Millbrook Press imprint: 259 books
Seeing into Tomorrow
Haiku by Richard Wright
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2018
A remarkable celebration of Richard Wright, poetry, and contemporary black boys at play.
From walking a dog to watching a sunset to finding a beetle, Richard Wright's haiku puts everyday moments into focus. Now, more than fifty years after they were written, these poems continue to reflect our everyday...
Alien Investigation
Searching for the Truth about UFOs and Aliens
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
Imagine . . . you're in the woods after dark. Eerie green lights appear in the distance. Then there's a sudden flash and everything is dark again. You decide to take a closer look. You come upon a saucer-shaped craft hovering silently just above the ground. You reach out to touch it, but the object...
by Trudy Harris
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Tally McNally is an alley cat who loves to tally! He keeps track of all sorts of contests—who wins the most races, who is the tallest, who can climb the most trees, and more. When the results are counted up, Tally is always the winner.
One rainy day, Tally competes to become the “wettest...
Rumble & Spew
Gross Stuff in Your Stomach and Intestines
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
What’s that funny feeling coming from your gut? It could be oozing stomach acid or a booming belch or stinky fart that is ready to burst. These revolting reactions happen during the digestion of food. Once you’ve mashed up and swallowed a meal, your body has to turn it into energy, water, and...
Tortoise, Tree Snake, Gator, and Sea Snake
What Is a Reptile?
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
What is a reptile? Turtles, iguanas, crocodiles, and many other creatures are all reptiles!
Splitting the Herd
A Corral of Odds and Evens
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Miss Emma’s cows just can’t stay put! Each time they wander into Cowboy Kirby’s yard, he uses odd and even numbers to count the herd. Then he sends all the evens back to Emma and keeps the odds for himself. It’s only fair, he thinks. And, besides, Emma sure is cute. Kirby doesn’t notice...
The Clock Struck One
A Time-Telling Tale
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
When the clock strikes one, a fun-loving mouse runs up the clock. But what happens when the clock strikes two? A cat gets hungry for mouse-tail stew . . . and the chase is on! Hour by hour, more animals - and even a few people - join in. The crowd charges into the barnyard, dashes through the kitchen,...
Meet My Family!
Animal Babies and Their Families
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
What kind of families do animal babies have? All different kinds! Charming text and sweet illustrations introduce a wolf pup cared for by the pack, a young orangutan snuggling with its mother high in a tree, a poison dart frog tadpole riding piggyback on its dad, and more. Featuring rhyming verse...
Lion of the Sky
Haiku for All Seasons
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
you gasp as I roar,
my mane exploding, sizzling—
lion of the sky!
Haiku meet riddles in this wonderful collection from Laura Purdie Salas. The poems celebrate the seasons and describe everything from an earthworm to a baseball to an apple to snow angels, alongside full-color illustrations.
by Laura Purdie Salas
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
What would you do if you were the moon? Do you think you would rest quietly in the night sky? Oh, no. The moon does so much more than you might imagine! It spins like a twilight ballerina, plays tug-of-war with the ocean, and lights a pathway for baby sea turtles. Discover the many other roles the moon plays in this whimsical and lyrical picture book.
Fossil by Fossil
Comparing Dinosaur Bones
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018
What dinosaur would you be if you had a bony ridge rising from the back of your skull and three horns poking up from the front?
Answer: a triceratops!
This picture book will keep you guessing as you find out how human skeletons are like—and unlike—those of dinosaurs!
Flower Talk
How Plants Use Color to Communicate
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
This new book from Sara Levine features a cantankerous talking cactus as a narrator, revealing to readers the significance of different colors of flowers in terms of which pollinators (bees, bats, birds, etc.) different colors "talk" to. A fun nonfiction presentation of science info that may be new to many kids—and adults!
Love, Agnes
Postcards from an Octopus
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
Agnes has a beak that can crush bones and arms and stretch wide as a car—but that doesn't make her a monster! After she comes across a postcard, Agnes, a giant Pacific octopus, strikes up a correspondence with various other creatures below—and above—the waves. Readers will delight in this unlikely introduction to the octopus life cycle.
Birds vs. Blades?
Offshore Wind Power and the Race to Protect Seabirds
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
It's a chilly winter evening. A northern gannet lets out a loud graaak. Swiftly and carefully, a scientist scoops the bird off the surface of the water into a net so that a team of experts can implant a high-tech tag. Scientists will track this seabird—and many others—to learn its movement patterns...