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A Book About Whales

A Book About Whales

By: Andrea Antinori
ISBN: 9781419735028
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon

A Computer Called Katherine

By: Suzanne Slade
Illustrated by:
Veronica Miller Jamison
ISBN: 9780316435178
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography
 
All in a Drop: How Antony van Leeuwenhoek Discovered an Invisible World

All in a Drop

By: Lori Alexander
Illustrated by:
Vivien Mildenberger
ISBN: 9781328884206
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography
 
Amazing Evolution: The Journey of Life

Amazing Evolution

By: Anna Claybourne
Illustrated by:
Wesley Robins
ISBN: 9781782407379
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
Anna & Samia: The True Story of Saving a Black Rhino

Anna & Samia

By: Paul Meisel
ISBN: 9780374305772
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography
 
Beyond Words: What Elephants and Whales Think and Feel (A Young Reader’s Adaptation)

Beyond Words

By: Carl Safina
Illustrated by:
Carl Safina
ISBN: 9781250144638
Nonfiction, Teen, Science
 
Counting the Stars: The Story of Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician

Counting the Stars

By: Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrated by:
Raúl Colón
ISBN: 9781534404755
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography
 
Darwin: An Exceptional Voyage

Darwin

By: Fabien Grolleau
Illustrated by:
Jérémie Royer
ISBN: 9781910620502
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography
 
Dreaming in Code: Ada Byron Lovelace, Computer Pioneer

Dreaming in Code

By: Emily Arnold McCully
ISBN: 9780763693565
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography
 
Evelyn the Adventurous Entomologist: The True Story of a World-Traveling Bug Hunter

Evelyn the Adventurous Entomologist

By: Christine Evans
Illustrated by:
Yasmin Imamura
ISBN: 9781943147663
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography
 
Exemplary Evidence: Scientists and Their Data

Exemplary Evidence

By: Jessica Fries-Gaither
Illustrated by:
Linda Olliver
ISBN: 9781681403618
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
Fanatical About Frogs

Fanatical About Frogs

By: Owen Davey
Illustrated by:
Owen Davey
ISBN: 9781912497980
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
Hawking

Hawking

By: Jim Ottaviani
Illustrated by:
Leland Myrick
ISBN: 9781626720251
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography
 
Hedy Lamarr’s Double Life: Hollywood Legend and Brilliant Inventor

Hedy Lamarr’s Double Life

By: Laurie Wallmark
Illustrated by:
Katy Wu
ISBN: 9781454926917
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography
 
Homes in the Wild: Where Baby Animals and Their Parents Live

Homes in the Wild

By: Lita Judge
Illustrated by:
Lita Judge
ISBN: 9781626727243
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
 
Hummingbird

Hummingbird

By: Nicola Davies
Illustrated by:
Jane Ray
ISBN: 9781536205381
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
 
Instructions Not Included: How a Team of Women Coded the Future

Instructions Not Included

By: Tami Lewis Brown and Debbie Loren Dunn
Illustrated by:
Chelsea Beck
ISBN: 9781368011051
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography
 
Into the Deep: An Exploration of Our Oceans

Into the Deep

By: Wolfgang Dreyer
Illustrated by:
Annika Siems
ISBN: 9783791373904
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
Look Up with Me: Neil deGrasse Tyson: A Life Among the Stars

Look Up with Me

By: Jennifer Berne
Illustrated by:
Lorraine Nam
ISBN: 9780062844941
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
 
Mario and the Hole in the Sky: How a Chemist Saved Our Planet

Mario and the Hole in the Sky

By: Elizabeth Rusch
Illustrated by:
Teresa Martínez
ISBN: 9781580895811
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography
 
Mario y el agujero en el cielo: Cómo un químico salvó nuestro planeta

Mario y el agujero en el cielo

By: Elizabeth Rusch
Illustrated by:
Teresa Martínez
ISBN: 9781580895828
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography
 
Migration: Incredible Animal Journeys

Migration

By: Mike Unwin
Illustrated by:
Jenni Desmond
ISBN: 9781547600977
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
 
Moth: An Evolution Story

Moth

By: Isabel Thomas
Illustrated by:
Daniel Egnéus
ISBN: 9781547600205
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
 
Nine Months: Before a Baby Is Born

Nine Months

By: Miranda Paul
Illustrated by:
Jason Chin
ISBN: 9780823441617
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
 
Nose Knows: Wild Ways Animals Smell the World

Nose Knows

By: Emmanuelle Figueras
Illustrated by:
Claire de Gastold
ISBN: 9781912920075
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
Not a Butterfly Alphabet Book: It’s About Time Moths Had Their Own Book!

