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JJ Non-Fiction

Identified by JJ on the spine and shelved by call number in the Juvenile Non-Fiction section (unless otherwise noted).

JJ 398.2 RICE

One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale

Brown, Marcia

JJ 398.245 COYOTE

Coyote and the Fire Stick: A Pacific Northwest Indian Tale
Hillenbrand, Will

JJ 398.245 MONKEY

Monkey: A Trickster Tale from India
Sierra, Judy

JJ 398.8

Big Fat Hen
Baker, Keith

JJ 500

What is Science?
Dotlich, Rebecca Kai

JJ 508

Nature's Patterns

JJ 513.211

Quack and Count
Baker, Keith

JJ 513.211

What's New at the Zoo?: An Animal Adding Adventure
Slade, Suzanne

JJ 513.211

I Spy Under the Sea
Gibbs, Edward

JJ 516

Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes
Murphy, Stuart J.

JJ 516

A Star in My Orange: Looking for Nature's Shapes 
Rau, Dana Meachen

JJ 516.15

So Many Circles, So Many Squares
Hoban, Tana

JJ 519.544

Greater Estimations
Goldstone, Bruce

JJ 520

Stars, Stars, Stars
Barner, Bob

JJ 520 L439 [Biography]

Look Up!: Henrietta Leavitt, Pioneering Woman Astronomer
Burleigh, Robert

(Located in JJ Biography)

JJ 520.23

Astronomers
Haydon, Julie

JJ 530.092 E35 [Biography]

Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein
Brown, Don

(Located in JJ Biography)

JJ 534.078

Sound
Lawrence, Ellen

JJ 534.078 [Early Reader]

How Does a Trumpet Work?
Pipe, Jim

(Located in Early Reader Non-Fiction)

Have more questions? Try the other How What Why books!

JJ 535.6

The Black Book of Colors
Cottin, Menena

JJ 535.6

Lemons Are Not Red
Seeger, Laura Vaccaro

JJ 546.22

I Get Wet
Cobb, Vicki

Want more Science Play?

JJ 551.21

Visiting Volcanoes with a Scientist
McGlone, Catherine

Keep on learning with the I Like Science series!

JJ 551.21 [Early Reader]

Volcanoes!
Schreiber, Anne

(Located in Early Reader Non-Fiction)

JJ 551.48

Water Dance
Locker, Thomas

JJ 551.48

All the Water in the World
Lyon, George Ella

JJ 551.576

Clouds
Rockwell, Anne

JJ 551.577

Splish Splash: A Book about Rain
Sherman, Josepha

JJ 551.5784 B477 [Biography]

Snowflake Bentley
Martin, Jacqueline Briggs

(Located in JJ Biography)

JJ 552

How We Use Rock
Oxlade, Chris

JJ 553.7

Water: A Resource Our World Depends On
Graham, Ian

Learn about Managing Our Resources!

JJ 553.7 [Early Reader]

Water
Neye, Emily

(Located in Early Reader Non-Fiction)

Explore our world with the All Aboard Science Readers!

JJ 571.8

Growing Like Me
Rockwell, Anne

JJ 575.99 [Early Reader]

Meat-Eating Plants: Toothless Wonders
Lawrence, Ellen

(Located in Early Reader Non-Fiction)

Go green with the Plant-ology series!

JJ 577.3

One Small Place in a Tree
Brenner, Barbara

JJ 577.7

Down, Down, Down in the Ocean
Markle, Sandra

JJ 577.789

Coral Reefs
Chin, Jason

JJ 581.7 [Early Reader]

Seed to Plant
Herrington, Lisa M.

(Located in Early Reader Non-Fiction)

Learn about your world with the Rookie Read About Science books!

