Where do Presidents Come From? (Graphic Novel) by Michael Towsend

Hey kid, do you want to be president? You’ll get to live in a huge white house with a movie theater and a bowling alley. YAY! But you also have to run the whole country, constantly get followed around by Secret Service, and kiss lots and lots of babies.Hmmm… Can’t make up your mind? Well, you’re in luck. Now you have a book to help you decide. It’s full of presidential history, as well as our leader’s day-to-day life and responsibilities and the perks and downsides of the job. Best of all? It’s an awesome comic book full of crazy bunnies and smart monkeys to help explain just where our presidents do come from.

 

Mirror Mirror by Marilyn Singer

There are two sides to every story, from the princess and the frog, to the beauty and the beast, Sleeping Beauty and that charming prince. Now in a unique collection of reversible verse, classic fairy tales are turned on their heads. Literally. Read these clever poems from top to bottom. Then reverse the lines and read from bottom to top to give well-loved stories a delicious new spin.

 

Pop!: The Invention of Bubble Gum by Meghan McCarthy

Gum has been around for centuries. The Ancient Greeks chewed sap from mastic trees. The American Indians chewed spruce resin. Men in top hats and women in puffy dresses chewed gum to cure things like stomachaches. Gum wasn’t that exciting. But what if gum chewers could blow bubbles while chewing it? In the late 1920s a factory in Philadelphia was working on a top secret project. Month after month the workers experimented with different ingredients and formulas.

 

Henry Aaron’s Dream by Matt Tavares

Before he was Hamerin’ Hank, Henry Aaron was a young boy growing up in Mobile Alabama, with what seemed like an impossible dream: to be a big-league baseball player. He didn’t have a bat. He didn’t have a ball. And there wasn’t a single black ball player in the major leagues. But nothing could stop Henry Aaron.

 

 

Clemente! by Willie Perdomo

A little boy named Clemente learns about his namesake, the great baseball player Roberto Clemente, in this joyful picture-book biography. Born in Puerto Rico, Roberto Clemente was the first Latin American player inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Known not only for his exceptional baseball skills but also for his extensive charity work in Latin America, Clemente was well loved during his eighteen years of playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He died in a plane crash while bringing relief supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua, but his legacy and inspiration live on.

 

Don’t Forget, God Bless Our Troops by Jill Biden

For five-year-old Natalie, the year her father has been at war feels like forever. Natalie misses her dad deep in her heart, and that feeling isn’t going away. It helps to pay for him, and Natalie loves to send him her artwork and packages of treats that she make with Mom and Nana. Natalie knows she must try to be strong for her little brother, Hunter. But more than anything, Natalie wishes and waits and prays for Daddy to come home.

 

The Boston Tea Party by Russell Freedman

More than any other single event, the Boston Tea Party of 1773 has come to stand for the determination of American colonists to control their own destinies. From the arrival of ships full of controversial taxed tea in Boston Harbor through the explosive protest meeting at Old South Church to the defiant act of dumping hundreds of chests of fine tea into the harbor on December 16, Freedman captures this exciting story in vivid prose.

 

Carving Pumpkins by Dana Meachen Rau

Provides information on pumpkins, jack o’lanterns, basic tools, picking a pumpkin, scooping, carving tips and how to instructions of carving a variety of patterns.

 

 

 

Building Snow Forts by Dana Meachen Rau

Provides information on constructing with snow, basic tools, carving and gives how to instructions on building a variety of fort types.

 

 

 

Building Sandcastles by Dana Meachen Rau

Provides information on why sand sticks, basic tools, using molds and gives how to instructions on building a variety of castle types.

 

 

 

The Life of Sacagawea by Maria Nelson

Discusses the life of the Shoshone woman who helped Lewis and Clark explore the western United States.

 

 

 

Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age by Cheryl Bardoe

Mammoths and mastodons roamed the earth for millions of years, and then suddenly went extinct. What was everyday life like for these colossal cousins of the modern elephant? What did they eat? How did they fit into their Ice Age landscape? Why did they disappear?

 

Mummies by Christopher Sloan

Meet the mummies. A Copper Age man murdered while hiking in the mountains; a noble-woman from Peru’s ancient Moche culture entombed as if she were a male warrior; criminals executed and tossed into murky bogs in Europe—these are just a few of the tale of mystery and intrigue that are told through the mummies in this fascinating book.

 

 

Ladybugs by Gail Gibbons

Ladybugs are a type of beetle. They live on six of the seven continents. They are believed to be about 5000 different kinds of ladybugs around the world. Here are descriptions of their four stages of development from egg to adult, and how to live. Ladybugs eat insects that damage plants and our environment.

 

Lizards by Nic Bishop

Leaping Lizards! And gliding, wriggling, and scampering ones, too! Big or small, lizards are gull of surprises.