 Brown.
Queue up for a whistle-stop tour of trains of all kinds, narrated in lively verse and featuring dynamic retro artwork. Rows of grooves, cables, and bars. Graffiti rockin' out the cars. A badge of rust. A proud oil stain.There's nothin' plain about a train.
Predator and prey: a conversation in verse, Susannah Buhrman-Deever.
The road not taken, Robert Frost.
Thinker: my puppy poet and me, Eloise Greenfield.
Thinker isn't just an average puppy; he's a poet. So is his owner, Jace. Together they turn the world around them into verse. There's just one problem: Thinker has to keep quiet in public, and he can't go to school with Jace. That is, until Pets' Day. But when Thinker is allowed into the classroom at last, he finds it hard to keep his true identity a secret.
Boom! Bellow! Bleat!: animal poems for two or more voices, Georgia Heard.
Designed to be read aloud by two or more people, this playful collection of thirteen poems for young children explores a variety of animal sounds. Includes animal facts.
Trees, Verlie Hutchens.
There are so many different kinds of trees in the world, and each has special qualities that make it unique. This lyrical, fanciful collection of poems celebrates the singular beauty of each tree, from the gnarled old apple tree to the tall and graceful aspen.
No more poems!: a book in verse that just gets worse, Rhett Miller.
Shares humorous poems about such subjects as disco baths, sneaky sisters, nose hairs, and wanting a dog.
Lion of the sky: haiku for all seasons, Laura Purdie Salas.
A collection of poems celebrates the four seasons, including spring, summer, fall, and winter.
An owl at sea, Susan Vande Griek.
Presents the true story of a young short-eared owl who became lost in the North Sea and landed on an oil rig, where it was cared for by the riggers and handed over to the Scottish SPCA, who later returned it to the wild.
Flights of fancy: stories, pictures and inspiration from ten Children's Laureates.
This book marks twenty wonderful years of the Laureateship, with stories, poems and pictures by all ten former honourees. Among others, Quentin Blake tells the stories behind his pictures of weird and wonderful beasts, Michael Morpurgo draws on childhood memories for a moving wartime tale and Michael Rosen plays with language and shapes in his witty, read-aloud poems.
When we were very young, A A Milne.
'They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace - Christopher Robin went down with Alice.' Curl up with A. A. Milne's classic book of poetry for children, When We Were Very Young. This is the first volume of rhymes written especially for children by Milne - as popular now as when they were first written. Featuring E. H.
The flying girl: how Aida de Acosta learned to soar, Margarita Engle.
On a lively street in the lovely city of Paris, a girl named Aída glanced up and was dazzled by the sight of an airship. Oh, how she wished she could soar through the sky like that! The inventor of the airship, Alberto, invited Aída to ride with him, but she didn't want to be a passenger. She wanted to be the pilot. Aída was just a teenager, and no woman or girl had ever flown before. She didn't let that stop her, though.
Cheeky dogs: to Lake Nash and back, Dion Beasley.
In this exuberant illustrated memoir, action-packed images and poetic words trace Dion Beasley's fascination with cheeky dogs and his unconventional journey into the world of contemporary art. Every morning. Is it time yet? Nearly Joie says. Out of the freezer comes the meat. Bones and sausages and chicken necks. Butcher knife on the bricks, me chopping up. Be careful!  We can't have that Joie says.
Planting stories: the life of librarian and storyteller Pura Belpré, Anika Denise.
The important thing about Margaret Wise Brown, Mac Barnett.
A girl named Misty: the true story of Misty Copeland, Kelly Starling Lyons.
Fearless Mary: Mary Fields, American stagecoach driver, Tami Charles.
The true story of Mary Fields, aka "Stagecoach Mary," a trailblazing African American woman who helped settle the American West.
Miss Franklin: how Miles Franklin's brilliant career began, Libby Hathorn.
The extraordinary life of Anne Frank, Kate Scott.
Her words have become some of the most important in modern history: discover the incredible life story of Anne Frank, whose bravery has inspired so many. Her incredible story comes to life in this beautifully illustrated book, with narrative biography, timelines, facts and quotes.
Anne Frank, Isabel Thomas.
When Sue found Sue: Sue Hendrickson discovers her T. rex, Toni Buzzeo.
Everest: the remarkable story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, Alexandra Stewart.
Hedy Lamarr's double life, Laurie Wallmark.
Hedy Lamarr became a movie legend, but her true loves were always science and engineering. During World War II, Hedy collaborated with another inventor on an innovative technology called frequency hopping. It was designed to prevent the enemy from jamming torpedo radio signals and commanding weapons to go off course. Frequency hopping is still used today to keep our cell phone messages private and defend our computers from hackers.
Hammering for freedom: the William Lewis story, Rita L Hubbard.
Born into slavery in Tennessee, William "Bill" Lewis watched his family work long, grueling days in the fields. He wished there was something he could do to break them out of the bondage of slavery. After learning the blacksmith trade, Bill earned so much fixing old tools and forging new ones that he was allowed to keep a little money for himself.
Dolly Parton, Ma Isabel Sánchez Vegara.
Wilma Rudolph, Ma Isabel Sánchez Vegara.
Serena: the littlest sister, Karlin Gray.
Serena Williams is one of the biggest names in sports, but she grew up the littlest of five girls in her family. While sharing a room and playing tennis with her older sisters, Serena had to figure out how to be her own person on and off the court. This empowering biography showcases the rise of the youngest Williams sister and how her family played a part in her path to becoming the strong woman and star athlete she is today.
Boys who made a difference, Michelle Roehm McCann.
When it comes to making a difference, there's no such thing as too young! Get ready to meet some incredible young men who followed their dreams and changed the world for the better, often by taking the path less travelled and staying true to themselves.
Dream big: heroes who dared to be bold, Sally Morgan.
The ultimate empowering guide, Dream Big! Heroes Who Dared to Be Bold introduces fearless men, women, boys and girls who have spoken out and changed our lives for the better. They did it, so why can't you? From Emma Gonzalez to Peter Tatchell, Adwoa Aboah to Muhammed Ali, this book celebrates sung and unsung heroes, reaching acrossall areas of life and to all four corners of the globe.
Escape: our journey home through war-torn Germany, Barbie Probert-Wright.
Germany, 1945. Trapped between advancing armies, stranded hundreds of miles from their mother, and with their father missing in action, sisters Barbie and Eva were confronted with an impossible choice. Should they stay and face invasion or risk their lives to find their mother? Together, they set out on a perilous three-hundred mile journey on foot across a country ravaged by war.
The library of ever, Zeno Alexander.
With her parents off traveling the globe, Lenora is bored, bored, bored, until she discovers a secret doorway into the ultimate library. Mazelike and reality-bending, the library contains all the universe's wisdom. Every book ever written, and every fact ever known, can be found within its walls. And Lenora becomes its newly appointed Fourth Assistant Apprentice Librarian.
Twinchantment, Elise Allen.
Princesses Flissa and Sara are even closer than most twins. In fact, most of the kingdom thinks they're the same person. When magic was outlawed in Kaloon generations ago, twins, black cats, and other potentially-magical beings were outlawed, too.
Orange for the sunsets, Tina Athaide.
Asha and her best friend, Yesofu, never cared about the differences between them: Indian. African. Girl. Boy. Short. Tall. But when Idi Amin announces that Indians have ninety days to leave the country, suddenly those differences are the only things that people in Entebbe can see; not the shared after-school samosas or Asha cheering for Yesofu at every cricket game.
The story web, Megan Frazer Blakemore.
When animals in Alice's small Maine town tell her the Story Web is in danger, threatening the fabric of our world, she knows she can mend