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Kakapo Rescue

Saving the World's Strangest Parrot [Scientists in the Field]

by Montgomery, Sy

On remote Codfish Island off the southern coast of New Zealand live the last ninety-one kakapo parrots on earth. These trusting, flightless, and beautiful bird...

Big Nate

In a Class by Himself

by Peirce, Lincoln

Big Nate is in a class by himself! But things don't always go your way just because you're awesome. Nate barely survives his dad's toxic oatmeal before rushing...

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 ...

One Crazy Summer

by Williams-Garcia, Rita

Eleven-year-old Delphine has it together. Even though her mother, Cecile, abandoned her and her younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern, seven years ago. Even though...

It's Perfectly Normal

A Book About Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health

by Harris, Robie H. & Emberley, Michael

An updated, fifteenth anniversary edition of the definitive book on kids’ sexual health brings this trusted resource into the twenty-first century.Now offeri...

War Games

A Novel Based on a True Story

by Couloumbis, Audrey & Couloumbis, Akila

Based on a true story of World War II.For 12-year-old Petros, World War II feels unreal and far away. What’s real is working in his papa’s garden. Playing ...

A Faraway Island

by Thor, Annika

Torn from their homeland, two Jewish sisters find refuge in Sweden.It's the summer of 1939. Two Jewish sisters from Vienna—12-year-old Stephie Steiner and 8-...

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,...

Half-Minute Horrors

by Rich, Susan

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The Champion of Children

The Story of Janusz Korczak

by Bogacki, Tomek

In 1912, a well-known doctor and writer named Janusz Korczak designed an extraordinary orphanage for Jewish children in Warsaw, Poland. Believing that children...