New Titles

Track. Book 5, Coach /

Reynolds, Jason,


"A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book." "Before Coach was the man who gave caring yet firm-handed guidance to Ghost, Lu, Patina, and Sunny on the Defenders track team, he was little Otie Brody, who was obsessed with Mr. 9.99 (a.k.a. Carl Lewis) and Marty McFly from Back to the Future. Like Mr. 9.99--and his own dad--Otie is a sprinter. Sprint free or die is practically his motto. Then his dad, who is always away on business trips, comes home with a pair of Jordans. JORDANS. Fine as fine can be. Otie puts them on and feels like he can leap to the moon ... maybe even leap like Mr. 9.99 when he won the Olympic gold medal in the long jump. But one morning he wakes up to find his brand-new secret weapon kicks are missing--right off his feet! And Otie just might have a fuzzy memory of his dad easing them off as Otie was sleeping, but that can't be right, can it? Unless all the reasons for his dad's 'gone's' are very different from what he's been told ... Because now, not only are the Jordans missing, but so is his father"--
Date Published:2025

"A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book." "Before Coach was the man who gave caring yet firm-handed guidance to Ghost, Lu, Patina, and Sunny on the Defenders track team, he was little Otie Brody, who was obsessed with Mr. 9.99 (a.k.a. Carl Lewis) and Marty McFly from Back to the Future. Like Mr. 9.99--and his own dad--Otie is a sprinter. Sprint free or die is practically his motto. Then his dad, who is always away on business trips, comes home with a pair of Jordans. JORDANS. Fine as fine can be. Otie puts them on and feels like he can leap to the moon ... maybe even leap like Mr. 9.99 when he won the Olympic gold medal in the long jump. But one morning he wakes up to find his brand-new secret weapon kicks are missing--right off his feet! And Otie just might have a fuzzy memory of his dad easing them off as Otie was sleeping, but that can't be right, can it? Unless all the reasons for his dad's 'gone's' are very different from what he's been told ... Because now, not only are the Jordans missing, but so is his father"--

Date Published:2025

The incredibly human Henson Blayze

Barnes, Derrick,


"Age range: 10 up"--Dust jacket. Booklist, August 2025. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, July 2025. Horn Book, November 2025. Kirkus Starred, August 2025. New York Times, November 2025. Pub Weekly, June 2025. School Library Journal starred, September 2025. "Thirteen-year-old Henson Blayze strives to be seen as more than just a football player in his predominantly white small town of Great Mountain, Mississippi. When a horrific incident compels him to speak out, he must choose between playing football and seeking justice"--OCLC.
Date Published:2025

"Age range: 10 up"--Dust jacket. Booklist, August 2025. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, July 2025. Horn Book, November 2025. Kirkus Starred, August 2025. New York Times, November 2025. Pub Weekly, June 2025. School Library Journal starred, September 2025. "Thirteen-year-old Henson Blayze strives to be seen as more than just a football player in his predominantly white small town of Great Mountain, Mississippi. When a horrific incident compels him to speak out, he must choose between playing football and seeking justice"--OCLC.

Date Published:2025

Forty the Fortune Teller

Daywalt, Drew,


"A laugh-out-loud funny graphic novel-style picture book about a paper fortune teller left behind at recess who ends up saving the day, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Day the Crayons Quit. What's a fortune teller to do when she's dropped on the ground half-finished when the bell rings to mark the end of recess? Make friends and save the day, that's what! In this hilarious graphic novel-style picture book, Forty the Fortune Teller, along with her friends Potato Chip and Basketball convince a team of chewed-up chewing gum to help repair the playground slide so that the kids at school won't get hurt. This story is totally wacky, totally adorable, and a perfect read-aloud for a storytime." --
Date Published:2026

"A laugh-out-loud funny graphic novel-style picture book about a paper fortune teller left behind at recess who ends up saving the day, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Day the Crayons Quit. What's a fortune teller to do when she's dropped on the ground half-finished when the bell rings to mark the end of recess? Make friends and save the day, that's what! In this hilarious graphic novel-style picture book, Forty the Fortune Teller, along with her friends Potato Chip and Basketball convince a team of chewed-up chewing gum to help repair the playground slide so that the kids at school won't get hurt. This story is totally wacky, totally adorable, and a perfect read-aloud for a storytime." --

Date Published:2026

An inconvenient alphabet : Ben Franklin & Noah Webster's spelling revolution

Anderson, Beth, 1954-,


"A Paula Wiseman Book." Booklist. Publisher's Weekly. School Library Journal. Booklist, August 01, 2018. Booklist, August 2018. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), October 2018. Kirkus Review, July 2018. Kirkus, July 15, 2018. Library Media Connection, October 2018. Publisher's Weekly, August 13, 2018. Publishers Weekly, August 2018. Publisher's Weekly, August 2018. School library journal, July 2018. School Library Journal, July 2018. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, October 2018. Looks at how Benjamin Franklin and Noah Webster in 1786, teamed up to make the English language easier to read and write.
Date Published:2018

