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David Attenborough
In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series,discover the life of David Attenborough, the inspiring broadcaster and conservationist. Little David grew up in Leicester on the campus of a university, where his father was a professor. As a child, he spent hours in the science library , collating his own specimens and creating a mini…
- Edition
- English, 2020
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780711245648
- Collation
- 32 pages, Hardcover
- Series Title
- Little People, BIG DREAMS
- Call Number
- 303 MAR d
Jane Goodall
New in the Little People, Big Dreams series, discover the amazing life of Jane Goodall, the world expert on chimpanzees, in this true story of her life. When Jane was little, her father gave her a toy chimpanzee called "Jubilee" which sparked her early love of animals. As an adult, Jane traveled to Tanzania to study chimpanzees in a new way – by living with them in their habitat. This is how …
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781786032317
- Collation
- 32 pages, Hardcover
- Series Title
- Little People, BIG DREAMS
- Call Number
- 303 MAR j
Little people, big dreams : Greta Thunberg
Summary:Discover the inspiring true story of Greta Thunberg, the environmental activist. When young Greta learned of the climate crisis, she stopped talking. She couldn't understand why people in power were not doing anything to save our Earth. One day she started protesting outside the Swedish Parliament, creating the "School Strike for Climate." Soon, lots more young people joined her in a gl…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780711256439
- Collation
- 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Series Title
- Little people, big dreams
- Call Number
- 363.700 MAI l
Ida, Always
Gus lives in a big park in the middle of an even bigger city, and he spends his days with Ida. Ida is right there. Always. Then one sad day, Gus learns that Ida is very sick, and she isn’t going to get better. The friends help each other face the difficult news with whispers, sniffles, cuddles, and even laughs. Slowly Gus realizes that even after Ida is gone, she will still be with him—t…
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781481426404
- Collation
- 40 pages, Hardcover
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 823 CAR i
The Notebook Keeper: A Story of Kindness from the Border
Based on true events, this inspiring story follows a mama and her daughter who are denied entry at the U.S. border, and must find the refugee in charge of "the notebook," an unofficial ledger of those waiting to cross into the U.S. Before, the sun drenched the yard. Our neighbor's laughter danced in the streets. Now, the streets are quiet. Papa is gone, and we are no longer safe here. We are…
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780593307052
- Collation
- 40 pages, Hardcover
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 823 STE n
How the Sphinx Got to the Museum
Acclaimed author and illustrator, Jessie Hartland, beautifully presents this informative and fascinating history of the Hatshepsut sphinx: from its carving in ancient Egypt to its arrival in the hallowed halls of New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. This is essential reading for junior Egyptologists!
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781609050320
- Collation
- 40 pages, Hardcover
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 900 JES h
These Olive Trees
The story of a Palestinian family’s ties to the land, and how one young girl finds a way to care for her home, even as she says goodbye. It’s 1967 in Nablus, Palestine. Oraib loves the olive trees that grow outside the refugee camp where she lives. Each harvest, she and her mama pick the small fruits and she eagerly stomp stomp stomps on them to release their golden oil. Olives have a…
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780593525180
- Collation
- 40 pages, Hardcover
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 823 AYA t
Goodbye: A First Conversation About Grief
A picture book edition of the board book about grief, offering adults the opportunity to begin important conversations with young children in an informed, safe, and supported way. Developed by experts in the fields of early childhood and activism against injustice, this topic-driven picture book offers clear, concrete language and compelling imagery to introduce the concept of grief. This bo…
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780593662380
- Collation
- 40 pages, Hardcover
- Series Title
- First Conversations
- Call Number
- 823 MEG g
The Museum Of Useless Body Parts
Welcome to the weirdest museum you'll ever explore - the one inside your body! Did you know your amazing, incredible body is a living, breathing museum of evolution? Look closely and you'll find bits and pieces that were useful way back when our lives were very different from what they are today. In The Museum of Useless Body Parts, tour guides Wisdom Tooth and Disappearing Kidney lead reade…
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781922930064
- Collation
- 80 pages, 208 x 259mm
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 500 RAC m
Nana in the City
A 2015 Caldecott Honor Book In this magical picture book, a young boy spends an overnight visit with his nana and is frightened to find that the city where she lives is filled with noise and crowds and scary things. But then Nana makes him a special cape to help him be brave, and soon the everyday sights, sounds, and smells of the city are not scary—but wonderful. The succinct text is paired…
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780544104433
- Collation
- 40 pages, Hardcover
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 823 LAU n
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