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• Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845–1850Susan Campbell Bartoletti
• BonesChristine Webster
• Come Back, Salmon: How a Group of Dedicated Kids Adopted Pigeon Creek and Brought it Back to LifeMolly Cone
• Delivering Justice: W.W. Law and the Fight for Civil RightsJim Haskins
• The Double Life of PocahontasJean Fritz
• Experiments with ElectricitySalvatore Tocci
• Extreme Animals: The Toughest Creatures on EarthNicola Davies
• The First Americans: Prehistory–1600 (A History of US)*Joy Hakim
• For the Love of Chimps: The Jane Goodall StoryMartha E. Kendall
• The Frog ScientistPamela Turner
• Hidden Worlds: Looking Through a Scientist's MicroscopeStephen Kramer
• If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther KingEllen Levine
• If You Lived with the Sioux IndiansAnn McGovern
• If You Lived When There Was Slavery in AmericaAnne Kamma
• John MuirKathryn Lasky
• Leonardo da VinciDiane Stanley
• Lewis and ClarkGeorge Sullivan
• Mandela: From the Life of the South African StatesmanFloyd Cooper
• The New Nation: 1789–1850 (A History of US)Joy Hakim
• Quest for the Tree KangarooSy Montgomery
• Rachel CarsonKathleen V. Kudlinski
• Sea Queens: Women Pirates Around the WorldJane Yolen
• So You Want to Be An Inventor?Judith St. George
• Starry MessengerPeter Sis
• Thomas EdisonG. Sullivan
• We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League BaseballKadir Nelson
• What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?Jean Fritz
• Who Was Albert Einstein?Jess M. Brallier
• Who Was Ferdinand Magellan?Sydelle Kramer