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By Pam Houston. 2019
Author of Cowboys Are My Weakness (DB 35065) and A Little More about Me (DB 51281) presents twelve essays exploring…
her life on a ranch and what ties her to the land. Each essay ends with an almanac entry of happenings on the ranch. 2019By Chris Sasaki, Julie Leung. 2019
Once a threatened species, North Carolina's black bears are now thriving due to conservation efforts of scientists and local citizens.…
Discusses the impact of population growth and bears' expansion into human habitats. Also examines how other wildlife is affected by human activity. For grades 4-7. 2018By Frieda Wishinsky, Natalie Nelson. 2019
Portrait of Emily Warren Roebling, a well-educated woman in math and science who continued her husband's project of building the…
Brooklyn Bridge, an iconic suspension bridge that connects Brooklyn to Manhattan. For grades K-3. 2019By Winifred Conkling, Julia Kuo. 2019
Identical twins Ernesto and Raúl Flores, seventeen, fled El Salvador, and made a harrowing journey across the Rio Grande and…
the Texas desert. They faced capture by immigration authorities and still struggle to navigate life in America. Some violence and some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2019By Jennifer Thermes. 2019
Chronicles the rise of Manhattan and recounts its physical, social, and ecological history. Explores the changing dynamics of the island,…
and highlights important moments that helped shape its growth. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 2019By David Hohn, Vicki Conrad. 2019
Biography of Beverly Cleary, from her roots in Oregon to her years as a librarian and, eventually, children's book writer.…
Author of the beloved Ramona series, Cleary wrote the stories she longed for as a child. For grades K-3. 2019By Debbie Levy, Jo Ann Allen Boyce. 2019
A memoir in verse. Boyce recounts her experiences as being one of the twelve African American high school students that…
broke the color barrier and integrated Clinton High School in Tennessee in 1956. For grades 4-7. 2019By Leslie Carol Roberts. 2019
Essays examining encounters with nature the author has while walking through the Presidio National Park over the course of a…
year. Includes reflections on experiences with ecosystems throughout her life. Meditates on the impact of nature and her relationship with it. 2019By Carole Boston Weatherford, Eric Velasquez. 2017
After being told as a child that Africa's descendants didn't have a history, Arturo Schomburg (1874-1938) set out to prove…
the opposite and amassed a collection of African books, letters, music, and art that is currently housed in the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. For grades 4-7. 2017By Natasha Wing, Alexandra Boiger. 2017
A recounting of the little-known true story of how former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy led the fight to preserve New…
York City's Grand Central Terminal from alteration and destruction in the 1970s. For grades K-3. 2017By Claire Hartfield. 2018
Recounts the events on July 27, 1919, when, at a beach on Lake Michigan, a white man threw a rock…
at a black teen, killing him. The author examines the events and forces that led to the days of violence that followed. Some violence. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2018By Andrew Forsthoefel. 2017
The chronicle of the author's year-long walking trip across America. After graduating college, Forsthoefel set out walking from eastern Pennsylvania…
to California. Recounts conversations he had, people he met, and adventures he experienced. Explores the changing nature of human connection in the twenty-first century. Some strong language. 2017By Margarita Engle, illustrations by Rafael Lopez. 2017
By Ramie Liddle, Tim Bauerschmidt. 2017
When the author's father died unexpectedly and his ninety-year-old mother, Norma, was diagnosed with cancer, he and his coauthor wife…
invited Norma to join them in traveling around the country in an RV. Describes their year-long adventure that covered thirty-two states and fifteen national parks and attracted many fans. Some strong language. 2017By Shana Corey, R. Gregory Christie. 2017
Short biography of John F. Kennedy, America's thirty-fifth president, highlighting his civil rights address in 1963. Although he was in…
office less than four years, JFK's legacies include establishing the Peace Corps and empowering the space program to get us to the moon. For grades 3-6. 2017By Linda Barrett Osborne. 2016
Recounts the history of immigration in the United States. Explores the ways government policy and popular responses to immigrant groups…
evolved throughout U. S. history, particularly between 1800 and 1965. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2016By Patricia Newman. 2017
Marine biologist investigates the mystery of how sea grasses are thriving in nutrient-polluted waters of Elkhorn Slough, an inlet of…
Monterey Bay in Northern California. His studies provide evidence that sea otters play an essential part in maintaining a healthy balance in this particular ecosystem. For grades 4-7. 2017By Gwen Roland, C. C. Lockwood. 2006
Collection of mostly previously published essays about living in the Atchafalaya swamp in the 1970s. Discusses building their houseboat from…
scrap supplies, growing and catching their food, the community of fellow swamp dwellers, and more. 2006