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Amazing true story of a teenage single mom, Theby Katherine Arnoldi. New York: Hyperion, 1998.

Barnam Brown, dinosaur hunter by David Sheldon. New York: Walker, 2006.

Bird by Zetta Elliott and Shadra Strickland, ill. NY: Lee & Low Books, 2008.

Bring me some apples and I'll make you a pie: a story about Edna Lewis by Robbin Gourley. New York: Clarion, 2009.

Bodies from the ice by James M. Deem. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2008.

Boy in Motion: Rick Hansen's story by Ainslie Manson and Renne Benoit, ill. Vancouver, BC: Greystone Books, 2007. 

Boy who drew birds, The: a story of John James Audubon by Jacqueline Davies and Melissa Sweet, ill. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004.

Chess Rumble by G. Neri and Jesse Joshua Watson, ill. NY: Lee & Low Books, 2007.

Clan Apis  by Jay Hosler. Active Synapse, Columbus OH, 2000. 978-0-9677255-0-5

Common Ground, the water, earth, and air we shareby Molly Bang. New York: Blue Sky Press, 1997.

Cuckoo's Haiku, The: and Other Birding Poems by Michael J. Rosen and Stan Fellows, ill. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2009.

Daddy’s Girl by Debbie Drechsler. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, 2008.

Darwin by Alice B. McGinty and Mary Azarian, ill. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2009.

Dinomummy: the life, death and discovery of Dakota, a dinosaur from Hell Creek by Dr. Phillip Lars Manning. Boston: Kingfisher, 2007.

Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins, The: an illuminating history of Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins, artist and lecturer by Barbara Kerley and Brian Selznick, ill. New York: Scholastic, 2001.

Earthquake by Milly Lee and  Yangsook Choi, ill. New York:  Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001.

Even an Ostrich Needs a Nest: Where Birds Begin by Irene Kelly. New York: Holiday House, 2009.

Evolution Revolution by Robert Winston. New York: DK Publishing, 2009

 

Extreme Coral Reef by Melissa Stewart. New York: Harper Collins, 2008.

Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau, Theby Dan Yaccarino. New York: Knopf, 2009.

Feeling sad by Sarah Verroken. New York: Enchanted Lion, 2009.

Finding a friend in the forest: a true story by Dean Bennett. Camden, MN: Down East Books, 2005.

First in Space by James Vining. Portland, OR: Oni Press, 2007.

Food Hates You Too: and other poems by Robert Weinstock. New York: Hyperion, 2009.

 

George Washington Carver by Tonya Bolden. New York: Abrams, 2008.

Gone Wild: an Endangered Animal Alphabet by David McLimans. New York: Walker, 2006.

Gregor Mendel, the friar who grew peas by Cheryl Bardoe and Jos. A. Smith, ill. New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2006.

Guts, our digestive system by Seymour Simon. New York: HarperCollins, 2005.

Honda: the boy who dreamed of cars by Mark Weston and Katie Yamasaki, ill. New York: Lee and Low, 2008.

House that crack built, The by Clark Taylor and Jan Thompson Dicks, ill. San Francisco:  Chronicle Books, 1992.

How we know what we know about our changing climate: scientists and kids explore global warming by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braashe. Nevada City, CA: Dawn, 2008.

In My Backyard by Margriet Ruurs and Ron Broda, ill. Toronto: Tundra Books, 2007.

Inside Out, Portrait of an Eating Disorder by Nadia Shivack. New York: Atheneum, 2007.

If You Are a Hunter of Fossils by Byrd Baylor and Peter Parnell, ill.New York: Atheneum, 1980.

Just a Dream by Chris Van Allsburg. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990.

Laika by Nick AbadzisNew York: First Second, 2007.

Leonardo, beautiful dreamer by Robert Byrd. New York: Dutton, 2003.

Living Color by Steve Jenkins.  Boston, MA:  Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007. 

Made in China: ideas and inventions from ancient China by Suzanne Williams and Andrea Fong, ill. Berkeley, CA: Pacific View Press, 1996.

Manfish: a story of Jacques Cousteau by Jennier Berne and Eric Puybaret, ill. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2008

Michael Recycleby Ellie Bethel and Alexandra Colombo, ill.San Diego, CA: Worthwhile Books, 2008.

Monarch and Milkweed by Helen Frost and Leonid Gore, ill. New York: Atheneum, 2008.

Mr Maxwells mouse by Frank Asch and Devin Asch, ill. Toronto, ON: Kids Can Press, 2004.

Nobody Particular: One Woman's Fight to Save the Bays by Molly Bang. New York: Henry Holt, 2001.

Now and Ben: the modern inventions of Benjamin Franklin by Gene Barretta. New York: Holt, 2006.

Odd Boy Out: young Albert Einstein by Don Brown. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2004.

One by Kathryn Otoshi. San Rafael, CA: KO Kids Books, 2008.

One Beetle Too Many: The Extraordinary Adventures of Charles Darwin by Kathryn Lasky and Matthew Trueman, ill. Sommerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2009.

Owen and Mzee: The Language of Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, Dr. Paula Kahumbu and Peter Greste, ill.  NY:  Scholastic Press, 2007.

Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss, and What I Learned by Judd Winick. NY, NY: Horn Book, 2000.  

The Photographer by Emmanuel Guibert. First Second, 2009.

Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai by Claire A. Nivola. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2008.

Red sings from treetops: a year in colorsby Joyce Sidman and Pamela Zagarenski, ill. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2009.

The Red Tree by Shaun Tan.  Verona, NJ: Simply Read Books, 2003.

Redwoods by Jason Chin. New York: Roaring Book Press, 2009.

River of life by Debbie S. Miller and Jon Van Zyle, ill.  New York:  Clarion Books, 2000.

Science Verse by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith, ill. New York: Viking, 2004.

Secret knowledge of grown-ups, Theby David Wisniewski. New York: HarperCollins, 2001.

Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and Mary Azarian, ill. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998.

Sockeye’s Journey Home by Barbara Gaines Winkelman and Joanie Popeo, ill. Norwalk, CT: Soundprints, 2000.

So You Want to be an Inventor by Judith St. George and David Small, ill.  New York: Philomel, 2002.

Sound of Colors: A Journey of the Imagination, The by Jimmy Liao English text adapted by Sarah L. Thomson. New York, Little Brown and Company, 2006.

Stuff of Life, The: A Graphic Guide to Genetics and DNA by Mark Schultz, Zander Cannon, and Kevin Cannon, ill. New York, NY: Hill and Wang, 2009.

Summer of Love, The by Debbie Drechsler. Montreal, CA: Drawn & Quarterly, 2003.

Tale of One Bad Rat, The by Bryan Talbot. Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Books, 1995

Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion by Loree Griffin BurnsBoston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007.

Tree of Life,The by Peter Sis. New York: Frances Foster Books, 2003.

Under One Rock: Bugs, Slugs and Other Ughs by Anthony D. Fredericks and Jennifer DiRubbio, ill. Nevada City, CA: Dawn Publications, 2001.

Water Music: poems for children by Jane Yolen and Jason Stemple, ill. Homesdale, PA: Wordsong, 2004.

We by Alice Schertle and Kenneth Addison, ill. New York: Lee and Low, 2007.

Whale Port by Mark Foster and Gerald Foster, ill. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007.

 

Wired by Anastasia Suen and Paul Carrick, ill. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2007.

Worlds Greatest Poems, The by J. Patrick Lewis and Keith Graves, ill. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2008.

 

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