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Zero waste how one community is leading a world recycling revolution /

Drummond, Allan,


Junior Library Guild. "Kamikatsu, Japan is known worldwide for its sanitation innovations. This small community of 1700 people is leading the way in recycling and up-cycling, and as of 2022, had nearly achieved its goal of zero waste. Told in Allan's hallmark narrative style, Zero Waste is the story of a group of citizens who dared to break out of their comfort zone and make radical change for the good of their town and the planet. Through the eyes of two children visiting their grandmother, this inspiring addition to the author's acclaimed Green Power series about everyday communities inventing exciting new approaches to green living shows that working together for a common cause has an impact that is lasting, meaningful--and fun!"--Provided by the publisher.
Date Published:2023

Junior Library Guild. "Kamikatsu, Japan is known worldwide for its sanitation innovations. This small community of 1700 people is leading the way in recycling and up-cycling, and as of 2022, had nearly achieved its goal of zero waste. Told in Allan's hallmark narrative style, Zero Waste is the story of a group of citizens who dared to break out of their comfort zone and make radical change for the good of their town and the planet. Through the eyes of two children visiting their grandmother, this inspiring addition to the author's acclaimed Green Power series about everyday communities inventing exciting new approaches to green living shows that working together for a common cause has an impact that is lasting, meaningful--and fun!"--Provided by the publisher.

Date Published:2023

Where we live mapping neighborhoods of kids around the globe /

Ruurs, Margriet.


Map on endpapers. School Library Journal, December 2022. Library Media Connection, January 2023. "In this . . . book of maps, [the reader will] explore the neighborhoods of 16 kids from around the globe, from the United States to India to Cambodia. Learn all about where these children live, where they go to school, their favorite places to plat and more!"--Back cover.
Date Published:2022

The whale who swam through time a 200-year journey in the Arctic /

Boersma, Alex.


School Library Journal, June 2022. Publishers Weekly, May 2022. Booklist, May 2022. Horn Book, May 2022. Kirkus Review, March 2022. "A nonfiction picture book about the life of a bowhead whale"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2022

A walk through the rain forest

Jenkins, Martin, 1959-


Includes index. Booklist starred, September 2022. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), October 2022. Kirkus Review, September 2022. Library Media Connection, October 2022. ". . . guide[s] readers into the complex ecosystem of Malaysia's Taman Negara where they will meet an array of living things that are all interconnected"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2022

A tree is a community

Harrison, David L. (David Lee), 1937-


Kirkus Starred, June 2024. Booklist, September 2024. Horn Book, January 2025. "Discover how one tree provides shelter, food, and clean air to a host of animals and insects. Robins build their nest in the branches and bees gather nectar from flowers. The tree keeps its neighborhood clean, healthy, and safe. Leaves clean the air and roots keep the dirt from washing away. The tree's residents are safe through thunderstorms and changing seasons. This home is built to last!"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2024

Kirkus Starred, June 2024. Booklist, September 2024. Horn Book, January 2025. "Discover how one tree provides shelter, food, and clean air to a host of animals and insects. Robins build their nest in the branches and bees gather nectar from flowers. The tree keeps its neighborhood clean, healthy, and safe. Leaves clean the air and roots keep the dirt from washing away. The tree's residents are safe through thunderstorms and changing seasons. This home is built to last!"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2024

Sumaya solves the woodpecker problem

Ahmed, Aisha.


"RL: K-2 IL: K-2"--Back cover. School Library Journal, May 2025. "Sumaya has discovered a busy woodpecker. As she watches the bird peck, she worries he might hurt himself. So she sets out to make some protective inventions. How will Sumaya solve the woodpecker problem?"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025

Sumaya solves the ice thief problem

Ahmed, Aisha.


"RL: K-2 IL: K-2"--Back cover. School Library Journal, May 2025. On a hot summer day, Sumaya is all set to make some lemonade, but before she is able to fix her refreshment, the ice goes missing, and she tries to figure out where it went.
Date Published:2025

Sumaya solves the droopy gift problem

Ahmed, Aisha.