"A Paula Wiseman Book." Booklist. Publisher's Weekly. School Library Journal. Booklist, August 01, 2018. Booklist, August 2018. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), October 2018. Kirkus Review, July 2018. Kirkus, July 15, 2018. Library Media Connection, October 2018. Publisher's Weekly, August 13, 2018. Publishers Weekly, August 2018. Publisher's Weekly, August 2018. School library journal, July 2018. School Library Journal, July 2018. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, October 2018. Looks at how Benjamin Franklin and Noah Webster in 1786, teamed up to make the English language easier to read and write.

Date Published:2018

How to draw grotesque monsters

Sautter, Aaron,


Provides step-by-step, illustrated instructions for drawing different monsters, including a skeleton, a vampire, and a mummy.
Date Published:2008

How to draw terrifying robots

Sautter, Aaron,


Contains illustrated, step-by-step instructions for drawing ten fantastic robots, as well as a scene of robot battle.
Date Published:2008

How to draw crazy fighter planes

Sautter, Aaron,


Provides step-by-step, illustrated instructions for drawing different fighter planes, including a P-51 Mustang, a B-2 Spirit, and a F-4 Phantom II.
Date Published:2008

You can't read this : why books get banned

Dell, Pamela,


Censorship : it's not pretty -- Bad books! -- Authors who outrage -- Changing the world -- The fight for reading freedom. An introduction to censorship that impacts the literary world, and discusses why a book could be deemed controversial or banned from a public or school library, and the reactions of authors and individuals to this infringement of freedoms.
Date Published:2010

Forms of energy

Claybourne, Anna,


Explains what energy is, looks at different types of energy, including heat, kinetic, water, chemical, and others, and discusses the energy cycle and energy supplies.
Date Published:2010

How it works : science and technology.


Vol. 1. Abrasive-Antiaircraft gun -- v. 2. Antifouling techniques-Bomb-aiming device -- v. 3. Bomb and mine disposal-Charge-coupled device -- v. 4. Chemical and biological warfare-Cosmology -- v. 5. Cotton-Electrical engineering -- v. 6. Electricity-Firefighting -- v. 7. Firework and flare-Global positioning system -- v. 8. Gold-Ink -- v. 9. Instant-picture camera-Lumber -- v. 10. Luminescence-Microsurgery -- v. 11. Microtome-Operating room -- v. 12. Ophthalmology-Physics -- v. 13. Physiology-Pyramid -- v. 14. Quality management-Salt production -- v. 15. Salvage, marine-Space probe -- v. 16. Space shuttle-Supercharger and turbocharger -- v. 17. Superconductivity-Tin -- v. 18. Tire-Video camera -- v. 19. Video recorder-Zoology -- v. 20. Index. Booklist. School Library Journal. Wilson's Junior High School. Booklist, September 2003. Choice, December 2003. Library Media Connection, November 2003. School Library Journal, August 2003. Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005. Presents alphabetized, cross-referenced articles on approximately eight hundred scientific and technological developments, from ink and toothpaste to virtual reality and space stations, describing their evolution and explaining how they work, and features color photos and diagrams.
Date Published:2003

Vol. 1. Abrasive-Antiaircraft gun -- v. 2. Antifouling techniques-Bomb-aiming device -- v. 3. Bomb and mine disposal-Charge-coupled device -- v. 4. Chemical and biological warfare-Cosmology -- v. 5. Cotton-Electrical engineering -- v. 6. Electricity-Firefighting -- v. 7. Firework and flare-Global positioning system -- v. 8. Gold-Ink -- v. 9. Instant-picture camera-Lumber -- v. 10. Luminescence-Microsurgery -- v. 11. Microtome-Operating room -- v. 12. Ophthalmology-Physics -- v. 13. Physiology-Pyramid -- v. 14. Quality management-Salt production -- v. 15. Salvage, marine-Space probe -- v. 16. Space shuttle-Supercharger and turbocharger -- v. 17. Superconductivity-Tin -- v. 18. Tire-Video camera -- v. 19. Video recorder-Zoology -- v. 20. Index. Booklist. School Library Journal. Wilson's Junior High School. Booklist, September 2003. Choice, December 2003. Library Media Connection, November 2003. School Library Journal, August 2003. Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005. Presents alphabetized, cross-referenced articles on approximately eight hundred scientific and technological developments, from ink and toothpaste to virtual reality and space stations, describing their evolution and explaining how they work, and features color photos and diagrams.