Not a Butterfly Alphabet Book

By: Jerry Pallotta
Illustrated by:
Shennen Bersani
ISBN: 9781580896894
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
 
Now You Know What You Eat

Now You Know What You Eat

By: Valorie Fisher
Illustrated by:
Valorie Fisher
ISBN: 9781338215465
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
One Iguana, Two Iguanas: A Story of Accident, Natural Selection, and Evolution

One Iguana, Two Iguanas

By: Sneed B. Collard
ISBN: 9780884486497
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
Overview, Young Explorer’s Edition: A New Way of Seeing Earth

Overview, Young Explorer’s Edition

By: Benjamin Grant with Sandra Markle
ISBN: 9781984832023
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
Paper World: Planet Earth

Paper World

By: Bomboland
Illustrated by:
Bomboland
ISBN: 9781536208542
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
Pollen: Darwin’s 130-Year Prediction

Pollen

By: Darcy Pattison
Illustrated by:
Peter Willis
ISBN: 9781629441191
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
Secret Engineer: How Emily Roebling Built the Brooklyn Bridge

Secret Engineer

By: Rachel Dougherty
Illustrated by:
Rachel Dougherty
ISBN: 9781250155320
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography
 
The Butterfly House: Step Inside to Discover Over 100 Species of Nature’s Most Beautiful Insects

The Butterfly House

By: Katy Flint
Illustrated by:
Alice Pattullo
ISBN: 9781786039750
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
The Electric War: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Light the World

The Electric War

By: Mike Winchell
ISBN: 9781250120168
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography
 
The Frog Book

The Frog Book

By: Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
ISBN: 9780544387607
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
 
The Poison Eaters: Fighting Danger and Fraud in Our Food and Drugs

The Poison Eaters

By: Gail Jarrow
ISBN: 9781629794389
Nonfiction, Teen, Science
 
The Wonders of Nature

The Wonders of Nature

By: Ben Hoare
ISBN: 9781465485366
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
The Woolly Monkey Mysteries: The Quest to Save a Rain Forest Species

The Woolly Monkey Mysteries

By: Sandra Markle
ISBN: 9781512458688
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
Titanosaur: Discovering the World’s Largest Dinosaur

Titanosaur

By: Diego Pol and José Luis Carballido
Illustrated by:
Florencia Gigena
ISBN: 9781338207392
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
 
Undaunted: The Wild Life of Biruté Mary Galdikas and Her Fearless Quest to Save Orangutans

Undaunted

By: Anita Silvey
ISBN: 9781426333569
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography
 
Unseen Worlds: Real-Life Microscopic Creatures Hiding All Around Us

Unseen Worlds

By: Hélène Rajcak and Damien Laverdunt
Illustrated by:
Hélène Rajcak and Damien Laverdunt
ISBN: 9781999968014
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
What Miss Mitchell Saw

What Miss Mitchell Saw

By: Hayley Barrett
Illustrated by:
Diana Sudyka
ISBN: 9781481487597
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography
 
Wilderness: Earth’s Amazing Habitats

Wilderness

By: Mia Cassany
Illustrated by:
Marcos Navarro
ISBN: 9783791373720
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
 
Animal Homes

Animal Homes

By: Mary Holland
ISBN: 9781643517551
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
Las casas de los animales

Las casas de los animales

By: Mary Holland and Javier Camacho Miranda
ISBN: 9781643517605
Nonfiction, 7-12, Spanish
 
Atomic Women: The Untold Stories of the Scientists Who Helped Create the Nuclear Bomb

Atomic Women

By: Roseanne Montillo
ISBN: 9780316489591
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
 
Audubon Birding Adventures for Kids: Activities and Ideas for Watching, Feeding, and Housing Our Feathered Friends

Audubon Birding Adventures for Kids

By: Elissa Wolfson and Margaret Barker
ISBN: 9780760366080
Nonfiction, 7-12, How-to / Activity
 
The Big Bang Book

The Big Bang Book

By: Asa Stahl
Illustrated by:
Carly Allen-Fletcher
ISBN: 9781939547644
Nonfiction, 7-12, How-to / Activity
 
The Big One: The Cascadia Earthquakes and the Science of Saving Lives

The Big One

By: Elizabeth Rusch
ISBN: 9780544889040
Nonfiction, Teen, Science
 
Blood and Germs: The Civil War Battle Against Wounds and Disease

Blood and Germs

By: Gail Jarrow
ISBN: 9781684371761
Nonfiction, Teen, Health
 
Bones: An Inside Look at the Animal Kingdom

Bones

By: Jules Howard
Illustrated by:
Chervelle Fryer
ISBN: 9781536210415
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
Born Curious: 20 Girls Who Grew Up to Be Awesome Scientists

Born Curious

By: Martha Freeman
Illustrated by:
Katy Wu
ISBN: 9781534421530
Nonfiction, 7-12 / Teen, Biography / Memoir
 
Bright Dreams: The Brilliant Inventions of Nikola Tesla

Bright Dreams

By: Tracy Dockray
Illustrated by:
Tracy Dockray
ISBN: 9781684461417
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
Changing the Equation: 50+ US Black Women in STEM

Changing the Equation

By: Tonya Bolden
ISBN: 9781419707346
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
 