JJ 582.16

Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf
Ehlert, Lois

JJ 585.5

Redwoods
Chin, Jason

JJ 590

I Spy with My Little Eye
Gibbs, Edward

JJ 590

In My Backyard
Ruurs, Margaret

JJ 590.92 G646 [Biography]

The Watcher: Jane Goodall’s Life with the Chimps
Winter, Jeanette

(Located in JJ Biography)

JJ 591.564

Whose House Is This? A Look at Animal Homes-- Webs, Nests, and Shells
Gregoire, Elizabeth

JJ 591.594

Did You Hear That?: Animals with Super Hearing
Arnold, Caroline

JJ 595.789 [Early Reader]

Great migrations. Butterflies
Marsh, Laura F.

(Located in Early Reader Non-Fiction)

Travel the world with the Great Migrations series!

JJ 597.679 [Early Reader]

Sea Dragons
Schach, David

(Located in Early Reader Non-Fiction)

Zoom into science with the Blastoff Readers!

JJ 599.635

Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship
Hatkoff, Isabella

JJ 599.786

Why Don't Polar Bears Have Stripes?
Smith, Katherine

JJ 599.789

Panda Kindergarten
Ryder, Joanne

JJ 612.8

The Five Senses
Prior, Jennifer

Get real with the Time For Kids Nonfiction Readers!

JJ 621.3 E23 [Biography]

A Wizard from the Start: The Incredible Boyhood and Amazing Inventions of Thomas Edison
Brown, Don

(Located in JJ Biography)

JJ 621.388 F236 [Biography]

The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth
Krull, Kathleen

(Located in JJ Biography)

JJ 621.811

What Do Wheels Do All Day?
Prince, April Jones

JJ 621.811 [Early Reader]

Clever Trevor
Albee, Sarah

(Located in Early Reader Non-Fiction)

JJ 629.4

Space Exploration
Dugan, Christine

JJ 629.4 [Early Reader]

Rockets and Satellites
Zappa, Marcia

(Located in Early Reader Non-Fiction)

JJ 741.5973 [Early Reader]

The Smart Boys
Sudduth, Brent H.

JJ 780

Ah, Music!
Aliki

JJ 780.9

Long Live Music!

JJ 811.008

Spectacular Science: A Book of Poems

JJ 811.54 S568

Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors
Sidman, Joyce

Enjoy a poetry reading with the downloadable audiobook!

Juvenile Non-Fiction

Identified by J on the spine and shelved by call number in the Juvenile Non-Fiction section (unless otherwise noted).

J 001.9

Stuff That Scares Your Pants Off!: The Science Scoop on More Than 30 Terrifying Phenomena!
Murphy, Glenn

J 001.944

Are You Afraid Yet?: The Science Behind Scary Stuff
O'Meara, Stephen James

J 031.02

Atlas of Firsts
Gifford, Clive

J 363.256

Forensics: Uncover the Science and Technology of Crime Scene Investigation
Mooney, Carla

J 500

What's Science All About?
Frith, Alex

J 500

Science
Jackson, Tom

I'm also available as an ebook!

J 502.82

The Usborne Complete Book of the Microscope
Rogers, Kirsteen

J 507.8

Science on the Loose: Amazing Activities and Science Facts You'll Never Believe
Becker, Helaine

J 508

Field Trips: Bug Hunting, Animal Tracking, Bird-watching, Shore Walking with Jim Arnosky
Arnosky, Jim

J 509.22

Great Scientists
Fortey, Jacqueline

The world awaits in the DK Eyewitness books!

J 510.76

Go Figure!
Ball, Johnny

Go electronic with the ebook version!

J 512

Mystery Math: A First Book of Algebra
Adler, David A.

J 520

Amazing Space
Q & A

Goldsmith, Mike

J 520.3 2013

Space Encyclopedia: A Tour of Our Solar System and Beyond
Aguilar, David A.

Expand your mind with National Geographic Kids!

J 520.922 H876 [Biography]

Edwin Hubble: Discoverer of Galaxies
Datnow, Claire L.

Spend some time with the Great Minds of Science!