Date Published:2003

Encyclopedia of health


Includes indexes. Originally published under the title: The Marshall Cavendish encyclopedia of health. Vol. 1. Abdomen-antihistamines -- volume 2. Anxiety-blood transfusion -- volume 3. Blood type-cholesterol -- volume 4. Chronic fatigue syndrome-digestive system diseases and disorders -- volume 5. Diphtheria-ethical issues -- volume 6. Excretion-genetic engineering -- volume 7. Gigantism-hormones and hormonal disorders -- volume 8. Hospice-joints -- volume 9. Joints, disorders of-measles -- volume 10. Medical research-nervous system -- volume 11. Nervous system disorders-physical examination -- volume 12. Physical fitness-Raynaud's disease -- volume 13. Recreation-skin care -- volume 14. Skin diseases and disorders-tendon -- volume 15. Tennis elbow-yoga -- volume 16. First aid-comprehensive index. School Library Journal. Wilson's Junior High School. Contains more than 750 alphabetized, cross-referenced entries on the human body; illness, injury, and disorders; prevention and cure; pregnancy, birth, and childhood; human behavior; and diet and nutrition; and features color photos, illustrations, diagrams, and sidebars.
Date Published:2003

Includes indexes. Originally published under the title: The Marshall Cavendish encyclopedia of health. Vol. 1. Abdomen-antihistamines -- volume 2. Anxiety-blood transfusion -- volume 3. Blood type-cholesterol -- volume 4. Chronic fatigue syndrome-digestive system diseases and disorders -- volume 5. Diphtheria-ethical issues -- volume 6. Excretion-genetic engineering -- volume 7. Gigantism-hormones and hormonal disorders -- volume 8. Hospice-joints -- volume 9. Joints, disorders of-measles -- volume 10. Medical research-nervous system -- volume 11. Nervous system disorders-physical examination -- volume 12. Physical fitness-Raynaud's disease -- volume 13. Recreation-skin care -- volume 14. Skin diseases and disorders-tendon -- volume 15. Tennis elbow-yoga -- volume 16. First aid-comprehensive index. School Library Journal. Wilson's Junior High School. Contains more than 750 alphabetized, cross-referenced entries on the human body; illness, injury, and disorders; prevention and cure; pregnancy, birth, and childhood; human behavior; and diet and nutrition; and features color photos, illustrations, diagrams, and sidebars.

Date Published:2003

Gods, goddesses, and mythology


1. Achelous-Arachne -- 2. Ares-Celts -- 3. Central Asia-Dragons -- 4. Druids-Gilgamesh, Epic of -- 5. Gorgons-Inanna -- 6. Inca-Mercury -- 7. Mesopotamia-Nyx -- 8. Oceania-Poseidon -- 9. Prehistoric religion-Sibyl -- 10. Sigurd-Zeus -- 11. Index.
Date Published:2005

How we got to the moon : the people, technology, and daring feats of science behind humanity's greatest adventure

Rocco, John,


Booklist starred, September 2020. Horn Book Starred, November 2020. Kirkus Starred, August 2020. Pub Weekly, September 2020. School Library Journal, September 2020. "[A] . . . guide to the people and technology of the moon landing . . . is a must-have for space fans, classrooms, and tech geeks"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2020

Stronger than steel : spider silk DNA and the quest for better bulletproof vests, sutures, and parachute rope

Heos, Bridget,


Enter Randy Lewis' lab and come face to face with golden orb weaver spiders and genetically engineered goats, whose milk contains the proteins to spin spider silk--and to weave a nearly indestructible fiber. Learn how this amazing material might be used to repair or replace human ligaments and bones, improve body armor or strengthen parachute rope.
Date Published:2013

Lesser spotted animals : the coolest creatures you've never heard of

Brown, Martin, 1959-,


Booklist starred, November 2016. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), February 2017. Kirkus Starred, November 2016. Library Media Connection, March 2017. Publishers Weekly, November 2016. School Library Journal, December 2016. Science Books and Films (A.A.A.S.), January 2018. Looks at several seldom seen animals accompanied by information on their sizes, food, geographic locations, and status.
Date Published:2017

The plant hunters : true stories of their daring adventures to the far corners of the Earth

Silvey, Anita,



Date Published:2012

Caring for your dog

Fogle, Bruce,


"The complete canine home reference"-- Cover. A comprehensive collection of medical references covering all canine diseases and disorders.
Date Published:2002

5 language visual dictionary


Includes indexes.
Date Published:2003

Twelve mighty orphans : the inspiring true story of the Mighty Mites who ruled Texas football

Dent, Jim


Includes index. Presents the true story of coach Rusty Russell and how he molded a group of orphans from the Masonic Home in Fort Worth, Texas, into one of the toughest high school football teams in the state.
Date Published:2007

At the scene

Bodden, Valerie.


Horn Book, November 2018. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2017. An in-depth look at how crime scene investigators record, collect, and analyze details and evidence to solve crimes, employing real-life examples such as the O. J. Simpson case.
Date Published:2018