Central Kansas Library System

An illuminating debut memoir of a woman in science; a moving portrait of a longtime friendship; and a stunningly fresh look at plants that will forever change how you see the natural world.

Uses Common Core narrative nonfiction approach to tell the true story of a cat that becomes separated from his family when they flee Iraq for refuge in Europe. Their reunion will bring tears to the coldest heart.

He was Sam Clemens, steamboat pilot, before he was Mark Twain, famous author. His better-known name originated with the lingo of navigation, and much of his writing was informed by his shipboard adventures on one of the world's great rivers. In this book, Twain offered recollections ranging from his salad days as a novice pilot to views from the passenger decks in the twilight of the river culture's heyday. Under the tutelage of the most celebrated...

Nobody knows why a stray cat keeps sneaking away from his new home until he begins turning up at social events all over the village.

Call of the cow country -- Cowboy life, good, bad, and plain hell -- The indomitable dude [Otto von Lichtenstein Franc, Pitchfork Ranch, Wyoming] -- The outlaw [Old Joe Wagner] -- Buffalo Bill, the man -- The day the Jarbridge stage was late -- Just tell me where it hurts -- Teenage lion hunters -- Old Spook -- The last shoot-out in Palisade -- Fightin' Larson -- Memoirs of a government trapper -- A part of Will James' life few knew -- A cowboy Thanksgiving...

While describing her humorous adventures with a blacksnake, Betsy Byars recounts childhood anecdotes and explains how she writes a book.

Presents photographs to fascinate young animal lovers, from the kangaroo's inability to walk backward to the aardvark's voracious appetite for termites.