• Cactus Queen

    Cactus Queen

    Alexander, Lori

    PICTURE BOOK NONFICTION / A rousing tale about the rescuer of California's famed desert, Joshua Tree. [Kirkus]

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  • Volcanoes

    Volcanoes

    Beckerman, Nell Cross

    PICTURE BOOK NONFICTION / A dramatic introduction to volcanic eruptions and those who study them. [Kirkus]

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  • Miles of Style

    Miles of Style

    Brathwaite, Lisa D.

    PICTURE BOOK NONFICTION / An African American fashion pioneer, Eunice Johnson turned her love of style into a way to help others. [Kirkus]

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  • Life After Whale

    Life After Whale

    Brunelle, Lynn

    LOCAL AUTHOR / PICTURE BOOK NONFICTION / A blue whale "whirls above and below the currents of the Pacific Ocean" until she dies a natural death. Infused with wonder, [this is] an account of a natural cycle that occurs, mostly, far below the ocean's surface. [Kirkus]

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  • The Observologist

    The Observologist

    Clarkson, Giselle

    NONFICTION / In this engaging guide, Clarkson invites young readers to pay attention to the small things around them. [Kirkus]

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  • Bridge to Bat City

    Bridge to Bat City

    Cline, Ernest

    MIDDLE GRADE NOVEL / After her mother's death, thirteen-year-old Opal moves to her uncle's farm where she befriends a group of orphaned, music-loving bats, and summons the courage to protect them from a mining company as she attempts to find them a new home. [catalog]

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  • Katie, Big and Strong

    Katie, Big and Strong

    Cooper, Jenny

    PICTURE BOOK NONFICTION / In an era when "proper ladies" were expected to be helpless and frail, Katie showed everyone that women could be powerful. She also spoke up for women's equality and the right to vote. [publisher]

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  • The Partition Project

    The Partition Project

    Faruqi, Saadia

    MIDDLE GRADE NOVEL / As 7th-grader Maha learns more about [her grandmother] Dadi's childhood in Punjab, she realizes that the stories of partition...are as relevant today as they ever were. [New York Times Book Review]

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  • Narwhal

    Narwhal

    Fleming, Candace

    PICTURE BOOK NONFICTION / A young narwhal joins others of its kind on a long and perilous Arctic migratory round.

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  • Leila and the Blue Fox

    Leila and the Blue Fox

    Hargrave, Kiran Millwood

    MIDDLE GRADE NOVEL / An Arctic fox leads a mother and daughter back to one another. A reverent, wondrous feast for the senses and a balm for bruised souls. [Kirkus]

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