Condor Comeback

Condor Comeback

By: Sy Montgomery
Illustrated by:
Tianne Strombeck (photographer)
ISBN: 9780544816534
Nonfiction, Teen, Science
 
Darwin’s Rival: Alfred Russel Wallace and the Search for Evolution

Darwin’s Rival

By: Christiane Dorion
Illustrated by:
Harry Tennant
ISBN: 9781536209327
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
 
Dinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist

Dinosaur Lady

By: Linda Skeers
Illustrated by:
Marta Álvarez Miguéns
ISBN: 9781728209517
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Exploring the Elements: A Complete Guide to the Periodic Table

Exploring the Elements

By: Isabel Thomas
Illustrated by:
Sara Gillingham
ISBN: 9781838662318
Nonfiction, 7-12 / Teen, Science
 
Grow: Secrets of Our DNA

Grow

By: Nicola Davies
Illustrated by:
Emily Sutton
ISBN: 9781536212723
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
If You Take Away the Otter

If You Take Away the Otter

By: Susannah Buhrman-Deever
Illustrated by:
Matthew Trueman
ISBN: 9780763689346
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
 
Journey Under the Arctic

Journey Under the Arctic

By: Fabien Cousteau and James O. Fraioli
Illustrated by:
Joe St. Pierre
ISBN: 9781534420908
Fiction, 7-12 / Teen, Graphic Novel
 
Jumbo: The Making of the Boeing 747

Jumbo

By: Chris Gall
Illustrated by:
Chris Gall
ISBN: 9781250155801
Nonfiction, 4-6, History
 
The Kitchen Pantry Scientist: Chemistry for Kids: Homemade Science Experiments and Activities Inspired by Awesome Chemists, Past and Present

The Kitchen Pantry Scientist

By: Liz Lee Heinecke
ISBN: 9781631598302
Nonfiction, 7-12, How-to / Activity
 
Marjory Saves the Everglades: The Story of Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Marjory Saves the Everglades

By: Sandra Neil Wallace
Illustrated by:
Rebecca Gibbon
ISBN: 9781534431546
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Nesting

Nesting

By: Henry Cole
Illustrated by:
Henry Cole
ISBN: 9780062885920
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
 
North Pole / South Pole: From Pole to Pole: a Flip Book

North Pole / South Pole

By: Michael Bright
Illustrated by:
Nic Jones
ISBN: 9780711254749
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
Old Enough to Save the Planet

Old Enough to Save the Planet

By: Loll Kirby
Illustrated by:
Adelina Lirius
ISBN: 9781419749148
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
Packs: Strength in Numbers

Packs

By: Hannah Salyer
ISBN: 9781328577887
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
 
Pika Country: Climate Change at the Top of the World

Pika Country

By: Dorothy Hinshaw Patent and Marlo Garnsworthy
Illustrated by:
Dan Hartman (Photography by)
ISBN: 9781970039023
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
Plasticus Maritimus: An Invasive Species

Plasticus Maritimus

By: Ana Pêgo, Isabel Minhós Martins
Illustrated by:
Bernardo P. Carvalho
ISBN: 9781771646437
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
 
The Polio Pioneer

The Polio Pioneer

By: Linda Elovitz Marshall
Illustrated by:
Lisa Anchin
ISBN: 9780525646518
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Pretty Tricky: The Sneaky Ways Plants Survive

Pretty Tricky

By: Etta Kaner
Illustrated by:
Ashley Barron
ISBN: 9781771473699
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
Return from Extinction: The Triumph of the Elephant Seal

Return from Extinction

By: Linda L. Richards
ISBN: 9781459821361
Nonfiction, Teen, History
 
Sea Otters: A Survival Story

Sea Otters

By: Isabelle Groc
ISBN: 9781459817371
Nonfiction, Teen, Science
 
To Fly Among the Stars: The Hidden Story of the Fight for Women Astronauts

To Fly Among the Stars

By: Rebecca Siegel
ISBN: 9781338290158
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
 
What Do Scientists Do All Day?

What Do Scientists Do All Day?

By: Jane Wilsher
Illustrated by:
Maggie Li
ISBN: 9780711249783
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
 
What Do You Do If You Work at the Zoo?

What Do You Do If You Work at the Zoo?

By: Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
Illustrated by:
Steve Jenkins
ISBN: 9780544387591
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
 
Wildlife Ranger Action Guide: Track, Spot & Provide Healthy Habitat for Creatures Close to Home

Wildlife Ranger Action Guide

By: Mary Kay Carson
ISBN: 9781635861068
Nonfiction, 7-12, How-to / Activity
 
The Beak Book

The Beak Book

By: Robin Page
Illustrated by:
Robin Page
ISBN: 9781534460416
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
 
Beavers: Radical Rodents and Ecosystem Engineers

Beavers

By: Frances Backhouse
ISBN: 9781459824690
Nonfiction, 7-12, Animals
 
The Body Book

The Body Book

By:
Illustrated by:
Hannah Alice
ISBN: 9781536217254
Nonfiction, 4-6, Health
 
Curious About Fish

Curious About Fish

By: Cathryn Sill
Illustrated by:
John Sill
ISBN: 9781682632123
Nonfiction, 0-3, Animals
 
