Jason and the Argonauts : the first great quest in Greek mythology by Robert Byrd - Retells the story of Jason and his quest for the golden fleece

Separate is never equal : Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh - An eight-year-old girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage played an instrumental role in Mendez v. Westminster, the landmark desegregation case of 1946

Mesmerized : how Ben Franklin solved a mystery that baffled all of France by Mara Rockliff - Describes how the innovative American Founding Father used the scientific method to discern the practices of a famous Parisian magician

Grand Canyon by Jason Chin - An exploration of the Grand Canyon on a grand scale, as only Jason Chin can illustrate and explain

I, fly : the buzz about flies and how awesome they are by Bridget Heos - Fly is fed up with everyone studying butterflies. After all, flies go through metamorphosis too!

Neighborhood sharks : hunting with great whites of California's Farallon Islands by Katherine Roy - An up close look at the ocean's most fearsome and famous predator and the scientists who study them—just twenty-six miles from the Golden Gate Bridge

Winter's tail : how one little dolphin learned to swim again by Juliana Hatkoff - Describes the rescue and rehabilitation of a young Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, named Winter, who received an artificial tail after being badly injured

Finding Winnie : the true story of the world's most famous bear by Lindsay Mattick - How a bear cub in 1914 became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh

Elizabeth, queen of the seas by Lynne Cox - Describes how an elephant seal made a home in New Zealand's narrow Avon River and loved to stretch out across a two-lane road, requiring volunteers to tow her farther out to sea after she kept returning

Nubs : the true story of a mutt, a Marine & a miracle by Brian Dennis - Tells the true story of a mutt named Nubs, who was befriended by a marine on duty at the Iraqi border and became so devoted to the marine that he followed him on foot

Marley : a dog like no other by John Grogan - Follows the life story of an exuberant Labrador retriever who gets into perpetual trouble and experiences a range of inspiring adventures

How to talk to your cat by Jean Craighead George - Describes how cats communicate with people through their behavior and sounds and explains how to talk back to them using sounds, behavior, and body language

Teammates by Peter Golenbock - Describes the racial prejudice experienced by Jackie Robinson when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers and depicts the acceptance and support he received from his white teammate Pee Wee Reese

The wildest race ever : the story of the 1904 Olympic marathon by Meghan McCarthy - The exciting and bizarre true story of the 1904 Olympic marathon, which took place at the St. Louis World's Fair

Firefly July : a year of very short poems by Paul B. Janeczko - Presents a collection of short poems about each season written to demonstrate how a few carefully chosen words and images can invoke powerful messages

Hidden child by Isaac Millman - The author details his difficult experiences as a young Jewish child living in Nazi-occupied France during the 1940s

The grand mosque of Paris : a story of how Muslims saved Jews during the Holocaust by Karen Gray Ruelle - The story of how the Grand Mosque of Paris became the ideal temporary hiding place for escaped prisoners of war and Jews of all ages during WWII

The worst of friends : Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the true story of an American feud by Suzanne Tripp Jurmain - Presents a tribute to the partnership of two founding fathers and how it led to the creation of opposing political parties

The camping trip that changed America : Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and our national parks by Barb Rosenstock - The story of how President Theodore Roosevelt, with the help of naturalist John Muir, decided to support the conservation of national parks