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Now in Spanish! Learn all there is to love about bugs in this important science book!The girl in this story loves insects--how they look, how they sound, and how they move. Her friend does not like insects--especially when they sting. Like them or not, children will learn many interesting facts, as well as why insects are essential to human survival. Now translated into Spanish! ¡Me gusta leer! provides emerging Spanish language readers with translations of popular I Like to Read® books. The award-winning I Like to Read® series focuses on books for kindergarten through first grade. Acclaimed author-illustrators--including winners of Caldecott, Theodor Seuss Geisel, and Coretta Scott King honors--create original, high quality illustrations that support comprehension of simple text and are fun for kids to read with parents, teachers, or on their own!

Now in Spanish! A girl goes on a not-quite-ordinary bike ride.The humorous text, now in Spanish, is simple and repetitive; just right for new readers. But the pictures are wacky and imaginative. A sea lion chauffeurs a large shark, while a cactus drives a canvas-covered pickup truck, and a tiny mouse drives a tractor-trailer filled with cheese. All vehicles get stuck in traffic except for the bicycling girl, who merrily rides along to her destination: a birthday party. ¡Me gusta leer! provides emerging Spanish language readers with translations of popular I Like to Read® books. The award-winning I Like to Read® series focuses on books for kindergarten through first grade. Acclaimed author-illustrators--including winners of Caldecott, Theodor Seuss Geisel, and Coretta Scott King honors--create original, high quality illustrations that support comprehension of simple text and are fun for kids to read with parents, teachers, or on their own!

Go beyond the basics of botany with this introduction to the strangest, coolest things plants can do. You might already know that plants can turn light into food-- but did you know that some plants have to bend or climb to get to the light? Join Spike E. Prickles, the charistmatic cactus host of this book, to learn about all the incredible things plants can do. From wet swamps to dry deserts to the arctic tundra, plants have adapted in a wide variety of ways to survive in all kinds of environment. Bold photographs and bright illustrations highlight all sorts of surprising plant powers: defending themselves with sharp spines, regrowing from small cuttings, hiding from predators, surviving forest fires, and much more! Amazing Plant Powers is a fun, kid-friendly introduction to the wide, wild world of plants-- and why we need them. Includes a glossary of important terms, and suggestions for fun plant projects readers can try on their own.

Booker the bat, new to his job as a security guard at the Joanine Library, foils the attempted theft of pages from one of the collection's rare books.

The activism, heroic efforts, and ongoing struggles for the right to vote are chronicled by an award-winning nonfiction author.For over 200 years, people have marched, risked their lives, and even died trying to get the right to vote in the United States. Others, hungry to acquire or hold onto power, have gone to extraordinary lengths to prevent people from casting ballets or outright stolen votes and sometimes entire elections.     Perfect for students who want to know more about voting rights, this nonfiction book contains an extensive view of suffrage from the Founding Fathers to the 19th Amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to today's voter suppression controversies, and explains the barriers people of color, Indigenous people, and immigrants face. Back matter includes a bibliography, source notes, texts of the Constitution and amendments, a timeline, and an index.    A Junior Library Guild SelectionSelected for the CBC Champions of Change Showcase

A new chapter book series about three sisters who discover that they and their pets have superpowers they can use to protect the world around them after the charms they're given on their Founding Day are reunited.Eight years ago, triplets Emmy, Clare, and Giselle were found in a bed of trillium flowers. Every year since, the girls and Dr. J.A., the doctor who found them, have spent their Founding Day celebrating becoming a family. This year, the Trills want to make Founding Day extra special. After discovering that the trillium bed ripped apart, Dr. J.A. tells the Trills about the glowing trillium flower that broke into three trillium petal charms--charms that he now gifts to each girl.When Dr. J.A. is called away for an emergency, the girls and their little brother Chaos continue planning their Founding Day surprise, but when Chaos falls into a ravine, and the girls go to rescue him, something incredible happens. The charms merge to form a glowing flower and the girls suddenly have superpowers! Channeling their new abilities, they work together to try to save Chaos, but will they be able to figure out how to help in time?

The bond between a child and his grandmother grows as they tend her garden together.A young boy spends his mornings with his beloved Baba, his grandmother. She doesn't speak much English, but they connect through gestures, gardening, eating, and walking to school together. Marked by memories of wartime scarcity, Baba cherishes food, and the boy learns to do the same. Eventually, Baba needs to move in with the boy and his parents, and he has the chance to care for her as she’s always cared for him. Inspired by memories from poet Jordan Scott’s childhood, with beautiful, dreamlike illustrations by award-winning illustrator Sydney Smith, My Baba’s Garden is a deeply personal story that evokes universal emotions. Like Scott and Smith’s previous collaboration I Talk Like a River, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, My Baba’s Garden lends wistful appreciation to cherished time with family.A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

"A young boy and his cousin compete to identify the most different species on a biodiversity count day at a local park."--Provided by publisher.

"A collection of poems about dirt and the many organisms that live there such as grubs, trap door spiders, moles, earthworms, chipmunks, and doodlebugs"--