Five questions for Barbara McClintock
Adèle & Simon by Barbara McClintock, Farrar, 4–7 years.
Where’s Mommy?, written by Beverly Donofrio, Schwartz & Wade, 4–7 years.
Emma and Julia Love Ballet by Barbara McClintock, Scholastic, 4–7 years.

Get a move on
On the Ball by Brian Pinkney, Disney-Hyperion, 3–6 years.
Tiptoe Tapirs by Hanmin Kim, Holiday, 3–6 years.
Waddle! Waddle! by James Proimos, Scholastic, 4–7 years.
Ballet Cat: Dance! Dance! Underpants by Bob Shea, Disney-Hyperion, 5–8 years.

The world around us
Woodpecker Wham! by April Pulley Sayre, illus. by Steve Jenkins, Holt, 2–5 years.
A Chicken Followed Me Home! Questions and Answers About a Familiar Fowl by Robin Page, Simon/Beach Lane, 3–6 years.
Traveling Butterflies by Susumu Shingu, Owlkids, 3–6 years.
Daylight Starlight Wildlife by Wendell Minor, Penguin/Paulsen, 3–6 years.

Identifying with history
American Ace by Marilyn Nelson, Dial, 8–11 years.
The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell, Simon, 8–11 years.
Sweet Home Alaska by Carole Estby Dagg, Penguin/Paulsen, 8–11 years.
I Don’t Know How the Story Ends by J. B. Cheaney, Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky, 9–12 years.

Survival adventures
The Edge by Roland Smith, Houghton, 9–12 years.
The Skeleton Tree by Iain Lawrence, Delacorte, 9–12 years.
The Big Dark by Rodman Philbrick, Scholastic/Blue Sky, 9–12 years.
On the Run by Tristan Bancks, Farrar/Ferguson, 11–15 years.

These titles were featured in the January 2016 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.