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Strange creatures : the story of Walter Rothschild and his museum

Judge, Lita.


Tells the story of Walter Rothschild, a shy rich boy whose fierce curiosity about animals led him to create the largest zoological collection gathered by one man. He wrote 1,200 books and scientific papers and named 5,000 new. species. The painfully shy boy who never made a good banker forever changed our understanding of the world's diversity of creatures.
Date Published:2011

Free for you and me : what our First Amendment means

Mihaly, Christy,


Kirkus Review, School Library Journal, Simple rhyming text and colorful illustrations introduce beginning readers to the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights to the United States Constitution. Informs young readers about the rights to freedom of speech, religion, assembly, press, and petition. Includes a glossary.
Date Published:2020

The Ambrose deception

Ecton, Emily,


School Library Journal, February 2018. Booklist, December 2017. Kirkus Review, December 2017. Three Chicago students, Melissa, Wilf, and Bondi, are unlikely participants in a competition for a ten thousand-dollar scholarship, unaware that there is much more at stake.
Date Published:2018

Partypooper

Kinney, Jeff,


Celebrate with Greg, his family, and more as Greg throws an epic birthday party for himself.
Date Published:2025

Guinness World Records, 2026


Includes index. Presents the biggest, smallest, fastest, longest, and other record setters for 2025 in the categories of natural world, humankind, recordmania, explorer's club, science and technology, kids, arts and entertainment, and sports.
Date Published:2025

Act

Miller, Kayla,


School Library Journal, June 2020. "Olive is excited to start sixth grade: new teachers, new experiences, and a field trip to the big city with her best buds! But when Olive finds out that a school policy is keeping some kids from going on the trip, she decides to act. She's prepared to do whatever it takes to be heard--even if it means running against Trent and Sawyer, two of her closest friends, in the student council election! With intense campaign competition and emotions running high, can Olive make a big change and keep her friends?"--OCLC.
Date Published:2020

School Library Journal, June 2020. "Olive is excited to start sixth grade: new teachers, new experiences, and a field trip to the big city with her best buds! But when Olive finds out that a school policy is keeping some kids from going on the trip, she decides to act. She's prepared to do whatever it takes to be heard--even if it means running against Trent and Sawyer, two of her closest friends, in the student council election! With intense campaign competition and emotions running high, can Olive make a big change and keep her friends?"--OCLC.

Date Published:2020

Alone in the woods

Behrens, Rebecca,


Junior Library Guild. Rising eighth-graders Jocelyn and Alex, former best friends forced together on a family vacation, must cooperate to survive when they get lost in the Wisconsin Northwoods. Told in two voices.
Date Published:2020

The door of no return

Alexander, Kwame,


Junior Library Guild. "A novel in verse about an Asante boy who is captured and taken from his village during the nineteenth century"--Provided by the publisher.
Date Published:2022

The light from my menorah : celebrating holidays around the world

Heald, Robin,


Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, As a young boy lights the menorah to celebrate Hanukkah, he follows the menorah's light around the world as it travels across mountains, deserts, and oceans. The boy sees families celebrating their own special holidays with light, including Diwali, Christmas, Kwanzaa, St. Lucia Day, and Loy Krathong. Includes an author's note.
Date Published:2024

Esperanza caramelo, la estrella de Nochebuena

Valenti, Karla,


Spun-sugar ornament Esperanza Caramelo is meant to sit atop the Nochebuena cake but on the night before Christmas, she sings, dances and whirls around the bakery, throwing a fiesta with all the other ornaments until disaster strikes, making her wonder if the Nochebuena cake can be saved in time for Christmas.
Date Published:2023

Smile

Telgemeier, Raina,


Horn Book Guide, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, When Raina falls and injures her front teeth, she begins a difficult and embarrassing period having braces. In addition to this humiliation, she endures boy trouble and false friends but finally learns the importance of true friends and having a wonderful smile.
Date Published:2010

A babysitter's guide to monster hunting

Ballarini, Joe,


"Ages 8-12"--Back cover. School Library Journal, April 2017. Booklist, May 2017. Horn Book, April 2018. "When first time babysitter Kelly loses Baby Jacob to the monsters who live under the bed, she discovers a secret society of babysitters who help her kick Toadie butt. Together, they have to rescue Jacob before his parents gets home . . ."--Publisher.
Date Published:2019

AlphaOops! H is for Halloween

Kontis, Alethea.


Junior Library Guild. While putting on a Halloween pageant, the alphabet mixes things up with some spooky, and funny, results.
Date Published:2010

Speak up, Santiago! : a Hillside Valley graphic novel

Anta, Julio,


"NYC kid Santiago heads upstate to stay with his grandmother for the summer"--
Date Published:2025

Chews your destiny

Montijo, Rhode,


When Mom issues a no-gum rule, Gabby Gomez sneaks a piece of special bubble gum that turns her into a superhero.
Date Published:2013

The greatest adventure

Piedra, Tony,


Eliot's grandfather, El Capitn, has retired from the sea, and after listening to his grandfather's stories, Eliot is ready for an adventure--so they set out together to find one they can share.
Date Published:2018

The real Riley Mayes

Elliott, Rachel,


School Library Journal, May 2022. Horn Book Starred, July 2022. Pub Weekly, April 2022. Booklist, May 2022. Kirkus Review, March 2022. Library Media Connection, August 2022. "Fifth grade is just not Riley's vibe. Everyone else is squaded up--except Riley. Her best friend moved away. All she wants to do is draw, and her grades show it. One thing that makes her happy is her favorite comedian, Joy Powers. Riley loves to watch her old shows and has memorized her best jokes. So when the class is assigned to write letters to people they admire, of course Riley's picking Joy Powers! Things start to look up when a classmate, Cate, offers to help Riley with the letter, and a new kid, Aaron, actually seems to get her weird sense of humor. But when mean girl Whitney spreads a rumor about her, things begin to click into place for Riley. Her curiosity about Aaron's two dads and her celebrity crush on Joy Powers suddenly make more sense"--Amazon.
Date Published:2022

School Library Journal, May 2022. Horn Book Starred, July 2022. Pub Weekly, April 2022. Booklist, May 2022. Kirkus Review, March 2022. Library Media Connection, August 2022. "Fifth grade is just not Riley's vibe. Everyone else is squaded up--except Riley. Her best friend moved away. All she wants to do is draw, and her grades show it. One thing that makes her happy is her favorite comedian, Joy Powers. Riley loves to watch her old shows and has memorized her best jokes. So when the class is assigned to write letters to people they admire, of course Riley's picking Joy Powers! Things start to look up when a classmate, Cate, offers to help Riley with the letter, and a new kid, Aaron, actually seems to get her weird sense of humor. But when mean girl Whitney spreads a rumor about her, things begin to click into place for Riley. Her curiosity about Aaron's two dads and her celebrity crush on Joy Powers suddenly make more sense"--Amazon.

Date Published:2022

A isn't for fox : the isn't alphabet

Ulmer, Wendy K., 1950-


"Using humor and the alphabet this book points out first what each letter of the alphabet is not for and then gives an example of a word that does begin with the letter"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2007

Jessi's secret language

Martin, Ann M., 1955-,


Jessi's new baby-sitting charge is teaching her a secret language.
Date Published:2022

Dork diaries : tales from a not-so-fabulous life

Russell, Rachel Renée.


Fourteen-year-old Nikki Maxwell writes and sketches in her diary about her struggle to be popular at her exclusive new private school, and about giving up on being part of the elite group, before figuring out a way to simply be herself.
Date Published:2009