Bats (Updated and Revised)

Presenting fascinating information on all kinds of bats, from how they use echoes to hear, to the legends that surround them and how to protect the species Though people often think of bats as scary, bats are really shy, gentle animals. There are nearly 1000 different...

Out to Get You: 13 Tales of Weirdness and Woe

Thirteen ordinary kids. Thirteen ordinary towns. Danger lurks around every corner! Get ready for a collection of thirteen short stories that will chill your bones, tingle your spine, and scare your pants off. Debut author Josh Allen masterfully concocts horror in the...

A Fire Story

Early morning on Monday, October 9, 2017, wildfires burned through Northern California, resulting in 44 fatalities. In addition, 6,200 homes and 8,900 structures and were destroyed. Author Brian Fies’s firsthand account of this tragic event is an honest, unflinching...

Vroom

From beloved author and artist Barbara McClintock comes Vroom!, a playful picture book following a little girl’s imaginative journey in a race car. Join a little girl as she zooms― past fields and forests, up mountains, over rivers, through deserts, home again,...

Exile From Eden Or After the Hole

From New York Times bestselling author Andrew Smith comes the stunning, long-awaited sequel to the groundbreaking Printz Honor Book Grasshopper Jungle. It’s been sixteen years since an army of horny, hungry, six-foot-tall praying mantises forced Arek’s family...

Manhattan Mapping the Story of an Island

Told in dazzling maps and informative sidebars, Manhattan explores the 400+ year history of Manhattan Island. From before its earliest settlement to the vibrant metropolis that exists today, the island of Manhattan has always been a place of struggle, growth, and...

Singing Rock and Other Brand New Fairy Tales

With a deft, lively text from Nathaniel Lachenmeyer and eye-popping, painterly art by Simini Blocker, The Singing Rock & Other Brand-New Fairy Tales is the perfect read for kids who love a good yarn―and good comics! A genie just wants a chance to grant a wish to...