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Louisa

The Life of Louisa May Alcott

by McDonough, Yona Zeldis

When Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women was published in 1868 it was an instant success. Louisa drew on her experiences in writing the novel, but there’s a l...

One Big Rain

Poems for Rainy Days

by Gray, Rita

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We the Children [Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School]

by Clements, Andrew

Benjamin Pratt's school is about to become the site of a new amusement park. It sounds like a dream come true! But lately, Ben has been wonder if he's going to...

Ubiquitous

Celebrating Nature's Survivors

by Sidman, Joyce

From the creators of the Caldecott Honor Book Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems . . .Ubiquitous (yoo-bik-wi-tuhs): Something that is (or seems to ...

Dinosaur Mountain

Digging into the Jurassic Age

by Ray, Deborah Kogan

Earl Douglass was a teenager when he first heard about the Bone Wars—the frenzied race between paleontologists to unearth and classify dinosaur fossils—and he ...

For Good Measure

The Ways We Say How Much, How Far, How Heavy, How Big, How Old

by Robbins, Ken

A bushel of facts and fabulous photographs make this 24 Karat informational book shine.The mile gets its name from the term mille passus, whichmeans “a thousan...

Growing Patterns

Fibonacci Numbers in Nature

by Campbell, Sarah C.

This title deals with the biggest mathematical mystery in nature - Fibonacci numbers! Named after a famous mathematician, the number pattern is simple: 1, 1, 2...

Poetrees

by Florian, Douglas

This book is ripe with poetrees, They're grown to educate and please. You'll see a cedar. Oak tree too. Birch and banyan, Pine and yew. Palm and gum And willow...

The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy)

by Kerley, Barbara

Susy Clemens thought the world was wrong about her papa. They saw Mark Twain as "a humorist joking at everything." But he was so much more, and Susy was determ...

An Eye for Color

The Story of Josef Albers

by Wing, Natasha

As a child, Josef Albers loved to watch his handyman father paint houses.When Josef grew up and became an artist, he reduced each image to its simplest shapes,...