Black Potatoes
Susan Campbell Bartoletti Through the voices of the Irish people, Bartoletti tells the history of the Great Famine of the late 1840s. |
Growing Up in Coal Country
Susan Campbell Bartoletti Learn what life was like, especially for children, in coal mines and mining towns in the 19th and early 20th Centuries. |
Terrible Typhoid Mary
Susan Campbell Bartoletti Look beyond the tabloid scandal of Typhoid Mary's controversial life. How she was treated by medical and legal officials reveals a story of human rights, entangled with the science of pathology and enduring questions about who Mary Mallon really was. |
They Called Themselves the K.K.K.
Susan Campbell Bartoletti When six young men pulled pillowcases over their heads and ran through the streets of Pulaski, TN, they began the Ku Klux Klan, which soon grew into a network spread across the South. This is the chilling story of how a secret terrorist group took root in America’s democracy. |
Can I See Your I.D.?
Chris Barton Ten true stories of people who created wild and wacky false identities! |
Digging for Bird Dinosaurs
Nic Bishop The story of a team of paleontologists who went on an expedition to Madagascar in 1998 to search for fossil birds. |
How They Croaked
Georgia Bragg A look at the deaths of several famous people throughout history. |
The Hive Detectives
Loree Griffin Burns Dave's bees have a busy schedule, pollinating all around the US. When Dave inspected 400 of his hives and found that the bees had vanished, a team of scientists got to work. |
Tracking Trash
Loree Griffin Burns Learn about the work of a man who tracks trash as it travels great distances by way of ocean currents. |
ADHD in HD
Jonathan Chesner A collection of frank personal stories of failure and success, hilarious anecdotes, and point-blank advice from an author with ADHD. |
Ghostly Evidence
Kelly Milner Halls Explore what ghosts are and meet some ghost busters. Check out the equipment ghost hunters use and see their most convincing evidence. Finally, look at some famous hoaxes. |
Moonbird
Phillip Hoose The survival tale of a shorebird who has endured annual migrations between Argentina and the Arctic. |
We Were There, Too!
Phillip Hoose Biographies of young people from American history, including explorers, spies, and civil rights workers. |
Titanic: Voices From the Disaster
Deborah Hopkinson Hear the tale of the sinking of the Titanic using the narratives of the witnesses and survivors to the disaster. |
Red Madness
Gail Jarrow 100 years ago, a mysterious illness called pellagra spread across America, striking hundreds of thousands of victims. Learn how doctors and public health officials defeated it. |
Wheels of Change
Sue Macy Take a lively look at women's history from aboard a bicycle, which granted females the freedom of mobility and helped empower women's liberation. |
Kakapo Rescue
Sy Montgomery On a remote island off the coast of New Zealand live the last 91 kakapo parrots on earth. Learn how the Kakapo Recovery Team is working to restore the kakapo population. |
An American Plague
Jim Murphy The true story of Philadelphia’s yellow fever epidemic of 1793. |
The Book of Blood
H. P. Newquist A tour of the world of blood, from ancient history to modern science—with an occasional trip to the very strange side of the most important tissue in our bodies. |
Hand in Hand
Andrea Davis Pinkney Short biographies of ten Black men who changed America. |
The Secret Life of Money
Kira Vermond Explores the many aspects of money, including shopping, credit, and charity, and educates readers about personal finance. |
Secrets of a Civil War Submarine
Sally M. Walker The story of the Civil War submarine H. L. Hunley, why it sank, and how it was recovered. |