by Landis Blair

Branches are all around us:  in butterfly wings, in gecko toes, in flowers, frost, and mud.  Whether as electricity moving across the sky or rivers flowing to the sea, branches are nature’s most efficient way to spread and to connect.  They are even found inside our own bodies, helping us reach and grow with each breath and heartbeat.  Branches –strong, hopeful, beautiful–are the shape of life.  How many can you find? 

 by Landis Blair

A boy struggling to fall asleep peeks beneath his covers to find a world filled with nighttime adventures under a starry, tented sky.

 by Max Barnett

Introducing Zeke the Weather Geek!  With a weather station in his yard and a weather journal in his pocket, it’s no wonder Zeke Abramovich is called Zeke The Weather Geek.  What he really wants though, is to be a Weather Warrior, which will only happen if he wins the Winter Photo Contest. 

 by Jon Chad

A book of fun chemistry experiments has fallen into the wrong hands.  Only Mel can use her knowledge of the periodic table to put an end to a maniacal madman’s evil schemes. 

 by Anita Sanchez

Imagine forests where you can float weightlessly among schools of fish.  Huge green pastures where sea turtles graze.  Forests that capture carbon from seawater and breathe out oxygen.  The answers to many of our planet’s problems may lie underwater, in these forests of seaweed. 

 by Max Barnett

Not all questions have answers.  Some have more than one answer.  And others have endless answers, unfolding out to the edges of the world. 

 by Audrey Vernick, Liz Garton Scanlon

 An irresistible picture book about a boy and his classmates who long for a class pet, but discover the joys and rewards of nurturing a class plant.  

 by Jarvis

 Bear didn’t really like the painting.  I mean, look at it.   But he liked Bird a lot, and it would remind him of her…

Bear and bird are best friends, and they spend a lot of time together.  They don’t always understand each other, but both agree that all they want is for their friend to be happy. 

 by Daniel Bernstrom

 When a hungry, fuzzy brown bear and a hive of angry bees come face to face, everybody’s abuzz!

 by Nicla Winstanley

 In this hilarious and clever follow-up to How to Give Your Cat a Bath, a boy, a dog and a know-it-all narrator are thwarted by a cat who refuses to learn a trick.