New arrivals added to our Children's Nonfiction Collection in the last 7 days
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Apr 11, 2024
"Star Trek actor, activist, and author George Takei shares his empowering and moving story about growing up in Japanese American incarceration camps during WWII"--
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Apr 11, 2024
"Mountain of Fire is the narrative nonfiction story of the violent volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980, the story of the people who died, those who survived, and the heroes who fought to raise an alarm. For weeks, the ground around MountSt. Helens shuddered like a dynamite keg ready to explode. There were legends of previou eruptions: violent fire, treacherous floods, and heat that had scoured the area. But the shaking and swelling was unlike any volcano ever seen before. Day a
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Apr 11, 2024
"The true story of the West Virginia coal miners who ignited the largest labor uprising in American history"--
"Get creative and make incredible pieces of art using rocks, wood, berries, flowers, and leaves in this nature craft book for children ages 7-9. Find out how the very earth beneath your feet can be used to make paints and pastels, and how flowers can be repurposed to create inks. Children can learn how to pour paint onto a canvas, how to put pencil to paper and draw, how bits of old paper can make a beautiful collage, and how different mediums can come together to create incredible prints throug
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Apr 11, 2024
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"Loch Ness Uncovered is an extensively researched, myth-busting account of the world's most famous monster hoax--the Loch Ness Monster--and a cautionary tale on the dangers of misinformation"--
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Apr 11, 2024
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"The memoir of Ying Chang Compestine's childhood growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution"--
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Apr 11, 2024
"An English dictionary perfect for children ages 6-9 who are starting to learn English as a second or foreign language. The dictionary includes an app that helps students with pronunciation and makes learning a new language fun and interactive. Every wordin this dictionary is beautifully illustrated and arranged from A to Z to help your child understand the alphabet, and to encourage word recognition and English reading. Each section begins with the upper and lower-case versions of the letters a
Calling on the legacy of his great-grandparents, an Indigenous plantsman presents this multigenerational story about how one drop of rain, one seed, one plant can renew a cycle of hope and connections - for him and for each of us.
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Apr 11, 2024
"Share in the joyful, adventure-filled shenanigans of a child growing up in a small mud hut in Inner Mongolia in this charming, illustrated memoir for young middle grade readers"--
"Become an eyewitness to the 9,500 species of birds that live in a huge range of habitats, from deserts and rainforests to the polar ice caps. This picture-led guide will take you on a visual tour of the fascinating world of birds. Readers can learn all about different orders of birds, take a detailed look at individual feathers and beak shapes, and explore behavior, from fish- and meat-eaters to seed- and plant-eaters"--