J 534.078

Experimenting with Sound Science Projects
Gardner, Robert

J 535.352

The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors
Barton, Chris

J 540.76

Crazy Concoctions: A Mad Scientist’s Guide to Messy Mixtures
Brown, Jordan

J 546.078

Fizz, Bubble & Flash!: Element Explorations and Atom Adventures
Brandolini, Anita J.

J 546.8

The Elements: An Illustrated History of the Periodic Table
Jackson, Tom

There are more questions to ask in the Ponderables series!

J 551.023

Volcanologists
Firestone, Mary

Find other Weird Careers in Science!

J 551.457

The Seashore
Parker, Steve

Want to know another 100 things? Check out Inventions and Nocturnal Animals!

J 551.553

Erased by a Tornado!
Rudolph, Jessica

J 551.6

The Everything Kids' Weather Book: From Tornadoes to Snowstorms
Snedeker, Joseph

J 573

Gross Universe: Your Guide to All Disgusting Things Under the Sun
Szpirsglas, Jeff

J 578.62

Science Warriors: The Battle Against Invasive Species
Collard, Sneed B.

J 578.77 C141 [Biography]

A Whale Biologist at Work
Collard, Sneed B.

590

Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom
Holland, Jennifer S.

(Located in Adult Non-Fiction)

J 590.723

Citizen Scientists: Be a Part of Scientific Discovery From Your Own Backyard
Burns, Loree Griffin

J 591.472

Where Else in the Wild? More Camouflaged Creatures Concealed—and Revealed
Schwartz, David M.

J 591.53

Predators
Seidensticker, John

Take a closer look with the Insiders series!

J 591.59

Animal Talk: How Animals Communicate through Sight, Sound and Smell
Kaner, Etta

J 591.65

What’s Eating You: Parasites—The Inside Story
Davies, Nicola

J 591.785

How to Clean a Hippopotamus: A Look at Unusual Animal Partnerships
Jenkins, Steve

J 595.7

Mini Monsters
De la Bédoyère, Camilla

J 598.0723

Look Up!: Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard
Cate, Annette

J 599.4

The Bat Scientists
Carson, Mary Kay

Want to see more Scientists in the Field?

J 599.674

The Elephant Scientist
O’Connell, Caitlin

J 609.2 K71 [Biography]

Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor
McCully, Emily Arnold

J 609.04

Scientific American. Great Inventions of the 20th Century
Jedicke, Peter

Discover the other Scientific American books!

J 613.2

Food Rules!: The Stuff You Munch, Its Crunch, Its Punch, and Why You Sometimes Lose Your Lunch
Haduch, Bill

J 629.4

Seven Wonders of Space Technology
Bortz, Alfred B.

J 629.435

Awesome Space Robots
O'Hearn, Michael

J 629.45

How Does a Rocket Work?
Eason, Sarah

J 629.892

Robots : [From Everyday to Out of This World]

J 709.2 L581

Amazing Leonardo Da Vinci Inventions You Can Build Yourself
Anderson, Maxine

J 709.2 L581 [Biography]

Leonardo Da Vinci
Krull, Kathleen

J 745.5

Nature’s Art Box: From T-shirts to Twig Baskets, 65 Cool Projects for Crafty Kids to Make with Natural Materials You Can Find Anywhere
Martin, Laura C.

J 780

A Young Person's Guide to Music
Ardley, Neil

J 781

Rubber-Band Banjos and a Java Jive Bass: Projects and Activities on the Science of Music and Sound
Sabbeth, Alex

J 781.66

The History of Rock Music
Bergamini, Andrea

J 794.8152

Gaming Technology
Oxlade, Chris

J 808.8193

National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry: 200 Poems That Squeak, Soar, and Roar!

J 811.54 S555

Science, Fresh Squeezed!: 41 Thirst-For-Knowledge-Quenching Poems
Shields, Carol Diggory

J 811.6 H381

What’s for Dinner? Quirky, Squirmy Poems from the Animal World
Hauth, Katherine B.

J 973.3 F831

Amazing Ben Franklin Inventions You Can Build Yourself
Van Vleet, Carmella

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