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Aardema, Verna The lonely lioness and the ostrich chicks A Masai tale.
Agard, John We animals would like a word with you Poems featuring animals. Witty and profound.
Cole, Joanna The magic school bus and the electric field trip This time the teacher and children explore electricity.
Colman, Penny Corpses, coffins and crypts: a history of burial The author writes: I hope that reading Corpses, coffins and crypts: a history of burial doesn't make you too queasy or tangle up your emotions too much. Instead, I hope that the book intrigues you and motivates you to think about how you will deal with death, an inevitable part of all our lives.
Couper, Heather Big bang
Couper, Heather Is anybody out there?: the search for life beyond our planet
Demi One grain of rice: a mathematical folktale
Fitchett, Gordon The twelve dancing princesses In this retelling from Grimm the characters are pictured as elegant geese.
Freedman, Russell Out of darkness: the story of Louis Braille Another inspiring biography.
Gherman, Beverly Robert Louis Stevenson teller of tales
Giblin, James Cross Charles A Lindbergh: a human hero This excellent biography not only relates a life but also explores what it means to be a 'hero'.
The Hutchinson treasury of children's poetry A lavish anthology, one of several published during the past few years, with a mix of older and new illustrations.
Jenkins, Steve Big & little To-scale collage pictures show relative sizes of similar animals.
Kellogg, Steven The three little pigs Hilarious retelling of the traditional story.
Kimmel, Eric A Onions and garlic: an old tale
Knapp, Brian Carbon chemistry One of a set of twelve in the Chemlab series.
Kress, Stephen W Project Puffin: how we brought puffins back to Egg Rock
Lindbergh, Reev The circle of days A verse adaptation of St Francis' Canticle of the sun, described by one critic as "a perfect marriage of verse, illustration and design."
Livingston, Myra Cohn Cricket never does: a collection of haiku and tanka
Mann, Elizabeth The great pyramid
Manna, Anthony L Mr Semolina-Semolinus A Greek folktale.
Marsden, John Prayer for the twenty-first century A simple but powerful picture book poem about hope for the new millenium.
Minters, Frances Sleepless Beauty Modern version of Sleeping Beauty, who manages to stay awake with the help of an alarm clock!
Rosen, Michael J The dog who walked with God Creation story of the Kato Indians.
Severance, John B Gandhi: great soul Biography.
Simon, Seymour The brain: our nervous system
Steger, Will Over the top of the world: explorer Will Steger's trek across the Arctic Real life adventure.
Onyefulu, Ifeoma My grandfather is a magician: work and wisdom in an African village
Osborn, Mary Pope One world, many religions: the ways we worship
Philip, Neil Odin's family: myths of the Vikings
Valenta, Barbara Pop-o-mania: how to create your own pop-ups
Wildsmith, Brian Joseph Biblical retelling with luxuriant illustrations.
Wulffson, Don L. The kid who invented the popsicle: and other surprising stories about invention
Yue, Charlotte Shoes: their history in words and pictures