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JFK
By Jonah Winter, A. G. Ford. 2013
An illustrated tribute to the 35th president's White House years, published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of his assassination,…
offers insight into JFK's cultural significance to everyday Americans. For grades K-3. 2013Joan Procter, dragon doctor: the woman who loved reptiles
By Felicita Sala, Patricia Valdez. 2018
Recounts the life of Joan Procter, a pioneering female scientist who loved reptiles. Discusses her work and research at London's…
Natural History Museum and, later, her design and curatorship of the new reptile house at the London Zoo. For grades K-3. 2018All that trash: the story of the 1987 Garbage Barge and our problem with stuff
By Meghan McCarthy. 2018
Recounts the true story of a garbage barge that didn't have a place to dock for months, because no state…
or government wanted to take New York's trash. This newsworthy event helped usher in the recycling movement. For grades K-3. 2018Pasando páginas: la historia de mi vida
By Lulu Delacre, Sonia Sotomayor. 2018
La primera latina en la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos, Sonia Sotomayor recuerda la influencia formativa de los libros…
en su vida. Ella explora cómo su amor por la literatura le proporcionó la inspiración para realizar sus sueños. Para grados 2-4Otis and Will discover the deep: the record-setting dive of the Bathysphere
By Katherine Roy, Barb Rosenstock. 2018
Biographical account of engineer Otis Barton and naturalist Will Beebe's record-setting descent into the deep ocean in their Bathysphere craft.…
The scientists were the first humans to witness deep-sea creatures in their natural habitat. For grades K-3. 2018What do you do with a voice like that?: the story of extraordinary congresswoman Barbara Jordan
By Chris Barton, Ekua Holmes. 2018
Why do dogs hate thunder? Is every snowflake really different? Where does wind come from? Naturalist and artist Peggy Kochanoff…
answers these questions and more in this illustrated guide to solving weather mysteries, for young readers. From the life cycle of hurricanes to explaining how to properly read a weather forecast, Kochanoff takes readers on a fascinating and entertaining tour of the most common weather patterns in Atlantic Canada and beyond. Packed with detailed and vivid watercolour illustrations and clear answers to creative questions, Be a Weather Detective is the perfect tool for solving the nature mysteries in your own backyard!So Imagine Me: Nature Riddles in Poetry
By Lynn Davies, Chrissie Park-MacNeil. 2020
From award-winning poet Lynn Davies comes her first collection for children. And there's a twist: each of the poems in…
So Imagine Me has a secret. The lyrical and playful text describes something from nature—flora or fauna or another phenomenon—that's also hiding in the illustrations. Readers will puzzle over the words and pore over the detailed illustrations looking for clues. Some of the riddles might be easy, and some are definitely tricky. All of them will delight, entertain, and challenge, leaving readers of all ages with new facts to share and an urge to get out into nature to discover more mysteries.A computer called Katherine: how Katherine Johnson helped put America on the moon
By Suzanne Slade, Veronica Miller Jamison. 2019
The story of pioneering African American mathematician Katherine Johnson, who performed calculations vital to America's first manned space flight, its…
first manned orbit of Earth, and the first trip to the moon. For grades K-3. 2019Just right: searching for the Goldilocks planet
By Jessica Lanan, Curtis Manley. 2019
Gravity
By Jason Chin. 2018
What keeps objects from floating out of your hand? What if your feet drifted away from the ground? What stops…
everything from floating into space? Gravity. Author Jason Chin takes this complex subject and makes it brilliantly accessible to young listeners in this innovative book. His expansive but simple narrative does justice to the subject at hand, looking at the concept of gravity in a whole new way. From the redwoods to the oceans to a small island, he now takes us to outer space in this thoroughly researched, exceptional addition to his body of children's nonfictionCoding in the internet (Coding is Everywhere)
By Elizabeth Noll. 2020
Where does an e-mail go when you hit send? Code zooms it through the millions of connections in the Internet!…
Learn how code connects and runs a massive worldwide network of computers in this fact-filled titleCoding in video games (Coding is Everywhere)
By Elizabeth Noll. 2020
How do your favorite video games work? The coding insides creates backgrounds, plays music, and controls how each character and…
items move. Readers will love learning about the world of coding through the video game lens in this book for young studentsCoding in your school (Coding is Everywhere)
By Elizabeth Noll. 2020
Many students may use computer labs or tablets in school. But coding can also be found in science classrooms, the…
library, and even the lunch room! Early readers can educate themselves on the coding in their own school with this eye-opening titleCoding in your home (Coding is Everywhere)
By Elizabeth Noll. 2020
Thanks to Siri and Alexa, we've gotten pretty used to coding in our home. But did you know a company…
offered automation for lights and appliances as early as the 1970s? Check out the home automation of the past and the smart homes of the future in this fun readCoding in transportation (Coding is Everywhere)
By Elizabeth Noll. 2020
Did you know that the average car has more than a dozen computers inside? Without computers and the coding that…
controls them, today's transportation would look a lot different. Young readers will love exploring how coding helps us get around in this fascinating readCoding in computers (Coding is Everywhere)
By Elizabeth Noll. 2020
From typing your name to playing a song, everything you do on computers uses code. But how do computers understand…
what we're telling them? This engaging title introduces young readers to programming languages, binary code, and the history of early programmingI am marie curie (Ordinary People Change the World)
By Brad Meltzer. 2019
The first woman to win a Nobel Prize, physicist and chemist Marie Curie is the 19th hero in the New…
York Times bestselling book biography series about heroes. This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great—the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. Each book tells the story of one of America's icons in a lively, conversational way that works well for the youngest nonfiction listeners and that always includes the hero's childhood influences. Audiobook cast of narrators: Saskia Maarleveld Oliver Wyman Jonathan Davis Graham Halstead Donté Bonner Robin Miles Danny CampbellHow computers work
By Capstone. 2020
Why do moving objects slow down?: A look at friction (Exploring Physical Science)
By Jennifer Boothroyd. 2014
A baseball player slides on the ground to tag a base. A toy car's wheels rub against the floor and…
slow the toy car down. Friction is at work all around you. But what exactly is friction? And how does it affect different objects? Read this book to find out! Learn all about matter, energy, and forces in the Exploring Physical Science series—part of the Lightning Bolt Books™ collection. With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt Books™ bring nonfiction topics to life!