The Tapir Scientist: Saving South America's Largest Mammal
10 best books like The Tapir Scientist: Saving South America's Largest Mammal (Sy Montgomery): Chances Are..., Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Flotsam, This Day in June, Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went from the Football Field to the Art Gallery, Big Bob, Little Bob, The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science, A Little Book of Sloth, April and Esme: Tooth Fairies, Not So Different: What You Really Want to Ask About Having a Disability
| Author | Richard Russo |
| ISBN | 1101947748 |
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning Richard Russo--in his first stand-alone novel in a decade--comes a new revelation: a gripping story about the abiding yet complex power of friendship
One beautiful September day, three sixty-six-year-old men convene on Martha's Vineyard, friends ever...
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
| Author | Alvin Schwartz |
| ISBN | 0590431978 |
This spooky addition to Alvin Schwartz's popular books on American folklore is filled with tales of eerie horror and dark revenge that will make you jump with fright.
There is a story here for everyone—skeletons with torn and tangled flesh who roam the earth; a ghost who takes revenge on her...
| Author | David Wiesner |
| ISBN | 0618194576 |
A bright, science-minded boy goes to the beach equipped to collect and examine flotsam--anything floating that has been washed ashore. Bottles, lost toys, small objects of every description are among his usual finds. But there's no way he could have prepared for one particular discovery: a barnacle-encrusted...
Named one of the Top 11 Most Challenged Books of 2018 by American Library Association (joined by Two Boys Kissing by David Leviathan, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Judy Sherman Alexie, Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner, This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay...
| Author | Sandra Neil Wallace |
| ISBN | 1481443879 |
Discover the true story of NFL star Ernie Barnes—a boy who followed his dreams and became one of the most influential artists of his generations—with this beautifully illustrated nonfiction picture book.
When Ernie Barnes was growing up in North Carolina in the 1940s, he loved to draw....
| Author | James Howe |
| ISBN | 0763644366 |
It’s not easy to become friends with someone who is nothing like you—but surprising things can happen when you give it a try.
Despite the fact that they share a name, Big Bob and Little Bob are different. Big Bob likes trucks and throwing balls and being loud. Little Bob likes dolls and jingling...
| Author | Joyce Sidman |
| ISBN | 0544717139 |
Robert F. Sibert Medal winner
Bugs, of all kinds, were considered to be “born of mud” and to be “beasts of the devil.” Why would anyone, let alone a girl, want to study and observe them?
One of the first naturalists to observe live insects directly, Maria Sibylla Merian was...
| Author | Lucy Cooke |
| ISBN | 1442445572 |
Cozy up with adorable baby sloths in this irresistible photographic picture book.Hang around just like a sloth and get to know the delightful residents of the Avarios Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica, the world’s largest sloth orphanage. You’ll fall in love with bad-boy Mateo, ooh and ahh over baby...
April and Esme: Tooth Fairies
| Author | Bob Graham |
| ISBN | 0763646830 |
Two young tooth fairies make their first lost-tooth collection in Bob Graham's warm, whimsical tale.
A Junior Library Guild Selection. April Underhill, seven-year-old tooth fairy, gets a call on her cell phone. This is it! Her first tooth collection. April and her little sister, Esme, must...
Not So Different: What You Really Want to Ask About Having a Disability
| Author | Shane Burcaw |
| ISBN | 1626727716 |
Shane Burcaw was born with a rare disease called spinal muscular atrophy, which hinders his muscles' growth. As a result, his body hasn't grown bigger and stronger as he's gotten older--it's gotten smaller and weaker instead. This hasn't stopped him from doing the things he enjoys (like eating pizza...
| Author | Roseanne Thong |
| ISBN | 1504017552 |
It’s Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) and children throughout the pueblo, or town, are getting ready to celebrate! They decorate with colored streamers, calaveras—or sugar skulls—and pan de muertos, or bread of the dead. There are altars draped in cloth and covered in marigolds and twinkling...
