Non-Fiction

The world is rich with marvelous forests and amazing communities of plants, animals, fungi, and minute creatures that populate them. Marvel at the peaceful twilight of the deciduous forest, where birds gather twigs, bats shelter in tree trunks, and the carpet of fallen leaves becomes small creatures' homes. Spot a bald eagle soaring high up in the winter sky through the towering green giants of the redwood forest. Discover all the noises in the Amazonian rain forest, where most creatures live in the treecanopy together, creating a symphony of sounds.

Describes the damage that plastic does to ocean creatures and habitats and how readers can take steps to reduce plastic waste in their own lives.

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Based on transcripts of the Borden legal proceedings, contemporary newspaper accounts, unpublished local accounts, and recently unearthed letters from Lizzie herself, Cara Robertson explores the stories Lizzie Borden's culture wanted and expected to hear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