New Nonfiction Books for Kids
Hundreds of books are added to the Library's collection each month. Here are the most recent Nonfiction Books for kids.
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Make your Own Scratch Games!
"A beginner-friendly guide to creating interactive games using Scratch. Covers the entire game development process including mapping game structure, creating animations and debugging the end product"--
Format: Book - 2019
Holds: 0 on 10 copies
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The Big Picture Story Bible
The Bible is a big book about a big God who keeps a big promise! This book takes you through the stories of the Bible with colorful illustrations so you will see the big picture of God's love for you.
Format: Book - 2014
Holds: 2 on 2 copies
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The Boy Behind the Face
"James didn't like that he looked different than everyone else. He wasn't scared of a monster hiding under his bed, he was scared of the monster he saw in the mirror everyday--until he decides he doesn't want to be sad and afraid anymore. James becomes his own superhero and chases the monster away with bravery, kindness and love!"-- Back cover.
Format: Book - 2019
Holds: 1 on 3 copies
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Seeds
"Seeds harbor immense potential. They defy their size by sprouting and growing into plants. And these plants develop beautiful flowers and delicious fruits and vegetables. Even in the most unlikely environments, seeds manage to thrive. Like seeds, we can cultivate and nurture something wonderful. There is much we can learn from seeds." -- back cover.
Format: Book - 2020
Holds: 3 on 14 copies
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Green Machine: The Slightly Gross Truth About Turning your Food Scraps Into Green Energy
From Cats Are a Liquid author Rebecca Donnelly, Green Machine is a playful nonfiction picture book celebrating innovation in the energy cycle with food waste composting--featuring illustrations by Christophe Jacques. Composting is cool! Celebrate the innovation and science that helps turn your food waste into green energy. See how food scraps are composted, collected, and processed, transforming trash into biogas and electricity. It's a green machine! It's a celebration of sustainability and the important role we humans play in the energy cycle. Share it at Earth Day and every day! Call it Peels on Wheels/ Or a truck full of yuck:/ It's a food scraps collection machine!/ It takes all the waste/ (And some slime, and some muck)/ To a place where the garbage goes green.
Format: Book - 2020
Holds: 1 on 16 copies
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A Ben of All Trades: The Most Inventive Boyhood of Benjamin Franklin
"Young Benjamin Franklin wants to be a sailor, but his father won't hear of it. The other trades he tried bored him through and through. But each time he fails to find a career, he took some important bit of knowledge with him, and that tendency is exactly what made him the versatile genius we remember today." -- inside front jacket flap.
Format: Book - 2020
Holds: 2 on 14 copies
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Flash and Gleam: Light in Our World
"Lights glimmer, blaze and shine in this beautifully illustrated book about various forms of light. Informative back matter describes the scientific nature of light and how it's created."--
Format: Book - 2020
Holds: 1 on 14 copies
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Solar Story: How One Community Lives Alongside the World's Biggest Solar Plant
"A nonfiction picture book about the largest solar power plant in the world"--
Format: Book - 2020
Holds: 0 on 14 copies
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If We Were Gone: Imagining the World Without People
Examines what would happen to the natural world if humans were gone, describing how nature would reclaim the planet and why taking care of the Earth now is so important.
Format: Book - 2020
Holds: 0 on 12 copies
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Write! Write! Write!
Write! Write! Write! is a poetry collection that explores every stage and every aspect of the writing process, from learning the alphabet to the thrilling moment of writing a thought for the first time, from writer's block to finding inspiration, and from revision to stapling your finished work into a book. These poems also celebrate how writing teaches patience, helps express opinions, and allows us to imagine the impossible. This book, brimming with imagination and wonder, will leave readers eager to grab a pen, pencil, or keyboard -- and write! -- Amazon.com (8/13/2020 7:16:38 AM)
Format: Book - 2020
Holds: 0 on 10 copies
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