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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
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