The Dirt Book: Poems About Animals That Live Beneath Our Feet

The Dirt Book

By: David L. Harrison
Illustrated by:
Kate Cosgrove
ISBN: 9780823438617
Nonfiction, 4-6, Poetry
 
Disasters by the Numbers: A Book of Infographics

Disasters by the Numbers

By: Steve Jenkins
ISBN: 9781328569486
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
Dr. Fauci: How a Boy from Brooklyn Became America’s Doctor

Dr. Fauci

By: Kate Messner
Illustrated by:
Alexandra Bye
ISBN: 9781665902434
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Evelyn Hooker and the Fairy Project

Evelyn Hooker and the Fairy Project

By: Gayle E. Pitman
Illustrated by:
Sarah Green
ISBN: 9781433830471
Nonfiction, Teen, Biography / Memoir
 
Fearless World Traveler: Adventures of Marianne North, Botanical Artist

Fearless World Traveler

By: Laurie Lawlor
Illustrated by:
Becca Stadtlander
ISBN: 9780823439591
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
Fossils From Lost Worlds

Fossils From Lost Worlds

By: Damien Laverdunt and Hélène Rajcak
Illustrated by:
Damien Laverdunt and Hélène Rajcak
ISBN: 9781776573158
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
Fred & Marjorie: A Doctor, a Dog, and the Discovery of Insulin

Fred & Marjorie

By: Deborah Kerbel
Illustrated by:
Angela Poon
ISBN: 9781771474115
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
Fungarium: Welcome to the Museum

Fungarium

By: Gaya Ester
Illustrated by:
Katie Scott
ISBN: 9781536217094
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
Hello, Earth! Poems to Our Planet 

Hello, Earth! Poems to Our Planet 

By: Joyce Sidman
Illustrated by:
Miren Asiain Lora
ISBN: 9780802855282
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
 
History Smashers: Plagues and Pandemics

History Smashers

By: Kate Messner
Illustrated by:
Falynn Koch
ISBN: 9780593120408
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
 
If Bees Disappeared

If Bees Disappeared

By: Lily Williams
ISBN: 9781250232458
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
 
Inside In: X-Rays of Nature’s Hidden World

Inside In

By: Jan Paul Schutten
Illustrated by:
Arie van 't Riet
ISBN: 9781771646796
Nonfiction, 7-12, Animals
 
A Life Electric: The Story of Nikola Tesla

A Life Electric

By: Azadeh Westergaard
Illustrated by:
Júlia Sardà
ISBN: 9780593114605
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Masters of Disguise: Camouflaging Creatures & Magnificent Mimics

Masters of Disguise

By: Marc Martin
Illustrated by:
Marc Martin
ISBN: 9781536214055
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
 
Ocean Planet: Animals of the Sea and Shore

Ocean Planet

By: Ben Rothery
Illustrated by:
Ben Rothery
ISBN: 9780884489160
Nonfiction, 7-12, Animals
 
Over and Under the Canyon

Over and Under the Canyon

By: Kate Messner
Illustrated by:
Christopher Silas Neal
ISBN: 9781452169392
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science
 
Pooper Snooper

Pooper Snooper

By: Jennifer Keats Curtis and Julianne Ubigau
Illustrated by:
Phyllis Saroff
ISBN: 9781643518237
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
 
Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear

Saving Sorya

By: Trang Nguyen and Jeet Zdung
Illustrated by:
Jeet Zdung
ISBN: 9780593353622
Fiction, 7-12, Animals
 
Scientists: Inspiring Tales of the World’s Brightest Scientific Minds

Scientists

By: Isabel Thomas
Illustrated by:
Jessamy Hawke
ISBN: 9780744033823
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
The Secret Life of the Sloth

The Secret Life of the Sloth

By: Laurence Pringle
Illustrated by:
Kate Garchinsky
ISBN: 9781635923094
Nonfiction, 7-12, Animals
 
She Persisted: Virginia Apgar

She Persisted

By: Sayantani Dasgupta and Chelsea Clinton
Illustrated by:
Alexandra Boiger and Gillian Flint
ISBN: 9780593115787
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
Summertime Sleepers

Summertime Sleepers

By: Melissa Stewart
Illustrated by:
Sarah Brannen
ISBN: 9781580897167
Nonfiction, 7-12, Animals
 
Tracking Tortoises: The Mission to Save a Galápagos Giant

Tracking Tortoises

By: Kate Messner
ISBN: 9781541596115
Nonfiction, 7-12, Animals
 
Wonder Women of Science: Twelve Geniuses Who Are Currently Rocking Science, Technology, and the World

Wonder Women of Science

By: Tiera Fletcher and Ginger Rue
Illustrated by:
Sally Wern Comport
ISBN: 9781536207347
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
American Murderer: the Parasite That Haunted the South

