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  • My Busy Green Garden

    Terry Pierce, Carol Schwartz

    Paperback

    So begins this lyrical tribute to the bugs, bees, and birds that make the garden such a busy place. With each turned page, more visitors appear,...

  • The World Never Sleeps

    Natalie Rompella, Carol Schwartz

    Hardback

    This nonfiction picture book reveals the hidden lives of insects and other small creatures from one midnight to the next. The world may appear to...

  • Catching Air: Taking the Leap with Gliding Animals

    Sneed B. Collard III

    Hardback

    *NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book* 

    *Junior Library Guild Selection 2017*

    Only a few dozen vertebrate animals have evolved true gliding abilities, but they include an astonishing variety of mammals, reptiles, and amphibians.

  • City Fish Country Fish: How Fish Adapt to Tropical Seas and Cold Oceans

    Mary M. Cerullo, Jeffrey L. Rotman

    Second Edition

    Hardback

    Through color, shape,size, and other adaptations, city fish and country fish have evolved to survive in their particular habitats.In City Fish,...

  • The Soda Bottle School: A True Story of Recycling, Teamwork, and One Crazy Idea

    Laura Kutner, Suzanne Slade, Aileen Darragh

    Paperback

    • 2016 EUREKA SILVER
    • 2016 LIVING NOW AWARD, Books for Better LIving
    • CBC Recommended
    • Skipping Stones Honor Book

    In a Guatemalan village, students squished into their tiny schoolhouse, two grades to a classroom.