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This book was recognised by the Robert F Sibert Informational Book Award.

My Season with Penguins: An Antarctic Journal: An Antarctic Journal
Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands

A Robert F. Sibert Honor BookWinner of the John Burroughs Riverby Award for...More
Churchill Club

At the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. De...More
Josephine

An emotionally powerful biography told in verse of a dancer, singer, comedi...More
Grand Canyon

Rivers wind through earth, cutting down and eroding the soil for millions o...More
When Angels Sing: The Story of Rock Legend Carlos Santana
Brooklyn Bridge
Camp Panda: Helping Cubs Return to the Wild

Roughly a thousand years ago, an estimated 23,000 pandas roamed wild and fr...More
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
Sachiko
Giant Squid

The giant squid is one of the most elusive creatures in the world. As large...More
We Will Not Be Silent

In his signature eloquent prose, backed up by thorough research, Russell Fr...More
Not So Different: What You Really Want to Ask about Having a Disability
Sea Otter Heroes
Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement
Titanic: Voices from the Disaster

Scheduled to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the tragic sinking of t...More
Witches: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem

Tackling the same twisted subject as Stacy Schiff's much-lauded book The Wi...More
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
Action Jackson
Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850
Family Romanov Murder, Rebellion, And The Fall Of Imperial Russia

[A] superb history.... In these thrilling, highly readable pages, we meet R...More
Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H. L. Hunley
The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights
Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929; A Wall Street Jour

Over six terrifying, desperate days in October 1929, the fabulous fortune t...More
Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11

"An extraordinary delight for a reader of any age." -The New York Times Boo...More
Turning 15 On The Road To Freedom
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans
Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
The Longitude Prize
Parrots Over Puerto Rico
Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and The War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America

A 2019 Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book * A School Library Journal...More
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade
Separate Is Never Equal:Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation

A 2015 Pura Belpre Illustrator Honor Book and a 2015 Robert F. Sibert Honor...More
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus

For shy young Peter Mark Roget, books were the best companions -- and it wa...More
Walt Whitman: Words for America
Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow

"I begin with the young. We older ones are used up . . . But my magnificent...More
Drawing from Memory
A Splash Of Red: The Life And Art Of Horace Pippin
Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring

Martha Graham : trailblazing choreographer Aaron Copland : distinguished Am...More
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER?I was born at the beginning of it all, on the ...More
Brown Girl Dreaming

National Book Award Winner Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writer...More
Black & White: The Confrontation between Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Eugene "Bull" Connor

In the nineteen fifties and early sixties, Birmingham, Alabama, became know...More
Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix
Day-Glo Brothers

Day-Glo Brothers Brothers Joe and Bob Switzer were quite different. Bob was...More
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

Stirring poems and stunning collage illustrations combine to celebrate the ...More