Non-fiction

Language

• Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference! by Lynn Truss; illustrated by Bonnie Timmons (age 5-9)
  
• But and For, Yet and Nor by Brian P. Cleary; illustrated by Brian Gable (age 7-10)

Animals

• Even an Octopus Needs a Home by Irene Kelly (age 4-8)
  
• Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Paula Kahumbu; illustrated by Peter Greste (age 4-8)
• Kazaak! (A Tell-Me-More Storybook) by Sean Cassidy (fiction with non-fiction information in back, age 4-8)
• What to Expect When You’re Expecting Joeys: A Guide for Marsupial Parents (and Curious Kids) by Bridget Heos; illustrated by Stephane Jorisch (age 5-10)

Biography

• Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters by Barack Obama; illustrated by Loren Long (age 4-8)
• John, Paul, George & Ben by Lane Smith (age 5-8)
• Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau by Jennifer Berne; illustrated by Eric Puybaret (ages 5-8)
• The Kid with the Red Juice Mustache and other nostalgic Companions by Erik Korhel; illustrated by Celia Marie Baker (age 5-11)
• The Last Princess : The Story of Princess Ka’iulani of Hawai’i by Fay Stanley; illustrated by Diane Stanley (age 7-10)

Overcoming Differences

• My Princess Boy by Cheryl Kilodavis; illustrated by Suzanne DeSimone (age 4-8)

Science

• Even an Octopus Needs a Home by Irene Kelly (age 4-8)
  
• What to Expect When You’re Expecting Joeys: A Guide for Marsupial Parents (and Curious Kids) by Bridget Heos; illustrated by Stephane Jorisch (age 5-10)
  
• I Feel Better with a Frog in My Throat: History’s Strangest Cures by Carlyn Beccia (Medicine, age 6-10)
• What’s So Special About Planet Earth? by Robert E. Wells (age 7-10)

History

• Climbing Lincoln’s Steps: the African American Journey by Suzanne Slade; illustrated by Colin Bootman (age 5-10)
• I Feel Better with a Frog in My Throat: History’s Strangest Cures by Carlyn Beccia (Medicine, age 6-10)
• Underground: Find the Light to Freedom by Shane W. Evans (age 6-10)

Grammar

• Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference! by Lynne Truss; illustrated by Bonnie Timmons (age 5-9)
• But and For, Yet and Nor by Brian P. Cleary; illustrated by Brian Gable (age 7-11)

Mythology and Legend

• Chinese Mythology by Jim Ollhoff (age 8-13)