"RL: K-2 IL: K-2"--Back cover. School Library Journal, May 2025. Sumaya's cousin is graduating from high school, and Sumaya wants to give her a flowering plant as a gift, but when she notices the plant drooping, she must figure out why.
Date Published:2025

Seven small inventions that changed the world

Agrawal, Roma, 1983-


Booklist, September 2024. "Technology and engineering surround us. From huge things, like spaceships and skyscrapers, to much smaller things like the toaster in our kitchen and the shoes on our feet. But all of these things only exist because of seven small inventions: the nail, the wheel, the spring, the magnet, the lens, the pump and string. And each of these inventions has a . . . story to tell. Travel through centuries of history, through ancient Egypt, along the Silk Road, across the high seas and even into space, and discover how each of these seven small inventions came to be, how they work and how they changed the world forever. Find out how it's thanks to the potter's wheel that the International Space Station exists, and how the same nails that built pirate ships hold together the tallest buildings in the world"--BTCat.
Date Published:2024

Booklist, September 2024. "Technology and engineering surround us. From huge things, like spaceships and skyscrapers, to much smaller things like the toaster in our kitchen and the shoes on our feet. But all of these things only exist because of seven small inventions: the nail, the wheel, the spring, the magnet, the lens, the pump and string. And each of these inventions has a . . . story to tell. Travel through centuries of history, through ancient Egypt, along the Silk Road, across the high seas and even into space, and discover how each of these seven small inventions came to be, how they work and how they changed the world forever. Find out how it's thanks to the potter's wheel that the International Space Station exists, and how the same nails that built pirate ships hold together the tallest buildings in the world"--BTCat.

Date Published:2024

Prairie dogs in their ecosystems

Christopher, Sophie, (Children's author).


School Library Journal, April 2024. Booklist, September 2024. "Prairie dogs are vital to their grassland ecosystems, keeping the soil healthy so the rest of life in the environment can flourish. Uncover the truth about this important keystone species, explore how prairie dogs shape entire ecosystems, and learn what's at risk if these little diggers disappear"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2024

Pedal pusher how one woman's bicycle adventure helped change the world /

Boone, Mary, 1963-


Map on endpapers. Kirkus Review, December 2024. "In 1894, when two men bet that a woman could never bicycle around the world, as a man had done, Annie set out to prove them wrong, despite not knowing how to ride a bike. Dressed in a long skirt, she began her journey in Boston. It wasn't easy, but Annie never gave up. Her adventure brought her enormous attention in every place she visited along the way, and she loved it all. She told many stories--about hunting tigers, dodging bullets, socializing with royalty, and serving time in a Japanese prison--and some of them were probably not true. But she did ride all the way around the world. And she changed the way that world thought about what women were capable of doing"--OCLC.
Date Published:2025

Map on endpapers. Kirkus Review, December 2024. "In 1894, when two men bet that a woman could never bicycle around the world, as a man had done, Annie set out to prove them wrong, despite not knowing how to ride a bike. Dressed in a long skirt, she began her journey in Boston. It wasn't easy, but Annie never gave up. Her adventure brought her enormous attention in every place she visited along the way, and she loved it all. She told many stories--about hunting tigers, dodging bullets, socializing with royalty, and serving time in a Japanese prison--and some of them were probably not true. But she did ride all the way around the world. And she changed the way that world thought about what women were capable of doing"--OCLC.

Date Published:2025

One long line marching caterpillars and the scientists who followed them /

Burns, Loree Griffin.


"A Junior Library Guild Selection"--p. 4 of cover. School Library Journal starred, May 2024. Booklist starred, March 2024. Giving new meaning to the words "line leader," this fascinating book offers a glimpse into the scientific process by following two scientists with big questions about the mysterious group habits of pine processionary caterpillars as they capture the leader-follower behavior of these creatures.
Date Published:2024

"A Junior Library Guild Selection"--p. 4 of cover. School Library Journal starred, May 2024. Booklist starred, March 2024. Giving new meaning to the words "line leader," this fascinating book offers a glimpse into the scientific process by following two scientists with big questions about the mysterious group habits of pine processionary caterpillars as they capture the leader-follower behavior of these creatures.

Date Published:2024

Masked hero how Wu Lien-teh invented the mask that ended an epidemic /

Liu, Shan Woo, 1973-


Booklist, September 2023. Kirkus Review, September 2023. Celebrating the life of Dr. Wu Lien-teh, who defeated the 1910 Manchurian plague with his life-saving first version of the N95 mask, this picture book biography recounts the little-known history of the mask and the hero behind it whose invention continues to keep us safe now.
Date Published:2023

Market day

Harmon, Miranda.


