Catalog Search Results
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Words of Love" helps to address the questions, worries, and challenges that even little ones have. Children will find a loyal companion and mentor in the little sausage dog character as a loving friend to help them overcome life's ups and downs.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Thirty exuberant poems, divided into four fact-packed sections, put readers up close and personal with species from T. rex and Triceratops to Stegosaurus and Velociraptor. Some have lines of terrible teeth, while others sport feathery peacock tails. All thunder off the page in vibrant illustrations pitched to poems that ring with humor and heart, while relaying well-researched facts about dinosaur anatomy, diet, herd behavior, and more"--Publisher's...
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A creative nonfiction account of a young Emily Dickinson using scraps of paper and a pencil nub to write a poem, before she even knows her ABCs, and sharing it with her household and garden. Includes author's note about Dickinson's life and work.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks eXplore
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
What if everywhere you looked, you saw something to make? Instead of seeing something broken, you saw something to fix? Instead of seeing something to throw out, you saw something to give away? This is how Nelson Molina sees the world. A former employee for the New York City sanitation department, Nelson saved over 45,000 objects from the garbage to fix and show his community through his museum, Treasures in the Trash. Explore the hidden potential...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Victor is a pretty typical eight-year-old: he races to get his chores done, finds math challenging and likes to play with his friends. One day, the new school teacher introduces Vic and the other students to the idea of equality between boys and girls. Vic has never really thought about it before, but he soon begins to notice the disparities around him. Like all the older girls and women in their Malawi village, his twin sister, Linesi, now walks...
Author
Publisher
Tommy Nelson, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The true story of Black activist Opal Lee and her vision of Juneteenth as a holiday for everyone will inspire children to be brave and make a difference. Growing up in Texas, Opal knew the history of Juneteenth, but she soon discovered that most Americans had never heard of the holiday that represents the nation's creed of "freedom for all.""-- Provided by publisher.
"The true story of Black activist Opal Lee and her vision of Juneteenth as a holiday...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The granddaughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King delivers a stirring tribute to her grandparents that speaks to children everywhere about her hopes for a new future"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A middle grade graphic novel adventure based on a true story, in which a young conservationist overcomes the odds to save and return a sun bear to its natural habitat. When endlessly curious and tenacious Chang discovers a bear bile farm near her home in Vietnam, she decides to do everything she can to save wild animals--by becoming a conservationist! After teaching herself survival skills, documenting each rainforest plant and animal she sees in...