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Elijah of Buxton

by Curtis, Christopher Paul

In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and...

Jack Plank Tells Tales

by Babbitt, Natalie

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The Silver Spoon of Solomon Snow

by Umansky, Kaye

Ten-year-old Solomon Snow, a foundling who was discovered with a distinctive silver spoon in his mouth, sets out to find his parents and receives help along th...

Martin Bridge, on the Lookout!

by Kerrin, Jessica Scott

Martin Bridge is back. Martin Bridge: On the Lookout! features three more illustrated stories about Martin's well-laid plans unraveling. This time, he has to e...

The Prairie Builders

Reconstructing America's Lost Grasslands

by III, Sneed B. Collard

Join the scientists working in the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge as they work to rebuild the tallgrass prairie that once covered much of the Midwest and ...

Science Verse

by Scieszka, Jon

When the teacher tells his class that they can hear the poetry of science in everything, a student is struck with a curse and begins hearing nothing but scienc...

Home

by Baker, Jeannie

A wordless picture book that observes the changes in a neighborhood from before a girl is born until she is an adult, as it first decays and then is renewed by...

Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl

by Hamilton, Virginia

In this retelling (using Gullah speech) of a familiar story, the wily Brer Rabbit outwits Brer Fox who has set out to trap him.

Circle of Doom

by Kennemore, Tim

Thirteen-year-old Lizzie uses ingredients both ordinary and not so ordinary to make a series of magic potions, to the growing astonishment of her younger broth...

Locomotion

by Woodson, Jacqueline

In a series of poems, eleven-year-old Lonnie writes about his life, after the death of his parents, separated from his younger sister, living in a foster home,...