American Murderer

By: Gail Jarrow
ISBN: 9781684378159 
Nonfiction, Teen, History
 
Animal Allies: 15 Amazing Women in Wildlife Research

Animal Allies

By: Elizabeth Pagel-Hogan
ISBN: 9781641606233
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Science
 
Animal Sidekicks: Amazing Stories of Symbiosis in Animals and Plants

Animal Sidekicks

By: Macken Murphy
Illustrated by:
Dragan Kordic
ISBN: 9781684492015
Nonfiction, 7-12, Animals
 
Antartica: A Melting Continent

Antartica

By: Karen Romano-Young
Illustrated by:
Angela Hsieh
ISBN: 9781913750534
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Background / Culture
 
Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith
Illustrated by:
Nicole Neidhardt
ISBN: 9781728458984
Nonfiction, Teen, How-to / Activity
 
Building

Building

By: Henry Cole
Illustrated by:
Henry Cole
ISBN: 9780063136557
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
 
The Code Breaker — Young Readers Edition: Jennifer Doudna and the Race to Understand Our Genetic Code

The Code Breaker — Young Readers Edition

By: Walter Isaacson
ISBN: 9781665910668
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Contemporary
 
Hidden Habitats: Earth

Hidden Habitats

By: Camilla de la Bedoyere
Illustrated by:
Lara Hawthorne
ISBN: 9781536226690
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
 
How to Build a Human: In Seven Evolutionary Steps

How to Build a Human

By: Pamela S. Turner
Illustrated by:
John Gurche
ISBN: 9781623542504
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, History
 
A Journey Under the Sea

A Journey Under the Sea

By: Craig Foster
ISBN: 9780358677864
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
 
Life in Hot Water

Life in Hot Water

By: Mary Batten
Illustrated by:
Thomas Gonzales
ISBN: 9781682631522
Nonfiction, 7-12, Animals
 
Lion Lights: My Invention That Made Peace with Lions

Lion Lights

By: Richard Turere, Shelly Pollock
Illustrated by:
Sonia Possentini
ISBN: 9780884488859
Nonfiction, K-2, 3-5, Biography / Memoir
 
Luminous: Living Things That Light Up the Night

Luminous

By: Julia Kuo
Illustrated by:
Julia Kuo
ISBN: 9781771648882
Nonfiction, K-2, 3-5, Science
 
Moving Words About a Flower

Moving Words About a Flower

By: K. C. Hayes
Illustrated by:
Barbara Chotiner
ISBN: 9781623541651
Fiction, K-2, Poetry
 
The Mystery of the Monarchs

The Mystery of the Monarchs

By: Barb Rosenstock
Illustrated by:
Erika Meza
ISBN: 9781984829566
Nonfiction, K-2, Biography / Memoir
 
Narwhal: The Arctic Unicorn

Narwhal

By: Justin Anderson
Illustrated by:
Jo Weaver
ISBN: 9781536225129
Nonfiction, K-2, Background / Culture
 
Oceanarium : Welcome to the Museum

Oceanarium

By: Loveday Trinick
Illustrated by:
Teagan White
ISBN: 9781536223811
Nonfiction, 6-8, 9-12, Series
 
Over and Under the Waves

Over and Under the Waves

By: Kate Messner
Illustrated by:
Christopher Silas Neal
ISBN: 9781797203478
Nonfiction, K-2, Animals
 
Queer Ducks (and Other Animals)

Queer Ducks (and Other Animals)

By: Eliot Schrefer
Illustrated by:
Jules Zuckerberg
ISBN: 9780063069497
Nonfiction, 9-12, LGBTQIA+
 
Salmon: Swimming for Survival

Salmon

By: Rowena Rae
ISBN: 9781459826533
Nonfiction, 6-8, 9-12, Series
 
Urgent Message from a Hot Planet: Navigating the Climate Crisis

Urgent Message from a Hot Planet

By: Ann Eriksson
Illustrated by:
Belle Wuthrich
ISBN: 9781459826328
Nonfiction, 9-12, Series
 
A Walk Through the Rain Forest

A Walk Through the Rain Forest

By: Martin Jenkins
Illustrated by:
Vicky White
ISBN: 9781536211207
Nonfiction, 3-5, Animals
 
The Whale Who Swam Through Time: A Two-Hundred-Year Journey in the Arctic

The Whale Who Swam Through Time

By: Alex Boersma, Nick Pyenson
Illustrated by:
Alex Boersma
ISBN: 9781250803023
Nonfiction, K-2, Science
 
The Woman Who Split the Atom

The Woman Who Split the Atom

By: Marissa Moss
ISBN: 9781419758539
Nonfiction, 6-8, 9-12, Science
 
Animals in Surprising Shades: Poems About Earth’s Colorful Creatures

Animals in Surprising Shades

By: Susan Johnston Taylor
Illustrated by:
Annie Bakst
ISBN: 9781957655048
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science / Nature
 
