Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology
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Blast Off!: How Mary Sherman Morgan Fueled America Into Space
$18.99 Read moreA New York Public Library Best Book for Kids
The inspirational story of Mary Sherman, the world’s first female rocket scientist, who overcame gender barriers and many failures to succeed. Growing up i- Author: Slade, Suzanne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1684372410
- Language: English
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Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau (Jacques Cousteau Book for Kids, Children’s Ocean Book, Underwater Picture Book for Kids)
$9.99 Add to cartOnce upon a time in France, a baby was born under the summer sun. His parents named him Jacques. As he grew, Jacques fell in love with the sea. He dreamed of breathing beneath the waves and swimming a… [more below]
- Author: Berne, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 38
- Publish Date: March 03 2015
- ISBN10: 1452141231
- Language: English
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Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women
$11.99 Add to cartAward-winning duo Catherine Thimmesh and Melissa Sweet inspire a new generation of innovators in this fascinating celebration of women inventors from diverse backgrounds. For fans of Women Who Dared a
- Author: Thimmesh, Catherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0618195637
- Language: English
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Dr. Jonas Salk: A Little Golden Book Biography
$5.99 Add to cartHelp your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography
about Dr. Jonas Salk, the creator of the polio vaccine. Little Golden Book biographies are the perfect introduction to nonfiction for … [more below]- Series: Little Golden Book
- Author: Hopkinson, Deborah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: September 5, 2023
- ISBN10: 059337925X
- Language: English
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Rebel Girls Level Up: 25 Tales of Gaming and the Metaverse
$8.99 Read moreTRUE STORIES OF CREATORS AND COMMUNITY!
Meet 25 inspiring women in the world of gaming and the metaverse. Read about how they’ve created innovative technology, designed the video games you play, and b- Series: Rebel Girls Minis
- Author: Rebel Girls
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1953424465
- Language: English
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Who Was Marie Curie?
$6.99 Add to cartBorn in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There sh… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Stine, Megan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 07 2014
- ISBN10: 044847896X
- Language: English
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Evelyn the Adventurous Entomologist: The True Story of a World-Traveling Bug Hunter
$17.99 Add to cartBack in 1881, when Evelyn Cheesman was born, English girls were expected to be clean and dressed in frilly dresses. But Evelyn crawled in dirt and collected glow worms in jars. When girls grew up they
- Author: Evans, Christine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 24, 2019
- ISBN10: 1943147663
- Language: English
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I Am I. M. Pei
$15.99 Read moreThe world-renowned architect I. M. Pei is the twenty-fourth hero in the New York Times bestselling picture book biography series. (Cover may vary)
This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the tr- Series: Ordinary People Change the World
- Author: Meltzer, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 052555601X
- Language: English
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What’s in Your Pocket?: Collecting Nature’s Treasures
$17.99 Add to cartCharles Darwin, George Washington Carver, and Jane Goodall were once curious kids with pockets full of treasures!
When you find something strange and wonderful, do you put it in your pocket? Meet nine- Author: Montgomery, Heather L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 14, 2021
- ISBN10: 1623541220
- Language: English
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Who Was Steve Jobs?
$6.99 Add to cartSteve Jobs, adopted in infancy by a family in San Francisco, packed a lot of life into fifty-six short years. In this Who Was…? biography, children will learn how his obsession with computers and te… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Pollack, Pam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: March 29 2012
- ISBN10: 0448462117
- Language: English
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The Lady and the Octopus: How Jeanne Villepreux-Power Invented Aquariums and Revolutionized Marine Biology
$27.99 Read moreJeanne Villepreux-Power was never expected to be a scientist. Born in 1794 in a French village more than 100 miles from the ocean, she pursued an improbable path that brought her to the island of Sici
- Author: Staaf, Danna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1728415772
- Language: English
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Who Was Galileo?
$5.99 Add to cartLike Michelangelo, Galileo is another Renaissance great known just by his first name–a name that is synonymous with scientific achievement. Born in Pisa, Italy, in the sixteenth century, Galileo cont… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Demuth, Patricia Brennan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: February 5, 2015
- ISBN10: 0448479850
- Language: English
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Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?
$6.99 Add to cartOne day in 1882, Thomas Edison flipped a switch that lit up lower Manhattan with incandescent light and changed the way people live ever after. The electric light bulb was only one of thousands of Edi… [more below]
- Series: Who Was…?
- Author: Frith, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 29 2005
- ISBN10: 0448437651
- Language: English
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Malala Yousafzai
$15.99 Add to cartIn this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Malala Yousafzai, the incredible activist for girls’ education and the… [more below]
- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #57
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0711259046
- Language: English
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Becoming a Good Creature
$11.99 Add to cartA New York Times Bestseller
School is not the only place to find a teacher. In this beautiful picture book, learn the many surprising lessons animals have to teach us about friendship, compassion, and
- Author: Montgomery, Sy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 0063312689
- Language: English
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Who Were the Wright Brothers?
$6.99 Add to cartAs young boys, Orville and Wilbur Wright loved all things mechanical. As young men, they gained invaluable skills essential for their success by working with printing presses, bicycles, motors, and an… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Buckley, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: May 1, 2014
- ISBN10: 0448479516
- Language: English
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How to Spacewalk: Step-By-Step with Shuttle Astronauts
$19.99 Read moreAspiring astronauts will be ready for liftoff with this thrilling guide to preparing for and doing a real spacewalk with the first American woman to walk in space as their partner.
What is it like to- Author: Sullivan, Kathryn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1536226211
- Language: English
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The Doctor with an Eye for Eyes: The Story of Dr. Patricia Bath
$18.99 Add to cartChicago Public Library Best of the Best Selection
NSTA Best STEM Books for K-12 Selection
A Mighty Girl Book of the YearIf you like to think big, but some say you’re too small, or they say you’re too y
- Series: Amazing Scientists #2
- Author: Finley Mosca, Julia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 26, 2017
- ISBN10: 1943147310
- Language: English
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Who Was Stephen Hawking?
$6.99 Add to cartLearn more about the renowned British scientist, professor, and author who spent his entire career trying to answer the question: “Where did the universe come from?”
Stephen Hawking was born exactly t- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Gigliotti, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 04 2019
- ISBN10: 0451532481
- Language: English
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I Am Albert Einstein
$9.99 Read more“We can all be heroes” is the message entertainingly told in this New York Times Bestselling picture-book biography series, with this one highlighting Albert Einstein
Each picture book in this series i… [more below]- Series: Ordinary People Change the World
- Author: Meltzer, Brad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0593619161
- Language: English
