History of Science
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Flush It Down: The Story of Sewers Through Time
$19.99 Read moreHold your nose and dive into the smelly but surprisingly fascinating world of sewers!
From the mighty Cloaca Maxima of Ancient Rome to the revolting, waste-filled streets of the Middle Ages, and on t
- Author: Flowers, Rob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 1800660642
- Language: English
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Why Communities Need Engineers: Helping Humans Live Together
$29.95 Read moreCommunity is essential for humans. But living together comes with challenges–challenges often solved by engineers!
Access to clean drinking water? Engineers did that. Managing garbage? Engineers too.
- Series: Orca Timeline
- Author: Liang, Helen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 1459840534
- Language: English
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Fever Year: The Killer Flu of 1918: A Graphic Novel
$15.99 Add to cartFrom the Sibert Honor-winning creator behind The Unwanted and Drowned City comes one of the darkest episodes in American history: the Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1918. This nonfiction graphic novel … [more below]
- Author: Brown, Don
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 0063489597
- Language: English
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A Comic Book History of the Big Bang and Beyond
$19.99 Read moreA clever comic strip adventure that takes kids on a trip through Earth’s incredible history!
Here’s a simple, easy-to-understand chronicle of Earth’s long history – 4.5 billion years, to be exact. Star
- Series: Comic Book History #1
- Author: Claybourne, Anna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 152531503X
- Language: English
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Why Trust a Scientist?: Shared Knowledge for a Bright Future
$26.95 Read moreCalling all future scientists!
Our world is changing quickly, and our shared challenges can seem overwhelming. We need scientists to tackle climate change, harness the power of artificial intelligence
- Series: Orca Think
- Author: MacDonald, Kate
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: April 14 2026
- ISBN10: 1459842103
- Language: English
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The Real Rosalind: The Truth about Rosalind Franklin’s DNA Discovery and How It Was Erased
$19.99 Read moreShe was called angry, irascible, and combative. But more than anything else? She was correct.
Ask most people what they know about DNA and they might be able to tell you some basics: It exists inside
- Author: Dunn, Debbie Loren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 07 2026
- ISBN10: 9798765627709
- Language: English
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American Moonshot Young Readers’ Edition: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race
$9.99 Add to cartIn anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, New York Times bestselling author and historian Douglas Brinkley delivers a young readers’ edition of a story rooted in heroism, brav
- Author: Brinkley, Douglas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 14 2020
- ISBN10: 0062660292
- Language: English
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One Cosmic Rock: The Story of the Asteroid That Changed Our World
$19.95 Add to cartA poetic look at a defining event in Earth’s history
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid hurtled through space toward an ancient Earth that looked very different from the one we know today. Back
- Author: Krossing, Karen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 17 2026
- ISBN10: 1771475595
- Language: English
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An Epic History of Failure: A Blundering Book Full of Fun Facts and Mindless Mishaps
$17.99 Add to cartNo one takes pride in it, but it is funny to see others fail. Take an educational and entertaining tour through history, visiting some of humankind’s silliest decisions and the lessons we’ve learned (
- Series: Wacky Histories
- Author: Younger, Natalie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1684495636
- Language: English
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Discovering Life’s Story: The Birth of Genetics
$24.99 Add to cartCan we crack the code to life itself? In the third volume in the Discovering Life’s Story series, scientists compete to decipher the genetic blueprint behind all life on earth.
It’s the dawn of the tw- Series: Discovering Life’s Story
- Author: Hakim, Joy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 196
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 153622295X
- Language: English
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Left-Handed: Getting a Grip on Handedness
$19.95 Add to cartA cross-disciplinary look at the history, mystery, and facts of left-handedness
Most of us define ourselves as lefties or righties based on the hand we use for writing. But what makes people prefer on
- Author: Birmingham, Maria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 27 2026
- ISBN10: 1771476206
- Language: English
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Outer Space
$7.99 Add to cartBlast off into outer space with this interactive trivia book from Jeopardy! host and champion and New York Times bestselling author Ken Jennings–featuring updated facts!Take one giant leap into space… [more below]
- Series: Ken Jennings’ Junior Genius Guides
- Author: Jennings, Ken
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: December 09 2025
- ISBN10: 1665982705
- Language: English
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Change Is in the Air: The Hidden Discoveries of Eunice Newton Foote, the First Climate Scientist
$18.99 Add to cart★ “A decidedly tardy tribute to a brilliant 19th-century scientist and suffragist…A nuanced portrait of a woman who was ahead of her times in more ways than one.” —Kirkus, starred review
This- Author: Donnelly, Rebecca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1250828538
- Language: English
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Plague-Busters!: Medicine’s Battles with History’s Deadliest Diseases
$12.99 Add to cartFrom New York Times bestselling author Lindsey Fitzharris, a riveting middle grade nonfiction book about diseases that have shaped the course of human history.
* “Chock-full of awesomely appalling med- Author: Fitzharris, Lindsey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 1547618612
- Language: English
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The Big Book of Pi: The Famous Number You Can Never Know
$22.95 Read more★ “An astonishing, delightful, and illuminating celebration of mathe-magics.” – Kirkus (STARRED review)
A Junior Library Guild Selection
A mathe-magician explores what makes Pi so intriguing, so u
- Author: Aubin, Jean-Baptiste
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 3039640895
- Language: English
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Big Ideas from Science: How Scientific Discoveries Shape Our Lives
$29.99 Add to cartFrom the team that created Big Ideas For Curious Minds, an introduction to the history of science and its impact on the world today
Science is all around us, helping to explain the ideas that matter in… [more below]
- Series: Big Ideas #4
- Author: School of Life, The
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 1916753124
- Language: English
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Venus! Fierce and Fabulous
$18.99 Add to cartPrepare for a dazzling encounter with the solar system’s most glamorous resident in VENUS!–the latest stellar “autobiography” in the OUR UNIVERSE series from the dynamic duo of Stacy McAnulty and Ste
- Series: Our Universe #9
- Author: McAnulty, Stacy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1250334470
- Language: English
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How to Have a Thought: A Walk with Charles Darwin
$19.99 Add to cartTake a walk with Charles Darwin in this electrifying new picture book from Sibert Medalist Nicholas Day.
How do you work through a complicated idea, solve a tricky problem, or make a big discovery? Ch- Author: Day, Nicholas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 13 2026
- ISBN10: 0823458504
- Language: English
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?Santiago! Santiago Ram?n Y Cajal: Artista, Cient?fico Y Travieso / Santiago! Santiago Ram?n Y Cajal: Artist, Scientist, Troublemaker
$16.95 Add to cartUna novela gr?fica donde conocer?s la historia de Santiago Ram?n y Cajal, el peque?o artista travieso que se convirti? en el padre de la neurociencia moderna.
Santiago Ram?n y Cajal quer?a ser artista- Author: Hosler, Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 12 2025
- ISBN10: 9798890983961
- Language: Spanish
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Outer Space
$19.99 Add to cartBlast off into outer space with this interactive trivia book from Jeopardy! host and champion and New York Times bestselling author Ken Jennings–featuring updated facts!
Take one giant leap into spac- Series: Ken Jennings’ Junior Genius Guides
- Author: Jennings, Ken
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: December 09 2025
- ISBN10: 9798347101788
- Language: English
