Ada Twist, scientist by Beaty, Andrea 

BTSB Prebound(Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2016)

BTSB #: 100451 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-7   
AR: 3.4 LG RC: 3.3 K-2 Lexile: 550 AD F&P: P

Genres: Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Curiosity - Fiction Scientists - Fiction Science - Experiments - Fiction Perseverance (Ethics) - Fiction Stories in rhyme

Summary: Ada Twist is a very curious girl who shows perseverance by asking questions and performing experiments to find things out and understand the world.

Elbert, the curious clock tower bear by Prahin, Andrew 

BTSB Prebound(Putnam, 2019)

BTSB #: 730337 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 610

Genres: Animals

Subjects: Curiosity - Fiction Bears - Fiction Clocks and watches - Fiction

Summary: Elbert, one of five mechanical bears in the town's old clock tower, has disrupted the proper operation of the clock for the last time, and he is given twenty-four hours to assuage his curiosity about the world below before he will be allowed back in the clock tower.

Ginny Goblin is not allowed to open this box by Goodner, David 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018)

BTSB #: 386049 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
AR: 3.7 LG Lexile: 580 AD

Genres: Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Curiosity - Fiction Goblins - Fiction Humorous fiction

Summary: Ginny tries to reach and open a box using a chair, then a grappling hook, then a catapult, while the narrator suggests ways to keep her away from it.

Lunes con un genio loco [Casa del arbol. Mision Merlin (Magic tree house. Merlin mission--Spanish) Volume: #38]by Osborne, Mary Pope 

BTSB PreboundSPANISH(Lectorum, 2018)

BTSB #: 693329 Available

Dewey: FAges: 7-10   


Genres: Spanish Bilingual Chapter Books Science Fiction

Subjects: Leonardo, - da Vinci,|d1452-1519 - Fiction Time travel - Fiction Magic - Fiction Siblings - Fiction Curiosity - Fiction Spanish language - Reading materials Florence (Italy) - History|y1421-1737 - Fiction Italy - History|y1492-1559 - Fiction

Summary: Jack and Annie travel 500 years back in time to Florence, Italy, and spend a day helping Leonardo da Vinci in the hope of learning another secret of happiness.

Madame Badobedah by Dahl, Sophie 

BTSB Prebound(Walker Books, 2020)

BTSB #: 254483 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   
AR: 4.2 LG

Genres: Mystery Fiction Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Hotels and motels - Fiction Humorous fiction Old age - Fiction Curiosity - Fiction

Summary: There's a strange new guest at the Mermaid Hotel -- a very old lady with a growly voice, bags stuffed with jewelry and coins and curiosities, and a beady-eyed pet tortoise. Mabel, whose parents run the hotel, is suspicious. Who is this Madame Badobedah who has come to stay indefinitely and never has any visitors? To find out, Mabel puts on her spy costume and observes the new guest.

Many worlds of Albie Bright by Edge, Christopher 

BTSB Prebound(Delacorte, 2017)

BTSB #: 303227 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 6.2 MG RC: 7.5 3-5 Lexile: 960 F&P: W

Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Space and time - Fiction Mothers - Death - Fiction Grief - Fiction Curiosity - Fiction Astrophysicists - Fiction Adventure fiction Science fiction

Summary: When Albie's mother dies from cancer, his father explains that she may be alive in a parallel universe, so he decides to universe-hop and find her with the help of a banana, a laptop, and a box.

Oliver the curious owl by Otis, Chad 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2020)

BTSB #: 694152 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
F&P: L

Genres: Animals Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Curiosity - Fiction Questions and answers - Fiction Friendship - Fiction Owls - Fiction Insects - Fiction

Summary: A curious owl and a friendly bug ask questions that lead them on a grand adventure away from--and back to--their home tree.

Suitcase by Naylor-Ballesteros, Chris 

BTSB Prebound(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020)

BTSB #: 668822 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-7   


Genres: Animals

Subjects: Animals - Fiction Strangers - Fiction Curiosity - Fiction Etiquette - Fiction Respect - Fiction

Summary: When a weary stranger arrives one day, with only a suitcase, everyone is full of questions.

Ventanas by Denos, Julia 

PaperbackSPANISH(Candlewick Press, 2021)

BTSB #: 273893 Available

Dewey: EAges: 3-7   


Genres: Spanish Language General Fiction

Subjects: Windows - Fiction Curiosity - Fiction Neighborhoods - Fiction Spanish language - Reading materials

Summary: Walking his dog at dusk, one boy catches glimpses of the lives around him in this ode to autumn evenings, exploring your neighborhood, and coming home. In Spanish.