Booklist, November 2023. Kirkus Review, November 2023. "It's time to go to the market! Mama Cat is selling her most delicious desserts, from bright rainbow cookies to shimmering sunshine muffins. Can cute kitten siblings Nutmeg, Cinnamon, and Ginger find the perfect present to treat their Mama? Maybe a colorful shell, a shimmering sweater, or an enchanted packet of seeds? Time to explore a colorful, crowded, and dazzling fantasy market"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2024

Booklist, November 2023. Kirkus Review, November 2023. "It's time to go to the market! Mama Cat is selling her most delicious desserts, from bright rainbow cookies to shimmering sunshine muffins. Can cute kitten siblings Nutmeg, Cinnamon, and Ginger find the perfect present to treat their Mama? Maybe a colorful shell, a shimmering sweater, or an enchanted packet of seeds? Time to explore a colorful, crowded, and dazzling fantasy market"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2024

Marina Abramovic turned herself into art and wasn't sorry

Gilberti, Fausto, 1970-


Translation of: Marina Abramovic. Booklist, October 2024. "Marina Abramovic is a world-famous artist who uses her body to perform in unexpected and unusual ways that make an audiences think. She once sat back-to-back with her partner and had their hair tied together for over 17 hours. Another time, museum visitors watch her scrub 1,500 cow bones for six hours a day. This innovative book tells an inspiring story about the pioneering performance artist who is also the first female artist to hold a major solo exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London"--Amazon.
Date Published:2024

Translation of: Marina Abramovic. Booklist, October 2024. "Marina Abramovic is a world-famous artist who uses her body to perform in unexpected and unusual ways that make an audiences think. She once sat back-to-back with her partner and had their hair tied together for over 17 hours. Another time, museum visitors watch her scrub 1,500 cow bones for six hours a day. This innovative book tells an inspiring story about the pioneering performance artist who is also the first female artist to hold a major solo exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London"--Amazon.

Date Published:2024

The Juneteenth cookbook recipes and activities for kids and families to celebrate /

Agostini, Alliah L.


School Library Journal starred, May 2024. Booklist, March 2024. "'The Juneteenth Cookbook' introduces the history of Juneteenth to kids through vibrant recipes, activities, and games drawn from Black American cultural traditions"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2024

If the rivers run free

Debbink, Andrea.


"Over the centuries, cities were built over rivers, hoping to address pollution and flooding concerns. However, naturalists now advocate freeing buried rivers to manage urban water issues"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2023

Henna is--

Abbas, Marzieh.


Booklist, May 2024. Kirkus Review, May 2024. School Library Journal starred, July 2024. "A lyrical and charming picture book celebrating henna, a traditional plant-based form of temporary tattooing in South Asian, North African and Middle Eastern cultures"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2024

Hair oil magic

Chouhan, Anu.


School Library Journal, January 2024. Booklist, February 2024. Kirkus Review, December 2023. Meenu discovers the magic in her culture's tradition of hair oiling, and the bond she shares with her mother and grandmother. Includes Meenu's magic hair day tips.
Date Published:2024

Gwendolyn and the light

Yoon, Susan, (Children's author).


Kirkus Review, November 2024. "All alone in her nocturnal world, Gwendolyn longs for a friend. 'What's it like?' she asks the moon and the trees, and they describe a friendship as bright as all the stars, and as warm as a summer breeze. So when a warm bright light appears--and disappears--in Gwendolyn's forest one evening, she wonders if this is the friend she's been looking for. Gwendolyn goes in search of the light across the sea, but out there she meets a little bird who seems determined to join her on her journey. What does the bird want? And will Gwendolyn find the light?"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2024

Kirkus Review, November 2024. "All alone in her nocturnal world, Gwendolyn longs for a friend. 'What's it like?' she asks the moon and the trees, and they describe a friendship as bright as all the stars, and as warm as a summer breeze. So when a warm bright light appears--and disappears--in Gwendolyn's forest one evening, she wonders if this is the friend she's been looking for. Gwendolyn goes in search of the light across the sea, but out there she meets a little bird who seems determined to join her on her journey. What does the bird want? And will Gwendolyn find the light?"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2024