In this book you can learn about ancient life, complete fun activities, and explore just some of the more than 220 national parks that are known to preserve fossils and which offer a look into the past.

A children’s book about sea otters featuring engaging illustrations and scientifically accurate content.

This activity book is packed with information, illustrations, and activities designed to educate students of all ages about soil ecosystems.

This activity and coloring book is full of information, illustrations, and activities that teach students of all ages about the symbols of the United States Government.

The Children’s Book Section has prepared this bibliography as a guide in the selection of background reading for young people in connection with the Bicentennial of the American Revolution. The work is part of the Library’s larger bibliographic program for the Bicentennial.

The Constitution's Children is a collection of essays written by schoolchildren to commemorate the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution in 1987. These essays reflect the perspectives of America's children on the significance of the Constitution throughout history and its impact on their futures.

Grady Hayes is a young high school football player being raised by his hard working single mother. His life revolves around football, until-in a game against cross-county rivals-he breaks his leg. Cut off from his teammates, Grady is lost. He takes prescription pills to dull the pain and pass the time. But when his leg finally heals and Grady tries to return to the team, his spot has been filled and he can't relate to his teammates anymore. Grady takes up with Hambone, a brooding older boy, and they start hunting together in the swamp at night.

Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up looking for buried treasure--but when she finds the letter that sent her grandmother on the treasure hunt, she finds herself caught up in the mystery and, with the help of her new friend and fellow book-worm, Brandon, she sets out to find the inheritance, exonerate her grandmother, and expose an injustice once committed against an African American family in Lambert.