Book Buzz
February 2017
How much does a ladybug weigh?
by Alison Limentani

Introduces readers to counting, wildlife, and comparison by exploring the weight of animals
It can't be true! 2
by Inc. Dorling Kindersley

Presents surprising facts about the world, including the size of the largest giant squid, how far a person walks in a lifetime, and what is the hottest chili pepper
Full of Beans
by Jennifer L Holm

A return to the world of the Newbery Honor-winning Turtle in Paradise finds Turtle's cousin, Beans, confronted by the unexpected consequences of a large-scale plan he implements in his Depression-era community in response to high unemployment and his negative perceptions about grownups. Simultaneous eBook.
Why is art full of naked people? : & other vital questions about art
by Susie Hodge

Presents facts about art from cave paintings through to contemporary art, and answers questions about the role and value of art in the past and today
They all saw a cat
by Brendan Wenzel

An ordinary housecat is seen from the different perspectives of a child and various animals
Go, Otto, go!
by David Milgrim

Making numerous friends since landing on Earth, a homesick Otto the alien robot misses his family and decides to work, work, work on a spaceship that will take him up, up, up into space so that he can visit his own planet. Simultaneous.
Billions of bricks
by Kurt Cyrus

A counting book that leads readers through the day in the life of a construction worker building with bricks
A family is a family is a family
by Sara O'Leary

After their teacher asks them what is special about their families, a class full of students each give an answer, but one student is worried that her family isn't that special at all
Before morning
by Joyce Sidman

Hoping for a break from her usual rushed schedule, a small child watches as her wish comes true in the wake of a heavy snowfall, in a lyrical story complemented by scratchboard art. By the Newbery Honor-winning author of Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night and the Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator of Swirl by Swirl. Simultaneous eBook. 40,000 first printing.
Math lab for kids : fun, hands-on activities for learning with shapes, puzzles, and games
by Rebecca Rapoport

"Math Lab for Kids provides 52 fun labs to teach children basic math concepts through activities and games."
The last fifth grade of Emerson Elementary
by Laura Shovan

A time capsule of one fifth-grade class's poems during a transformative year of changing families, new friendships and the imminent closing of the school celebrates how they find and share their individual and collective voices. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
 
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