How Things Work/Are Made
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Wheels Make the World Go Round: Simple Machines for Kids
$13.95 Add to cart*Selected as a “recommended title” by the Kansas National Education Association’s Reading Circle Commission
Learn how simple machines make work easier in these colorful nonfiction picture books all ab
- Series: Picture Book Science
- Author: Diehn, Andi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1647411106
- Language: English
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Electricity: Circuits, Static, and Electromagnets with Hands-On Science Activities for Kids
$17.95 Add to cartFascinating explanations of something we use every day! Kids ages 8 to 12 discover where electricity comes from, how it works, and how we can make it more efficient.
It’s everywhere. In our homes, scho
- Series: Build It Yourself
- Author: Van Vleet, Carmella
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1647410061
- Language: English
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Mammoth Science: The Big Ideas That Explain Our World
$21.99 Add to cartDavid Macaulay’s troupe of curious mammoths lead you through the basics of physics, biology, and chemistry in this unconventional and highly original guide to science.
From the interior of an atom to- Series: DK David Macaulay How Things Work
- Author: Macaulay, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 04 2020
- ISBN10: 1465491465
- Language: English
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A Day in the Life of a Poo, a Gnu, and You
$17.99 Add to cartPacked with comics, diagrams, and “secret diaries,” this book is a wondrous, encyclopedic glance at a dizzying host of different things–from hearts to farts to coconuts–and makes a hilarious and inf… [more below]
- Author: Barfield, Mike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 16 2021
- ISBN10: 1534467211
- Language: English
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Pulleys Pull Their Weight: Simple Machines for Kids
$13.95 Add to cart*Selected as a “recommended title” by the Kansas National Education Association’s Reading Circle Commission
Learn how simple machines make work easier in these colorful nonfiction picture books all ab
- Series: Picture Book Science
- Author: Diehn, Andi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1647410908
- Language: English
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Stephen Biesty’s Incredible Cross Sections of Everything
$21.99 Add to cartHow many rivets and bolts hold the wings of a Boeing 777 plane together? Why does an astronaut’s spacesuit have a layer of liquid-cooled underwear? Who puts the jam in doughnuts?
Find out the answers- Series: Stephen Biesty Cross Sections
- Author: Platt, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 26 2020
- ISBN10: 1465490000
- Language: English
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Science Comics: Skyscrapers: The Heights of Engineering
$13.99 Add to cartLeave no brick unturned in John Kerschbaum’s Science Comics: Skyscrapers, the latest volume in First Second’s action-packed nonfiction graphic novel series for middle-grade readers
Every volume of Sc- Series: Science Comics
- Author: Kerschbaum, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 19 2019
- ISBN10: 1626727945
- Language: English
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The Plan for the Gingerbread House: A STEM Engineering Story
$11.99 Add to cartThe Plan for the Gingerbread HouseA STEM Engineering Story
Come one, come all! The Gingerbread Fair opens soon!
Teams of kids are baking, building, and decorating. The project guidelines are clear: the
- Author: Pattison, Darcy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 34
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1629441589
- Language: English
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Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction
$12.99 Add to cartA Caldecott Honor Book
Readers worldwide recognize Caldecott Medal winner David Macaulay’s imaginary Cathedral of Chutreaux. This critically acclaimed book has been translated into a dozen languages an
- Series: Sandpiper
- Author: Macaulay, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: October 26 1981
- ISBN10: 0395316685
- Language: English
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¿Para Qué Sirve?
$16.00 Add to cartThis book likes to ask questions. It prefers a world full of questions over a world with definitive answers. Deep inside, this book likes to stir things up and pose difficult questions since it knows … [more below]
- Author: Matoso, Madalena
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: May 26 2023
- ISBN10: 195847990X
- Language: Spanish
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Floating in Space
$8.99 Add to cartRead and find out about voyages to space in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.
Don’t jump! If you’re on the space shuttle, that is. Astronauts never jump in space. They usually drink
- Series: Let’s-Read-And-Find-Out Science 2 #1
- Author: Branley, Franklyn M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 01 1998
- ISBN10: 64451429
- Language: English
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Engineering for Curious Kids: An Illustrated Introduction to Design, Building, Problem Solving, Materials – And More!
$14.99 Add to cartFrom spectacular skyscrapers to microchips, young readers can discover the miracles of engineering with this vibrantly illustrated, inspirational and accessible hardback.
Engineering makes the world- Series: Curious Kids
- Author: Oxlade, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1398820180
- Language: English
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STEM Starters for Kids Geology Activity Book: Packed with Activities and Geology Facts
$8.99 Add to cartEvery boy and girl needs a solid background in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) and geology is one of the science that excites kids, parents, and teachers and can ignite a lifelong love o… [more below]
- Series: Stem Starters for Kids
- Author: Jacoby, Jenny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 21 2019
- ISBN10: 1631584278
- Language: English
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Concrete: From the Ground Up
$18.99 Add to cartA stylish, eye-opening, utterly engaging, and often wry look at one of the marvels of the material world, from the ground up.
From a lowly mixture of stone, sand, water, and cement have sprung sidewa
- Series: Material Marvels
- Author: Theule, Larissa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 27, 2022
- ISBN10: 1536212504
- Language: English
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Spectrum Science, Grade 3
$12.99 Read moreThird Grade Science Book for kids ages 8-9
Support your child’s educational journey with Spectrum Grade 3 Science Workbook that teaches basic science skills to 3rd grade students.
3rd Grade Science Wo
- Series: Spectrum
- Author: Spectrum
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: August 15, 2014
- ISBN10: 1483811670
- 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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Unbuilding
$12.99 Add to cartThis fictional account of the dismantling and removal of the Empire State Building describes the structure of a skyscraper and explains how such an edifice would be demolished.
- Series: Sandpiper
- Author: Macaulay, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 78
- Publish Date: October 26, 1987
- ISBN10: 0395454255
- Language: English
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Lonely Planet Kids How Airports Work Activity Book
$8.99 Add to cartGet ready to explore airports inside and out in this jam-packed activity and sticker book! Design your own passport, get through the runway maze, color in a futuristic airport, unscramble anagrams, fi
- Series: How Things Work
- Author: Kids, Lonely Planet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: June 16 2020
- ISBN10: 1838691065
- Language: English
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George Washington’s Engineer: How Rufus Putnam Won the Siege of Boston without Firing a Shot
$24.99 Add to cart2024 Best STEM Book – National Science Teaching Association
In January 1776, George Washington had a problem: the British army controlled the city of Boston. The colonial army needed to force the Briti
- Author: Pattison, Darcy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 34
- Publish Date: July 11, 2023
- ISBN10: 1629442208
- Language: English
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Cardboard Box Engineering: Cool, Inventive Projects for Tinkerers, Makers & Future Scientists
$18.99 Add to cartCardboard is everywhere For creative kids aged 9 to 14, it’s the perfect eco-friendly building material, and Cardboard Box Engineering is the perfect guide to get them started on inventive tinkering…. [more below]
- Author: Adolph, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 27 2020
- ISBN10: 1635862140
- Language: English
