re all doing the best we can, and the natural… read more
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- childrens
27. 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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28. Beyond the Gender Binary
By: Alok Vaid-Menon
4.49
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Beyond the Gender Binary, spoken word poet Alok Vaid-Menon challenges the world to see gender not … read more
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"I learned about gender through shame."-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary
"Critiquing gender is not the same thing as creating gender."-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary
"The days that I feel most beautiful are the days that I am most afraid."-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary
"It's a surreal experience to have your personhood be reduced to a prop."-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary
29. I Don't Care
By: Julie Fogliano
4.12
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times bestselling author and two Caldecott Honorees share their delight in the little th… read more
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30. Constellation Route
By: Matthew Olzmann
4.31
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
Constellation Route uses the form of the letter to explore issues related to contemporary American … read more
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31. Begin with a Bee
By: Liza Ketchum
4.22
Format: 40 pages, Hardcover
A Chicago Public Library’s Best Informational Books for Younger Readers selectionBegin with a Bee a… read more
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