Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Adult - Native American Heritage Month 2022
Book Club Favorites - GPLD
Braille Books & Resources for Those with Visual Impairments
More Lists...
Book Club Favorites - GPLD
Braille Books & Resources for Those with Visual Impairments
More Lists...
Description
In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. Her relatives were shot and poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more...
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Children's Authors and Illustrators Week
Explore the Classics - YOUTH
National Picture Book Month - November 2022
OBD 1000 Books Before Kindergarten - YOUTH
Explore the Classics - YOUTH
National Picture Book Month - November 2022
OBD 1000 Books Before Kindergarten - YOUTH
Description
All the other bulls run, jump, and butt their heads together in fights. Ferdinand, on the other hand, would rather sit and smell the flowers. So what will happen when Ferdinand is picked for the bullfights in Madrid? --Publisher.
Author
Language
English
Description
The Daring Book for Girls is the manual for everything that girls need to know--and that doesn't mean sewing buttonholes! Whether it's female heroes in history, secret note-passing skills, science projects, friendship bracelets, double dutch, cats cradle, the perfect cartwheel or the eternal mystery of what boys are thinking, this book has it all. But it's not just a guide to giggling at sleepovers--although that's included, of course! Whether readers...
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
2023 ALA Children's Award Winners and Nominees
2024 FPPL Juneteenth YA Reads
Celebrating the Freedom to Read: Teens
Juneteenth Teen 2023
2024 FPPL Juneteenth YA Reads
Celebrating the Freedom to Read: Teens
Juneteenth Teen 2023
Description
"Interconnected stories present a picture of racial inequality in America, showing systemic discrimination in all areas of society and showing the unbroken line of Black resistance to this inequality"--
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Commemorating the 150th anniversary of one of the most beloved classics of children's literature, this illustrated edition presents Alice like you've never seen her before. In 1865, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, an Oxford scholar and Anglican deacon, published a story about a little girl who tumbles down a rabbit hole. Thus was the world first introduced to Alice and her pseudonymous creator, Lewis Carroll. This beautiful new edition of Alice's Adventures...
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Formats
Description
"Breathing, thinking ahead, and calming down--mindfulness includes all this and more. Sesame Street characters present big emotions readers have likely faced alongside simple solutions like belly breathing to help kids cope with what they're feeling."--
9) Plants
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
How long can it take a plant seed to sprout? What do plants use to make their food? Young readers will discover these facts and more in Plants, an Exploring Life Cycles book.
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Learn how the United States ended up fighting for twenty years in a remote country on the other side of the world. The Vietnam War was as much a part of the tumultuous Sixties as Flower Power and the Civil Rights Movement. Five US presidents were convinced that American troops could end a war in the small, divided country of Vietnam and stop Communism from spreading in Southeast Asia. But they were wrong, and the result was the death of 58,000 American...
Author
Language
English
Description
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Down the rabbit hole away little Alice goes. Follow her at your own peril, but beware of the world you are about to enter. One with a decapitation-crazed queen, an unintelligible duchess, a sleepy dormouse, a chronically late rabbit, a witty Cheshire cat, a blue hookah-smoking caterpillar, a Hatter and a March Hare hosting a mad tea party, and a caucus race so bewildering that the best way to explain it is just to...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
The inspirational story of George Washington Carver and his childhood secret garden is brought to life in this picture book biography by the author-illustrator team behind Muhammad Ali: A Champion Is Born. When George Washington Carver was just a young child, he had a secret: a garden of his own. Here, he rolled dirt between his fingers to check if plants needed more rain or sun. He protected roots through harsh winters, so plants could be reborn...
Language
English
Appears on these lists
Black Authors: Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Diversity in YA Fiction
K&T - Black History Month
More Lists...
Diversity in YA Fiction
K&T - Black History Month
More Lists...
Description
"An anthology featuring over thirty Black authors and illustrators to honor Black life past, present, and future"--
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Play games from all around the globe! Learn to play Mexican kickball. Practice throwing jackstones the way kids do in Kenya. Discover how to construct a galimoto (wire toy from Malawi) with pipe cleaners. With Kids Around the World Play!, you'll have a great time exploring the traditions of other cultures while you sharpen your wits with the memory game from South Africa called dithwai, or challenge your racing skills in the South Korean flower relay,...
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Classic fiction. "The Collector's Colour Library" takes the favourite illustrated titles of "The Collector's Library" and presents them in full colour. Original colour illustrations are faithfully reproduced, and where illustrations and decorations were originally black and white they have been sensitively coloured by Barbara Frith, one of Britain's most accomplished colourists. When Alice tumbles down a rabbit hole one hot summer's afternoon in pursuit...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Suggest a purchase. Submit Request