Non-Fiction

Sonia Manzano, who has portrayed Maria on Sesame Street for decades, brings us this picture book about unity for people around the world.

Vetted by an award-winning paleontologist and complemented by a glossary of terms, a photographic introduction to the dinosaur age challenges popular myths while sharing engaging sidebars and infographics about proven dinosaur facts.

An introduction to the Grand Canyon explains how the canyon was created and provides interesting facts pertaining to this natural wonder.

An illustrated compendium of animals with funny, fascinating or otherwise unusual names, from the sparklemuffin peacock spider to the fried egg jellyfish, describes the characteristics that gave each specimen its remarkable moniker.

A guide to how plants use trickery to survive and thrive.

Presents a chronicle of the author's lifelong love affair with words, filtered through her passion for all things Greek and her solo adventures in Greece.

Based on transcripts of the Borden legal proceedings, contemporary newspaper accounts, unpublished local accounts, and recently unearthed letters from Lizzie herself, Cara Robertson explores the stories Lizzie Borden's culture wanted and expected to hear and how those stories influenced the debate inside and outside of the courtroom.

Reverend F.D. Reese was a leader of the Voting Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama. As a teacher and principal, he recognized that his colleagues were viewed with great respect in the city. Could he convince them to risk their jobs--and perhaps their lives--by organizing a teachers-only march to the county courthouse to demand their right to vote? On January 22, 1965, the Black teachers left their classrooms and did just that, with Reverend Reese leading the way.

At 28, Stephanie Land's plans of breaking free from the roots of her hometown in the Pacific Northwest to chase her dreams of attending a university and becoming a writer, were cut short when a summer fling turned into an unexpected pregnancy. She turned to housekeeping to make ends meet, and with a tenacious grip on her dream to provide her daughter the very best life possible, Stephanie worked days and took classes online to earn a college degree, and began to write relentlessly.

Booklist

November 1, 2018