Display: The Year of the Snake

Death Adders

By Davy Sweazey

Minneapolis, MN: Bellwether Media, 2014. Informational. 24 pages.

Learn about how death adders live and hunt. --Editor

Florida's Burmese Pythons: Squeezing the Everglades

By Miriam Aronin

New York: Bearport Publishing, 2016. Informational. 32 pages.

In this book, readers learn how the Burmese Python is an invasive species in the state of Florida. -- Publisher

Cottonmouth

By Deb Tuttle Nelson

North Mankato, MN: Rourke Educational Media, 2019. Informational. 32 pages.

Meet the stealthy cottonmouth and learn how it can hunt in the dark and under water, hatch eggs without a nest, and scare away threats in surprising ways! You'll also learn to spot the differences between this venomous snake and harmless water snakes. --Publisher

Snakes

By Nic Bishop

New York: Scholastic Nonfiction, 2012. Informational. 48 pages.

Join acclaimed naturalist and photographer Nic Bishop as he explores the scary world of snakes. --Editor

Rattlesnake vs. Secretary Bird

Written by Jerry Pallotta

Illustrated by Rob Bolster

New York: Scholastic, 2016. Informational. 32 pages.

Check out how these amazing real life creatures match up. Who's the strongest, fastest, biggest and baddest? In a fight to the finish, who would win? --Editor

Where Are You?

By Sarah Williamson

New York: Knopf, 2017. Picture Book.

A little green snake wants to spend the day with a little pink snake, but they get separated. The search takes them around the park, on a bicycle, and many more surprising places on a summer day. --Editor

That's Mine!

By Michel van Zeveren

Wellington, NZ: Gecko Press, 2013. Picture Book.

In the jungle, the mighty jungle, a little frog finds an egg. "That's mine!" he says. But the snake wants his egg, and so does the eagle, and so does the lizard. --Editor

Boa's Bad Birthday

Written by Jeanne Willis

Illustrated by Tony Ross

Minneapolis, MN: Anderson Press USA, 2014. Picture Book.

Boa is hoping to enjoy his best birthday ever, but most of his friends' gifts are very disappointing. --Editor

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Review: The Factory

The Factory By Catherine Egan New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., 2025. Fiction. 306 pages. Thirteen-year-old Asher Doyle has been invited to join the Factory, a secretive research facility in the desert which ostensibly extracts renewable energy from the electromagnetic fields of its young recruits. But Asher soon realizes something sinister is going on. Kids are getting sick. The adults who run the Factory seem to be keeping secrets. And the extraction process is not only painful and exhausting, but existentially troubling. Asher makes a handful of new friends who help him with an investigation that turns into a resistance, which turns into...a cliffhanger! The Factory is a page-turning sci-fi with multidimensional characters, an intriguing plot, and refreshingly straight-forward writing. Egan weaves in detail about climate crises and social unrest, making the story's dystopian setting feel rich and plausible. With its sophisticated themes and accessible storytelling, I would recomm...

If You Like...KPop Demon Hunters

KPop Demon Hunters has been one of the most talked-about movies of the summer. If you loved this movie as much as I did, you don't want the magic (or the music) to stop. Try reading these books that touch on some of the same topics and themes as the animated hit! Brick Dust and Bones By M. R. Fournet New York: Feiwel and Friends, 2023. Fiction. 247 pages. Orphaned Marius works in the family business--as their cemetery's ghost caretaker. However, Marius also moonlights as a monster hunter in order to earn the costly Mystic currency he needs to bring his mother back from the dead. As the window to bring his mother back begins to close, Marius's exploits get more and more dangerous, and he may have set his sights on a monster too big to handle on his own. Like Mira, Marius longs for familial connection, and his work as a monster hunter will satisfy the thrill of demon hunting for fans the movie. Where's Halmoni? By Julie J. Kim Seattle, WA: Little Bigfoot, 2017. Comics. W...

Review: Finding Lost

Finding Lost By Holly Goldberg Sloan New York: Rocky Pond Books, 2025. Fiction. 208 pages. Middle schooler Cordy, along with her mom and little brother, Geno, are still learning how to adjust to their life after “The Accident,” a tragic boating accident that cost their father’s life. When Cordy is walking home from school one day, she finds a little stray dog who the family nicknames Lost, and as he joins their family, he helps them rediscover all of the beauty that life has to offer. Holly Goldberg Sloane delivers a heart-warming and poignant novel about loss, family, and perseverance. This was a well-written novel that could appeal to a wide range of readers. Any middle schooler will be able to relate to Cordy’s experience of dealing with change, and those who have experienced a similar loss will be sure to find solace in this beautiful story.

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