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Breakfast in the Rainforest

A Visit with Mountain Gorillas

by Sobol, Richard

A photographer shares a rare glimpse of mountain gorillas in the wild - and inspires readers to help protect them. Powerful but shy, the African mountain goril...

Manjiro

The Boy Who Risked His Life for Two Countries

by McCully, Emily Arnold

This is the true story of a determined and resourceful young man whose intimate knowledge of two cultures later led him to play an important role in the openin...

Nuclear Energy

by Raum, Elizabeth

What is uranium? How do we turn atoms into electricity? Can nuclear energy be dangerous? 'Fueling the Future' asks the questions that young people want answere...

The Gettysburg Address in Translation

What It Really Means

by Olson, Kay Melchisedech

How long is four score and seven years? Just what are unalienable rights? These translations make important historical documents meaningful. Each book translat...

Highway Cats

by Lisle, Janet Taylor

A hard-bitten group of mangy highway cats is changed forever after the mysterious arrival of three kittens.

Knucklehead

Tall Tales & Mostly True Stories About Growing Up Scieszka

by Scieszka, Jon

How did Jon Scieszka get so funny? He grew up as one of six brothers with Catholic school, lots of comic books, lazy summers at the lake with time to kill, bab...

Twenty-Odd Ducks

Why, every punctuation mark counts!

by Truss, Lynne & Timmons, Bonnie

Commas and apostrophes aren’t the only punctuation marks that can cause big trouble if they’re put in the wrong place. Now, Truss and Timmons put hyphens, ...

Garbage, Waste, Dumps, and You

The Disgusting Story Behind What We Leave Behind

by Miller, Connie Colwell

Are you ready to go behind the scenes of our amazing sanitation system? From the history of toilets to the mystery of tap water, each book reveals what goes on...

Water and Geothermal Energy

by Raum, Elizabeth

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The Lump of Coal

by Snicket, Lemony

This is a story about a lump of coal who can think, talk, and move itself around. Is there a more charming holiday tale to behold? Probably, but Lemony Snicket...