At Home with the Prairie Dog: The Story of a Keystone Species

At Home with the Prairie Dog

By: Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Illustrated by:
William Muñoz (photographer)
ISBN: 9781970039061
Nonfiction, 7-12, Animals
 
Becoming Bionic and Other Ways Science Is Making Us Super

Becoming Bionic and Other Ways Science Is Making Us Super

By: Heather Camlot
Illustrated by:
Victor Wong
ISBN: 9781771474610
Nonfiction, 7-12, Technology / Computers
 
Before Colors: Where Pigments and Dyes Come From

Before Colors

By: Annette Bay Pimentel
Illustrated by:
Madison Safer
ISBN: 9781419757068
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science / Nature
 
Ben Rothery’s Deadly and Dangerous Animals

Ben Rothery’s Deadly and Dangerous Animals

By: Ben Rothery
ISBN: 9781958394250
Nonfiction, 7-12, Animals
 
Bone Wars: the True Story of an Epic Battle to Find Dinosaur Fossils

Bone Wars

By: Jane Kurtz
Illustrated by:
Alexander Vidal
ISBN: 9781534493643
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
The Clues Are in the Poo: The Story of Dinosaur Scientisct Karen Chin

The Clues Are in the Poo

By: Karen Chin, Jane Kurtz
Illustrated by:
Francisco Riolobos
ISBN: 9781478876175
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science / Nature
 
Creep, Leap, Crunch! A Food Chain Story

Creep, Leap, Crunch! A Food Chain Story

By: Jody Jensen Shaffer
Illustrated by:
Christopher Silas Neal
ISBN: 9780593565520
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
 
Evolution

Evolution

By: Sarah Darwin, Eva Maria Sadowski
Illustrated by:
Olga Baumert
ISBN: 9781912920549
Nonfiction, 7-12, Animals
 
Extra Life (Young Readers Adaptation): The Astonishing Story of How We Doubled Our Lifespan

Extra Life (Young Readers Adaptation)

By: Steven Johnson
ISBN: 9780593351499
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Mental / Physical Health
 
Find Out About Animal Camouflage

Find Out About Animal Camouflage

By: Martin Jenkins
Illustrated by:
Jane McGuinness
ISBN: 9781536228366
Nonfiction, 4-6, Series
 
Grizzly Bears: Guardians of the Wilderness

Grizzly Bears

By: Frances Backhouse
ISBN: 9781459828544
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science / Nature
 
Her Eyes on the Stars: Maria Mitchell, Astronomer

Her Eyes on the Stars

By: Laurie Wallmark
Illustrated by:
Liz Wong
ISBN: 9781954354135
Nonfiction, 7-12, Social Activism / Equality / Feminism
 
Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day (A Graphic Novel)

Hidden Systems

By: Dan Nott
ISBN: 9780593125366
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, History
 
How Birds Sleep

How Birds Sleep

By: David Obuchowski
Illustrated by:
Sarah Pedry
ISBN: 9781662650970
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
 
How to Spacewalk: Step-by-Step with Shuttle Astronauts

How to Spacewalk

By: Michael J. Rosen, Kathryn D. Sullivan
Illustrated by:
Michael J. Rosen
ISBN: 9781536226218
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science / Nature
 
If the Rivers Run Free

If the Rivers Run Free

By: Andrea Debbink
Illustrated by:
Nicole Wong
ISBN: 9781534112780
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science / Nature
 
Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider

Jumper

By: Jessica Lanan
ISBN: 9781250810366
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
 
Masked Hero: How Wu Lien-teh Invented the Mask That Ended an Epidemic

Masked Hero

By: Shan Woo Liu
Illustrated by:
Lisa Wee
ISBN: 9781536228984
Nonfiction, 4-6, Technology / Computers
 
Mission: Arctic: A Scientific Adventure to a Changing North Pole

Mission

By: Katharina Weiss-Tuider
Illustrated by:
Christian Schneider
ISBN: 9781771649568
Nonfiction, 7-12, Action / Adventure
 
My Indigo World: a True Story of the Color Blue

My Indigo World

By: Rosa Chang
ISBN: 9781662650659
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science / Nature
 
Old Enough to Make a Difference: Be inspired by real-life children building a more sustainable future

Old Enough to Make a Difference

By: Hui, Rebecca
ISBN: 9781419765995
Nonfiction, 7-12, Series
 
Paper World: Human Body

Paper World

By: The Templar Company LTD
Illustrated by:
Gail Armstrong
ISBN: 9781536232639
Nonfiction, 7-12, Mental / Physical Health
 
The Pie That Molly Grew

The Pie That Molly Grew

By: Sue Heavenrich
Illustrated by:
Chamisa Kellogg
ISBN: 9781534111844
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science / Nature
 
Queen of Leaves: the Story of Botanist Ynes Mexia

Queen of Leaves

By: Stephen Briseño
Illustrated by:
Isabel Muñoz
ISBN: 9781959244011
Nonfiction, 7-12,Biography / Memoir
 
