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Heart on pluto
Par Karl Jones. 2020
Love is everywhere, even in the fartherst reaches of the Solar System. On NASA's first-ever mission to Pluto, the New…
Horizons satellite discovers that even when you're far from home, you are loved. New Horizons was the first NASA satellite to visit and take close-up images of Pluto. And though the journey was long and challenging, New Horizons discovered a message of love in the heart-shaped nitrogren ice lake on Pluto's surfaceWild style: Amazing animal adornments
Par Jenna Grodzicki. 2021
Check out these cool critters and learn how their wacky adornments help them survive! What do a crab waving pom-poms,…
a bug with a backpack of dead ants, and a mud-spattered vulture have in common? They all have wild style! Meet animals including crabs in sponge hats, caddisfly larvae wearing suits of armor, lacewing larvae dressing up with jewelry to hide themselves from ladybug predators in this fun and fascinating photo book!Joan Procter, dragon doctor: the woman who loved reptiles
Par Felicita Sala, Patricia Valdez. 2018
Recounts the life of Joan Procter, a pioneering female scientist who loved reptiles. Discusses her work and research at London's…
Natural History Museum and, later, her design and curatorship of the new reptile house at the London Zoo. For grades K-3. 2018All that trash: the story of the 1987 Garbage Barge and our problem with stuff
Par Meghan McCarthy. 2018
Recounts the true story of a garbage barge that didn't have a place to dock for months, because no state…
or government wanted to take New York's trash. This newsworthy event helped usher in the recycling movement. For grades K-3. 2018Otis and Will discover the deep: the record-setting dive of the Bathysphere
Par Katherine Roy, Barb Rosenstock. 2018
Biographical account of engineer Otis Barton and naturalist Will Beebe's record-setting descent into the deep ocean in their Bathysphere craft.…
The scientists were the first humans to witness deep-sea creatures in their natural habitat. For grades K-3. 2018Be a Weather Detective: Solving the Mysteries of Cycles, Seasons, and Elements (Be a Nature Detective)
Par Peggy Kochanoff. 2019
Why do dogs hate thunder? Is every snowflake really different? Where does wind come from? Naturalist and artist Peggy Kochanoff…
answers these questions and more in this illustrated guide to solving weather mysteries, for young readers. From the life cycle of hurricanes to explaining how to properly read a weather forecast, Kochanoff takes readers on a fascinating and entertaining tour of the most common weather patterns in Atlantic Canada and beyond. Packed with detailed and vivid watercolour illustrations and clear answers to creative questions, Be a Weather Detective is the perfect tool for solving the nature mysteries in your own backyard!So Imagine Me: Nature Riddles in Poetry
Par Lynn Davies, Chrissie Park-MacNeil. 2020
From award-winning poet Lynn Davies comes her first collection for children. And there's a twist: each of the poems in…
So Imagine Me has a secret. The lyrical and playful text describes something from nature—flora or fauna or another phenomenon—that's also hiding in the illustrations. Readers will puzzle over the words and pore over the detailed illustrations looking for clues. Some of the riddles might be easy, and some are definitely tricky. All of them will delight, entertain, and challenge, leaving readers of all ages with new facts to share and an urge to get out into nature to discover more mysteries.A computer called Katherine: how Katherine Johnson helped put America on the moon
Par Suzanne Slade, Veronica Miller Jamison. 2019
The story of pioneering African American mathematician Katherine Johnson, who performed calculations vital to America's first manned space flight, its…
first manned orbit of Earth, and the first trip to the moon. For grades K-3. 2019Just right: searching for the Goldilocks planet
Par Jessica Lanan, Curtis Manley. 2019
Gravity
Par Jason Chin. 2018
What keeps objects from floating out of your hand? What if your feet drifted away from the ground? What stops…
everything from floating into space? Gravity. Author Jason Chin takes this complex subject and makes it brilliantly accessible to young listeners in this innovative book. His expansive but simple narrative does justice to the subject at hand, looking at the concept of gravity in a whole new way. From the redwoods to the oceans to a small island, he now takes us to outer space in this thoroughly researched, exceptional addition to his body of children's nonfictionCoding in the internet (Coding is Everywhere)
Par Elizabeth Noll. 2020
Where does an e-mail go when you hit send? Code zooms it through the millions of connections in the Internet!…
Learn how code connects and runs a massive worldwide network of computers in this fact-filled titleCoding in video games (Coding is Everywhere)
Par Elizabeth Noll. 2020
How do your favorite video games work? The coding insides creates backgrounds, plays music, and controls how each character and…
items move. Readers will love learning about the world of coding through the video game lens in this book for young studentsCoding in your school (Coding is Everywhere)
Par Elizabeth Noll. 2020
Many students may use computer labs or tablets in school. But coding can also be found in science classrooms, the…
library, and even the lunch room! Early readers can educate themselves on the coding in their own school with this eye-opening titleCoding in your home (Coding is Everywhere)
Par Elizabeth Noll. 2020
Thanks to Siri and Alexa, we've gotten pretty used to coding in our home. But did you know a company…
offered automation for lights and appliances as early as the 1970s? Check out the home automation of the past and the smart homes of the future in this fun readCoding in transportation (Coding is Everywhere)
Par Elizabeth Noll. 2020
Did you know that the average car has more than a dozen computers inside? Without computers and the coding that…
controls them, today's transportation would look a lot different. Young readers will love exploring how coding helps us get around in this fascinating readCoding in computers (Coding is Everywhere)
Par Elizabeth Noll. 2020
From typing your name to playing a song, everything you do on computers uses code. But how do computers understand…
what we're telling them? This engaging title introduces young readers to programming languages, binary code, and the history of early programmingI am marie curie (Ordinary People Change the World)
Par Brad Meltzer. 2019
The first woman to win a Nobel Prize, physicist and chemist Marie Curie is the 19th hero in the New…
York Times bestselling book biography series about heroes. This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great—the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. Each book tells the story of one of America's icons in a lively, conversational way that works well for the youngest nonfiction listeners and that always includes the hero's childhood influences. Audiobook cast of narrators: Saskia Maarleveld Oliver Wyman Jonathan Davis Graham Halstead Donté Bonner Robin Miles Danny CampbellHow computers work
Par Capstone. 2020
Why do moving objects slow down?: A look at friction (Exploring Physical Science)
Par Jennifer Boothroyd. 2014
A baseball player slides on the ground to tag a base. A toy car's wheels rub against the floor and…
slow the toy car down. Friction is at work all around you. But what exactly is friction? And how does it affect different objects? Read this book to find out! Learn all about matter, energy, and forces in the Exploring Physical Science series—part of the Lightning Bolt Books™ collection. With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt Books™ bring nonfiction topics to life!Magic ramen: the story of Momofuku Ando
Par Andrea Wang, Kana Urbanowicz. 2019
True story behind one of the world's most popular foods. Every day, Momofuku Ando would tinker with recipes until he…
came up with a new kind of ramen noodle soup that was quick, convenient, and tasty. For grades K-3. 2019