New Nonfiction

Spiders - Gail Gibbons
Examines the physical characteristics, behavior, habitats, and different kinds of spiders.


Who East What?: Food Chains and Food Webs - Patricia Lauber
Explains the concept of a food chain and how plants, animals, and humans are ecologically linked.


Roaring Rockets - Tony Mitton
A simple explanation of how space rockets work, where they travel, and what they do.



The Tapir Scientist: Saving South America's Largest Mammal - Sy Montgomery
If you've never seen a lowland tapir, you're not alone. Most of the people who live near tapir habitat in Brazil's vast Pantanal haven't seen the elusive snorkel-snouted mammal, either! Join a tapir-finding expedition led by the Brazilian field scientist Pati Medici, and learn about the fieldwork, and the high-tech science at play, from microchips to the camera traps that capture the "soap opera" of tapir life.

Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library - Barb Rosenstock
Thomas Jefferson loved to read and collect books on almost every subject. He built his first library as a young man, and kept on building until his book collection helped to create the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the world's largest library.

Where Does the Garbage Go? - Paul Showers
Explains how people create too much waste and how waste is now recycled and put into landfills.


Secrets of Sound: Studying the Calls and Songs of Whales, Elephants, and Birds - April Pulley Sayre
Examines the work of several bioacousticians, scientists who study the sounds made by living creatures, discussing the results and importance of their research.

Secrets of the Seasons: Orbiting the Sun in Our Backyard - Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
"Over the course of a year, a family learns about the role of the sun in the changing seasons."-- Provided by publisher