Rooting for Plants: the Unstoppable Charles S. Parker, Black Botanist and Collector

Rooting for Plants

By: Janice N. Harrington
Illustrated by:
Theadore Taylor III
ISBN: 9781662680199
Nonfiction, 7-12, Background / Culture
 
Santiago Saw Things Differently: Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Artist, Doctor, Father of Neuroscience

Santiago Saw Things Differently

By: Christine Iverson
Illustrated by:
Luciano Lozano
ISBN: 9781536224535
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Sew Sister: The Untold Story of Jean Wright and NASA’s Seamstresses

Sew Sister

By: Elise Matich
Illustrated by:
Elise Matich
ISBN: 9780884489825
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
Shining Star: Vera Rubin Discovers Dark Matter

Shining Star

By: Suzanne Slade
Illustrated by:
Susan Reagan
ISBN: 9781635926019
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science / Nature
 
Sisters in Science: Marie Curie, Bronia Dluska, and the Atomic Power of Sisterhood

Sisters in Science

By: Linda Elovitz Marshall
Illustrated by:
Anna and Elena Balbusso
ISBN: 9780593377581
Nonfiction, 4-6, Technology / Computers
 
Snow Man: A True Story

Snow Man

By: Jonah Winter
Illustrated by:
Jeanette Winter
ISBN: 9781665932394
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science / Nature
 
A Star Explodes: The Story of Supernova 1054

A Star Explodes

By: James Gladstone
Illustrated by:
Yaara Eshet
ISBN: 9781771474986
Nonfiction, 4-6, History
 
A Stone Is a Story

A Stone Is a Story

By: Leslie Barnard Booth
Illustrated by:
Mac Martin
ISBN: 9781534496941
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science / Nature
 
Tell Me About Space

Tell Me About Space

By: Lisa Varchol Perron
Illustrated by:
Jennifer Falkner
ISBN: 9781665935579
Nonfiction, 4-6, Series
 
We Are Branches

We Are Branches

By: Joyce Sidman
Illustrated by:
Beth Krommes
ISBN: 9780358538189
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science / Nature
 
We Are Starlings: Inside the Mesmerizing Magic of a Murmuration

We Are Starlings

By: Robert Furrow, Donna Jo Napoli
Illustrated by:
Marc Martin
ISBN: 9780593381632
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
 
We Need to Talk About Vaginas: An Important Book About Vulvas, Periods, Puberty, and Sex!

We Need to Talk About Vaginas

By: Dr. Allison K. Rodgers
Illustrated by:
Annika Le Large
ISBN: 9781684492848
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Mental / Physical Health
 
Whale Fall: Exploring an Ocean-Floor Ecosystem

Whale Fall

By: Melissa Stewart
Illustrated by:
Rob Dunlavey
ISBN: 9780593380604
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science / Nature
 
Why Do Elephants Have Big Ears: Questions and Surprising Answers About Animals

Why Do Elephants Have Big Ears

By: Steven Jenkins, Robin Page
Illustrated by:
Steven Jenkins, Robin Page
ISBN: 9780316456791
Nonfiction, 7-12, Animals
 
The Woman in the Moon

The Woman in the Moon

By: Richard Maurer
ISBN: 9781626728561
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Technology / Computers
 
Zero Waste: How One Community Is Leading a World Recycling Revolution

Zero Waste

By: Allan Drummond
ISBN: 9780374388409
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science / Nature
 
Arboretum—Welcome to the Museum

Arboretum—Welcome to the Museum

By: Tony Kirkham
Illustrated by:
Katie Scott
ISBN: 9781536235012
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science / Nature
 
Bounce! A Scientific History of Rubber

Bounce! A Scientific History of Rubber

By: Sarah Albee
Illustrated by:
Eileen Ryan Ewen
ISBN: 9781623543792
Nonfiction, 7-12, History
 
Change Is in the Air—Carbon, Climate, Earth, and Us

Change Is in the Air—Carbon, Climate, Earth, and Us

By: Debbie Levy
Illustrated by:
Alex Boersma
ISBN: 9781547612062
Nonfiction, 7-12, Environment / Sustainability / Recycling
 
Clever Crow

Clever Crow

By: Chris Butterworth
Illustrated by:
Olivia Lomenech Gill
ISBN: 9781536235425
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
 
The Den That Octopus Built

The Den That Octopus Built

By: Randi Sonenshine
Illustrated by:
Anne Hunter
ISBN: 9781536226546
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
 
Discovering Life’s Story—The Evolution of an Idea

Discovering Life’s Story—The Evolution of an Idea

By: Joy Hakim
ISBN: 9781536222944
Nonfiction, Teen, Science / Nature
 
Extinctopedia—Discover What We Have Lost, What Is at Risk, and How We Can Preserve the Diversity of Our Fragile Planet

Extinctopedia—Discover What We Have Lost, What Is at Risk, and How We Can Preserve the Diversity of Our Fragile Planet

By: Serenella Quarello
Illustrated by:
Alessio Alcini
ISBN: 9781636550725
Nonfiction, 7-12, Animals
 
