Kids Nonfiction

Join Basanti and her family as they celebrate Holi! Festivities begin at a Holika Dahan partty, where the bonfire is lit and elders tell traditional Hindu stories about good overcoming evil. The next morning, a celebration like no other unfolds, with delicious food, music, dancing, and gulal throwing, filling the air with a rainbow of color and the promise of new beginnings. (2/3)

Patrick Kelly was one of the most influential fashion designers of the 20th century, but growing up in Vicksburg, Mississippi he didn't see many boys who liked to sew. That didn't stop him from sitting down at his grandma's table and picking up a needle and thread. Patrick loved the way clothes could make someone feel their best, and he dreamed of creating designs full of joy and whimsy. Those dreams brought him to some of the biggest cities in the world, but when he got there, he was told that his clothes were too vibrant, too tacky, and too much! When the fashion world rejected his designs, Patrick just laughed and carried right on working. He created clothes for people like him, outsiders who didn't grow up fitting in but weren't afraid to stand out. He filled his designs with love, and when the world finally recognized his talent, they couldn't help but smile.

I am the river. Blue and green, fast and flowing, sweeping river grasses aside . . . moving between Lake Erie and Detroit. The Detroit River has long had a story to tell. It has seen a time before people. And it has seen many faces cross its waters, from Indigenous people guiding canoes to settlers on its banks and freedom seekers riding the underground railroad north toward liberty, with Bob-Lo Island at the river's end, so close to Canada. At one time, a giant steamboat carried hundreds of excited children and adults to the amusement park that was built on Bob-Lo. But Sarah E. Ray discovered in 1945 that not all people were invited on this boat, to this island, once a symbol of the journey to freedom. It depended, she discovered, on the color of your skin. This is the dramatic story of how one young woman's courage could create a dramatic turning point that would stand out proudly, and forevermore, in the history of a river older than the country called America. (2/3)

The lives and achievements of the Suffragettes told in ten stand-alone stories. (2/5)

The true story of Carlotta Walls LaNier's experience as one of the Little Rock Nine and the brand-new dress she bought in anticipation of her historic first day at an all-white school. (2/5)

A colorful information book filled with 100 fascinating and surprising facts. Which tunes could save a life, and which should come with a health warning? How do talking drums tell the history of Africa? What happens in your brain when you listen to music? Find the answers to these questions and more in 100 Things to Know about Music - an exciting book exploring all corners of the diverse world of music. (2/5)

A gorilla is stronger than a human, but who is the strongest of all? Who's the oldest? Come to think of it, who eats the most? And if we're really asking important questions: who poops the most? (Among mammals, pandas are the champions.) From Earth's largest mountain (it's not Everest, but Hawaii's Mauna Kea) to Typhoon Tip (the most massive storm in recorded history), we'll journey from the microscopic to the vast, from the long-extinct to the futuristic. This is a book of tiny cells and distant galaxies, massive trees and poisonous spiders. Meet the Parker Solar Probe (the fastest space ship), the Argentinosaurus (the largest land animal of all time), as well as deadly volcanos--and a squid with a giant eye. And along the way, comprehend the universe at its most amazing, most astounding and most unbelievable.