Millbrook Press publishes informational titles for grades K–5 that offer fresh perspectives, unusual points of view, and a good dose of humor, while Carolrhoda Books spark children’s imaginations and offer new ways of looking at the world. These fact-filled books draw listeners in with engaging writing and a wide variety of genres encompassed, from coming-of-age stories to exceptional nonfiction to mysteries.

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A Leaf Can Be … by Laura Purdie Salas
Water Can Be … by Laura Purdie Salas
A Rock Can Be … by Laura Purdie Salas
Cold, Crunchy, Colorful: Using Our Senses by Jane Brocket
An Ambush of Tigers: A Wild Gathering of Collective Nouns by Betsy R. Rosenthal
Whose Hands Are These?: A Community Helper Guessing Book by Miranda Paul
Plants Can’t Sit Still by Rebecca E. Hirsch
All Kinds of Friends by Shelley Rotner and Sheila M. Kelly
A Dog Named Haku: A Holiday Story from Nepal by Margarita Engle, Amish Karanjit, and Nicole Karanjit
A Fall Ball for All by Jamie A. Swenson
Hidden Animal Colors by Jane Park
A Garden in Your Belly: Meet the Microbes in Your Gut by Masha D’yans
Night Creatures: Animals That Swoop, Crawl, and Creep while You Sleep by Rebecca E. Hirsch
Make Way for Animals!: A World of Wildlife Crossings by Meeg Pincus
If We Were Gone: Imagining the World without People by John Coy
Monkey with a Tool Belt and the Craftiest Christmas Ever! by Chris Monroe
I See Sea Food: Sea Creatures That Look Like Food by Jenna Grodzicki
Night Becomes Day: Changes in Nature by Cynthia Argentine
Robo-Motion: Robots That Move Like Animals by Linda Zajac
Hoop Genius: How a Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball by John Coy
Game Changer: John McLendon and the Secret Game by John Coy
Niko Draws a Feeling by Bob Raczka
A Valentine for Frankenstein by Leslie Kimmelman
Undercover Ostrich by Joe Kulka