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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Dive thirteen thousand feet below the ocean's surface, where no ray of sunlight can penetrate. Resources are scarce, and fellow inhabitants scarcer. This is life in the midnight zone--life for the anglerfish, known as the Seadevil of the Deep. Still largely a mystery to scientists, the deep-sea anglerfish is a true source of fascination and awe"--
4) Dinosaurs
Author
Series
Publisher
The Experiment
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In these one-of-a-kind picture books, every page is bursting with life - and tons to discover! Children as young as age 2 have a blast pointing out recognizable things, while older kids can follow the star characters from page to page, telling their stories along the way. How? Wimmelbooks are virtually instruction-free, inviting kids to make their own way through the busy Wimmelworld they encounter, and to craft their own stories. First, you're introduced...
5) Ancestory
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Around the world, our ancient ancestors' mysterious art is left behind on cave walls, in rain forests, and with ink made from charcoal and crushed clay. These people told their stories in magnificent drawings that still speak to us today, echoing across generations. In her own stunning artwork that features the deserts of North America to the caves of Papua New Guinea, Hannah Salyer showcases ancient rock paintings, drawings, and etchings and invites...
Author
Series
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In this first-of-its-kind book told with hope for human resourcefulness in the face of climate change, the Earth shares her brief--cosmically speaking--life to date, eager to tell Earthlings all about her current life and her uncertain future.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Bursting with color and fun facts, this delightful history of pizza takes readers through time and around the globe to serve up the real story of the world's favorite food.
From Geisel Award-winning author Greg Pizzoli comes a hilarious and mouth-watering history of pizza. Do YOU like PIZZA? Because right now, somewhere in the world, someone is eating it. Did you know that in the United States we eat 350 slices of pizza every second? Or that in Sweden...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
From Paleolithic loincloths to Henry VII's wives wearing underwear on their heads and beyond, this hilarious--and accurate--history of underwear (as comically modeled by chickens), tells the fascinating story of our most private clothing.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"At home in her seaside town in England, little Mary Anning stared out her window. Unlike other children, Mary couldn't wait for a rainy day. Because when it rained...the bones were revealed. With her father and brother, Mary would go out searching the damp soil after a storm, with the hopes of finding something nobody had seen before: a dinosaur. After her father dies, Mary must continue her search, picking up his tools and venturing out alone. In...
Author
Publisher
Random House Studio
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Zelda Jackson - or Jackie - was born in Pittsburgh in 1911 and discovered early on that she could create any adventure. A field she could run through as far as her hand could draw. An ocean she could color as blue as she liked. As she grew, Jackie put her artistic talents to use, doodling and chronicling daily life for her high school yearbook. But she was already deaming of bigger things. Jackie would go on to create cartoon characters from the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Everyone knows the Battle of Waterloo was Napoleon Bonaparte's most crushing defeat, right? Well, some beg to differ. It seems there was another less famous (though perhaps more humiliating) surrender in his past. Let's call it Bunnyloo. In 1807, Napoleon had ordered his chief of staff to round up rabbits for a celebratory hunt, only, he collected domesticated rabbits, not wild ones. So, when the rabbits were released to begin the hunt, they didn't...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
This affectionate portrait of Viola Smith, one of the few female professional drummers of the early 20th century, shows how she played so fast she left no room for doubt: women could not only keep the beat--they could beat the odds.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Discover the incredible story of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who followed her childhood dream of becoming a lawyer and eventually became the first Black woman to sit on the US Supreme Court in this picture book biography."--
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Celebrate everything awesome about the LEGO Group in this deluxe search-and-find book. Spot the first toys created by the world-famous company. Then see if you can find your favorite minifigures and sets! Nearly 90 years of LEGO toys, from the earliest build to LEGO NINJAGO, LEGO Friends, and beyond, are packed inside -- along with plenty of surprises for superfans. Discover an adveture like no other in this illustrated history of the LEGO Group."...
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