Fire Escape—How Animals and Plants Survive Wildfires

Fire Escape—How Animals and Plants Survive Wildfires

By: Jessica Stremer
Illustrated by:
Michael Garland
ISBN: 9780823454426
Nonfiction, 7-12, Environment / Sustainability / Recycling
 
A Flicker of Hope—A Story of Migration

A Flicker of Hope—A Story of Migration

By: Cynthia Harmony
Illustrated by:
Devon Holzwarth
ISBN: 9780593525760
Fiction, 4-6, Places / Travel
 
Golden Gate—Building the Mighty Bridge

Golden Gate—Building the Mighty Bridge

By: Elizabeth Partridge
Illustrated by:
Ellen Heck
ISBN: 9781452135144
Nonfiction, 4-6, History
 
How Do You See the World?

How Do You See the World?

By: Noureddine Melikechi
Illustrated by:
Michelle Simpson
ISBN: 9781958629437
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science / Nature
 
Look

Look

By: Gabi Snyder
Illustrated by:
Samantha Cotterill
ISBN: 9781665905404
Fiction, 4-6, Concepts
 
The Next Scientist—The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Futures of the World’s Greatest Scientist

The Next Scientist—The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Futures of the World’s Greatest Scientist

By: Kate Messner
Illustrated by:
Julia Kuo
ISBN: 9781452176963
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
Of Words and Water—The Story of Wilma Dykeman–Writer, Historian, Environmentalist

Of Words and Water—The Story of Wilma Dykeman–Writer, Historian, Environmentalist

By: Shannon Hitchcock
Illustrated by:
Sophie Page
ISBN: 9781478870371
Nonfiction, 7-12, Biography / Memoir
 
One Day This Tree Will Fall

One Day This Tree Will Fall

By: Leslie Barnard Booth
Illustrated by:
Stephanie Fizer Coleman
ISBN: 9781534496965
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science / Nature
 
Over and Under the Wetland

Over and Under the Wetland

By: Kate Messner
Illustrated by:
Christopher Silas Neal
ISBN: 9781797210872
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
 
Owls—Who Gives a Hoot?

Owls—Who Gives a Hoot?

By: Frances Backhouse
ISBN: 9781459835290
Nonfiction, 7-12, Animals
 
Pau—The Last Song of the Kaua’i ‘o’o

Pau—The Last Song of the Kaua’i ‘o’o

By: Tony Piedra and Mackenzie Joy
Illustrated by:
Tony Piedra and Mackenzie Joy
ISBN: 9781536219494
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
 
Planting Hope—A Portrait of Photographer Sebastião Salgado

Planting Hope—A Portrait of Photographer Sebastião Salgado

By: Philip Hoelzel
Illustrated by:
Renato Alarcão
ISBN: 9781534477650
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Remembering Rosalind Franklin—Rosalind Franklin & the Discovery of the Double Helix Structure of DNA

Remembering Rosalind Franklin—Rosalind Franklin & the Discovery of the Double Helix Structure of DNA

By: Tanya Lee Stone
Illustrated by:
Gretchen Ellen Powers
ISBN: 9780316351249
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Saturdays at Harlem Grown—How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood

Saturdays at Harlem Grown—How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood

By: Tony Hillery
Illustrated by:
Jessie Hartland
ISBN: 9781665929783
Nonfiction, 4-6, Environment / Sustainability / Recycling
 
Sleepy—Surprising Ways Animals Snooze

Sleepy—Surprising Ways Animals Snooze

By: Jennifer Ward
Illustrated by:
Robin Page
ISBN: 9781665935104
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
 
Super Swifts—Small Birds with Amazing Powers

Super Swifts—Small Birds with Amazing Powers

By: Justin Anderson
Illustrated by:
Clover Robin
ISBN: 9781536231489
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
 
Up Periscope! How Engineer Raye Montague Revolutionized Shipbuilding

Up Periscope! How Engineer Raye Montague Revolutionized Shipbuilding

By: Jennifer Swanson
Illustrated by:
Veronica Miller Jamison
ISBN: 9780316565486
Nonfiction, 4-6, Biography / Memoir
 
Wildlife Crossings of Hope—Connecting Creatures Around the Globe

Wildlife Crossings of Hope—Connecting Creatures Around the Globe

By: Teddi Lynn Chichester
Illustrated by:
Jamie Green
ISBN: 9780823453542
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science / Nature
 
Wildlife Crossings—Protecting Animal Pathways Around the World

Wildlife Crossings—Protecting Animal Pathways Around the World

By: Catherine Barr
Illustrated by:
Christiane Engel
ISBN: 9781536236255
Nonfiction, 4-6, Science / Nature
 
A Window into the Ocean Twilight Zone—Twenty-Four Days of Science at Sea

A Window into the Ocean Twilight Zone—Twenty-Four Days of Science at Sea

By: Michelle Cusolito
ISBN: 9781623543020
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science / Nature
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