Sandra Markle Call the Bee Doctor! How Science is Saving Honey Bees From the Series Sandra Markle’s Science Discoveries Honey bees are among the world’s most important insects. They help pollinate many of the crops we depend on for food. Without them, the global food supply would be in great danger. In 1998, beekeepers in…
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Dita Zipfel, Finn-Ole Heinrich & Nele Brönner Eely Has to Go Eely has spent almost his entire life in a very beautiful canal, happily doing his laps with his friend Frank. But suddenly Eely realises that he is changing, that he has to say goodbye and take the plunge into new waters: A long, exciting…
Jona Manow Spy No. 9 and the Art of Not Being Noticed The adventure of being different Estrick is different. He counts things in steps of nine, often doesn’t understand his fellow human beings and has countless questions: Why are there zebra crossings but no zebra stripes on the road? Why are some people nice…
Kelly Rice Schmitt & Jam Dong I Fuel – How Energy Powers Our Busy World From the Series On the Move We’re mighty fuel—ready to power the world! From lightbulbs and stoves to cars and planes, many things around us need fuel to work. Where does that fuel come from? Follow oil on its journey…
Lorenz Pauli & Kathrin Schärer Fur and Feather The dog is all agog, and the hen is suffering from stage fright, too. The performance is about to start. They’re acting in their own story! It goes like this: The hen dreams of pirate treasure and the dog of a strong friend. They meet by chance,…
Kelly Rice Schmitt & Jam Dong I Fuel – How Energy Powers Our Busy World From the Series On the Move Honk! Honk! Follow along as a semitruck travels cross country with a load of toys. Turbo-powered text and illustrations will appeal to truck-loving kids everywhere! Climb on up into the cab of a semitruck…
Andrea Hensgen & Hannah Brückner We Children on the Train Jamil, his friend Sergey and many other children have been travelling across the country by train for weeks. The train is their home, where they learn, play and sleep, safe and cared for until their parents have rebuilt their destroyed homes. Every Sunday, the train…
Kelly Rice Schmitt & Jam Dong I Ship – A Container Ship’s Colossal Journey From the Series On the Move Cast off on a journey across the ocean with a container ship as a guide in the delightful picture book I Ship. Come aboard a massive container ship as it pulls into port, loads up…
Stephanie V. W. Lucianovic & Chris Park Touch the Sky Vern longs to be one of the kids who swoop until their toes touch the sky. He heads to the swings and desperately tries to pump his legs, but he just can’t get it. A chance encounter with precocious (and hilarious) Gretchen gives him just…
Giselle Clarkson Omnibird – An Avian Investigator’s Handbook This highly illustrated, playful field guide to common international birds brings the art of observology to the science of ornithology, showing the many ways these familiar creatures are remarkable if you take time to look. Have you seen a bird today? Probably, unless you’re reading this in…
Shafaq Khan Zeyna Lost and Found In 1970, twelve-year-old Zeyna has grown up in London but has never quite felt like she fits in. Her monotonous life is suddenly interrupted when Zeyna’s parents decide to visit their native Pakistan―where Zeyna feels she doesn’t fit in either. But then her parents disappear, leaving behind a string…
Beth Mills Ella McKeen, Kickball Queen In her debut picture book, Beth Mills offers a pitch-perfect look at recess, friendship, and being a good sport. First grader Ella McKeen is the undisputed kickball queen until a new girl named Riya shows up—and shows her up at recess. How does Ella handle losing? By throwing herself on the…
Jennifer Mason-Black Sometimes the Girl Eighteen-year-old Holiday needs to sort her life out. She’s still shaken from her brother’s recent suicide attempt; still pining over her ex, Maya; and still struggling to write again after a long dry spell. To earn enough money for a rebalancing trip with Maya, Holi gets a short-term job: organizing…
Lyn Miller-Lachmann Torch Three teens struggle to carve out futures for themselves under a totalitarian regime. Czechoslovakia, 1969 Seventeen-year-old Pavol has watched his country’s freedoms disappear in the wake of the Soviet Union’s invasion. He’s seen his own dreams disappear too. In a desperate, fatal act of protest against the oppressive new government, he sets…
Lyn Miller-Lachmann Eyes Open Portugal, 1967. Sónia thinks she knows what her future holds. She’ll become a poet, and together she and her artist boyfriend, Zé Miguel, will rise above the government restrictions that shape their lives. The restrictions on what Sónia can do and where she can go without a man’s permission. The restrictions…
Dr. Rebecca E. Hirsch & Eugenia Nobati A Deathly Compendium of Poisonous Plants – Wicked Weeds and Sinister Seeds “Should you encounter any of the plants in this book, do not treat them lightly. They can kill you. Or cause you unbearable agony. Or land you in jail. Consider yourself warned.” Explore the strange and…
Kao Kalia Yang & Jiemei Lin The Rock in My Throat At first, no one noticed when I stopped talking at school. In this moving true story, Kao Kalia Yang shares her experiences as a young Hmong refugee navigating life at home and at school. Having seen the poor treatment her parents received when making…
Bob Raczka & Simone Shin Niko Draws a Feeling Niko loves to draw his world: the ring-a-ling of the ice cream truck, the warmth of sun on his face. But no one appreciates his art. Until one day, Niko meets Iris . . . This imaginative and tender story explores the creative process, abstract art,…
Laura Purdie Salas & Jaime Kim If You Were the Moon What would you do if you were the moon?Do you think you would rest quietly in the night sky? Oh, no. The moon does so much more than you might imagine! It spins like a twilight ballerina, plays tug-of-war with the ocean, and lights a…
Laura Purdie Salas & Violeta Dabija Water Can Be … Water is water, puddle, pond, sea. But now can you guess what else it can be? Water can be a . . .thirst quencher, kid drencher, cloud fluffer, fire snuffer. Find out about the many roles water plays in this poetic exploration of water throughout…