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3 weeks ago | 
hbook.com | Betty Carter |Lara K. Aase |Danielle Ford |Monique Harris
A Dangerous Idea: The Scopes Trial, the Original Fight over Science in Schools by Debbie LevyMiddle School, High School Bloomsbury 256 pp. 1/25 9781547612215 $19.99e-book ed. 9781547612222 $13.99Levy takes readers back one hundred years to the sleepy town of Dayton, Tennessee, and the historic Scopes trial. At first glance, the time period—before television, the internet, and other modern sources of infotainment—seems far removed from our own.
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4 weeks ago | 
hbook.com | Ariana Sani Hussain |Lara K. Aase |Danielle Ford |Monique Harris
The One & Only Googoosh: Iran’s Beloved Superstar by Azadeh Westergaard; illus. by the authorPrimary, Intermediate Viking 40 pp. 11/24 9780593114636 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593114643 $11.99Theatrical scenes in pomegranate reds and peacock greens introduce readers to a young, precocious Googoosh, born Faegheh Atashin, performing in the 1950s with her acrobat father and captivating audiences with her singing.
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1 month ago | 
hbook.com | Lara K. Aase |Danielle Ford |Monique Harris |Betty Carter
Coming Home / Tutuqaykingaqw Nima: A Hopi Resistance Story / Hopisino Pahan Tutqayiwuy Ep Yorhomti by Mavasta Honyouti; illus. by the author; trans. into Hopi by Marilyn ParraPrimary, Intermediate Levine/Levine Querido 48 pp. 11/24 9781646144570 $18.99Honyouti (Hopi, Iswungwa/Coyote clan) is an award-winning carver.
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1 month ago | 
hbook.com | Danielle Ford |Monique Harris |Betty Carter |Pauletta Brown Bracy
Unlocking the Universe: The Cosmic Discoveries of the Webb Space Telescope by Suzanne SladePrimary, Intermediate Charlesbridge 48 pp. 10/24 9781623544591 $17.99e-book ed. 9781632894083 $9.99The James Webb Space Telescope is the latest “great observatory” collecting data on distant galaxies and stars from a position orbiting Earth. Slade skillfully explains NASA’s decades-long and at times precarious process of designing, building, launching, and operating the telescope.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
hbook.com | Betty Carter |Michelle Lee |Martha V. Parravano |Danielle Ford
Narwhal: Unicorn of the Arctic by Candace Fleming; illus. by Deena So’OtehPrimary Schwartz/Random 48 pp. 10/24 9780593377789 $18.99Library ed. 9780593377796 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593377802 $11.99Readers are immediately immersed in the life of a narwhal as the unseen narrator invites them into the narrative: “You are a narwhal— / shy, / swift, / small (for a whale).” Thus begins a glimpse into the seasonal behaviors of these distinctive animals.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
hbook.com | Michelle Lee |Martha V. Parravano |Betty Carter |Danielle Ford
Up, Up, Ever Up!: Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains by Anita Yasuda; illus. by Yuko ShimizuPrimary Clarion/HarperCollins 48 pp. 9/24 9780063242418 $19.99In this inspiring picture-book biography, readers meet renowned Japanese mountain climber, educator, and environmentalist Junko Tabei (1939–2016), the first woman to successfully summit Mount Everest. Tabei’s love for hiking started as a child when she climbed Mount Chausu.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Megan Lambert |Jennifer M. Brabander |Danielle Ford |Julie Hakim Azzam
Meena’s Saturdayby Kusum Mepani; illus. by Yasmeen IsmailPrimary Kokila/Penguin 40 pp. 10/24 9780593110317 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593110324 $10.99This captivating ode to weekly gatherings of friends and extended family brims with affection for foods, activities, and traditions shared by a loving, large group crowded together in the narrator’s home. Mepani revels in specific references to Gujarati Indian culture within an immigrant experience in an Anglophone country.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Patrick Gall |Jessica Agudelo |Julie Hakim Azzam |Danielle Ford
Space: The Final Pooping Frontier by Annabeth Bondor-Stone and Connor White; illus. by Lars KensethPrimary, Intermediate Godwin/Holt 40 pp. 7/24 9781250222886 $19.99e-book ed. 9781250386663 $11.99The words “go boldly” are boldly recontextualized in this newest addition to the ever-growing collection of poop-focused nonfiction titles for kids.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Jessica Agudelo |Julie Hakim Azzam |Danielle Ford |Pauletta Brown Bracy
Daughter of the Light-Footed People: The Story of Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez by Belen Medina; illus. by Natalia Rojas CastroPrimary Atheneum 40 pp. 6/24 9781665931427 $18.99e-book ed. 9781665931434 $10.99This picture-book biography introduces readers to an extraordinary Indigenous ultramarathoner. Ramírez, born in 1995, is “a proud daughter of the Rarámuri,” a tribe from a remote region of Chihuahua in Mexico.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Danielle Ford |Eric Carpenter |Betty Carter |Pauletta Brown Bracy
A Tour of the Human Body: Amazing Numbers—Fantastic Facts [Number Tours for Curious Kids]by Jennifer Berne; illus. by Dawn DeVries SokolPrimary, Intermediate Kane/Astra 40 pp. 5/24 9781662670152 $18.99e-book ed. 9781662670169 $11.99Berne’s counts and measures of the cells and organs of the human body illustrate just how remarkable—and quantifiable—we are. “Did you know” that we are composed of “30 trillion cells,” eight thousand taste buds, and “60,000 miles” of blood vessels?
