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Grandma's Gardens

age 5+

Gardens hold sweet memories in gentle grandma story.

By Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton

(2020)

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Rube Goldberg's Simple Normal Humdrum School Day

age 5+

Funny, STEM-inspired story about reaction contraptions.

By Jennifer George

(2017)

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A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon

age 5+

Inspiring bio of brilliant NASA mathematician in the 1960s.

By Suzanne Slade

(2019)

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Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere

age 5+

Exciting story of launching 1930 deep-sea diving tank.

By Barb Rosenstock

(2018)

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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: The Classic Illustrated Storybook

age 5+

Condensed telling of movie misses some of the magic.

By Kim Smith

(2017)

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Over and Under the Pond

age 5+

Lovely book about wildlife teeming in and around a pond.

By Kate Messner

(2017)

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I Am Jane Goodall: Ordinary People Change the World

age 5+

Endearing, lively illustrated bio packs positive messages.

By Brad Meltzer

(2016)

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Antsy Ansel: Ansel Adams, a Life in Nature

age 5+

Artful, relatable bio offers intro to photographer's work.

By Cindy Jenson-Elliott

(2016)

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Ada Twist, Scientist

age 5+

Inquisitive girl pursues science in fun, lively story.

By Andrea Beaty

(2016)

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Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine

age 5+

Fascinating bio of remarkable 19th-century female inventor.

By Laurie Wallmark

(2015)

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From Wolf to Woof!: The Story of Dogs

age 5+

Informative story imagines early bond between wolf and boy.

By Hudson Talbott

(2016)

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Little Shaq

age 5+

Engaging early reader shows teamwork via community garden.

By Shaquille O'Neal

(2015)

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Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt

age 5+

Evocative gardening book makes nature come alive.

By Kate Messner

(2015)

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The Rhino Who Swallowed a Storm

age 5+

Reassuring tale soothes fears, promotes sharing feelings.

By LeVar Burton, Susan Schaefer Bernardo

(2014)

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The Baby Tree

age 5+

Gentle, sensitive intro to where babies come from.

By Sophie Blackall

(2014)

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An Otis Christmas

age 5+

Tractor brings help to birthing horse in tense holiday tale.

By Loren Long

(2013)

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Rosie Revere, Engineer

age 5+

Aspiring engineer learns to keep on trying in upbeat tale.

By Andrea Beaty

(2013)

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Carnivores

age 5+

Hilarious tongue-in-cheek tale teaches acceptance.

By Aaron Reynolds

(2013)

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Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell

age 5+

Lively, inspiring bio of America's first female doctor.

By Tanya Lee Stone

(2013)

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Weasels

age 5+

Wacky mayhem as bumbling weasels reset doomsday machine.

By Elys Dolan

(2014)

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