Science & Technology
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Wild at Heart: The Story of Olaus and Mardy Murie, Defenders of Nature
$18.99 Read moreMardy and Olaus Murie fell in love in–and with–Alaska. Then set out on an adventure across the Arctic for Olaus’s work as a biologist, encountering the beauty and danger of the wilds along the way.
- Author: Griffith, Evan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 01 2024
- ISBN10: 153411291X
- Language: English
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One Step Sideways, Three Steps Forward: One Woman’s Path to Becoming a Biologist
$29.95 Add to cartThe story of the unorthodox and inspiring life and career of a pioneering biologist
Scientist Rosemary Grant’s journey in life has involved detours and sidesteps–not the shortest or the straightest- Author: Grant, B. Rosemary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0691260591
- Language: English
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Soft Power for the Journey: The Life of a STEM Trailblazer
$31.99 Add to cartThis is a story of an African American woman working at the highest levels in STEM. Dr. Sandra K. Johnson earned a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from Rice University in May 1988, the fi
- Author: Johnson, Sandra K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 310
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1032724250
- Language: English
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Listen Up!: Alexander Graham Bell’s Talking Machine
$5.99 Read moreIT’S 1876 AND THE whole country is celebrating the 100th birthday of the United States. The biggest party is in Philadelphia at the World’s Fair, where the latest and greatest inventions are on displa… [more below]
- Series: Step Into Reading – Level 3
- Author: Kulling, Monica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 28 2007
- ISBN10: 0375831150
- Language: English
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Einstein’s Tutor: The Story of Emmy Noether and the Invention of Modern Physics
$30.00 Add to cartThe revelatory story of an intellectual giant who made foundational contributions to science and mathematics and persevered in the face of discrimination against women in science.
Emmy Noether is one- Author: Phillips, Lee
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1541702956
- Language: English
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Science: A Visual Encyclopedia
$29.99 Add to cartYou’ll be firing on all cylinders with this science spectacular
The exciting exploration of biology, chemistry, and physics is vital reading for curious minds. Science becomes simple and straightforw- Series: Visual Encyclopedia
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 10 2018
- ISBN10: 146547322X
- Language: English
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
$10.95 Read moreThe authoritative edition of Franklin’s autobiography, with a foreword by the eminent Franklin scholar Edmund S. Morgan
“The best and most beautiful edition [of the Autobiography].”–J. H. Plumb, New- Series: Yale Nota Bene
- Author: Franklin, Benjamin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 10 2003
- ISBN10: 0300098588
- Language: English
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Ida Scudder: Healing Bodies, Touching Hearts
$11.99 Add to cartIda Scudder was sure she would never follow in the footsteps of her medical missionary father. But when she witnessed Indian women dying because their religious beliefs didn’t allow male doctors to tr… [more below]
- Series: Christian Heroes: Then & Now
- Author: Benge, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 190
- Publish Date: February 23 2005
- ISBN10: 157658285X
- Language: English
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How Emily Saved the Bridge: The Story of Emily Warren Roebling and the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
$19.99 Read moreThe amazing story of Emily Warren Roebling, the woman who stepped in to oversee the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, which was completed in 1883.
Emily was not an engineer, but she was educated in
- Author: Wishinsky, Frieda
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1773061046
- Language: English
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What Is the Coronavirus Disease Covid-19?
$4.99 Add to cartThe #1 New York Times Best-Selling series tells the story of how COVID-19, a coronavirus, was first identified and how it spread throughout the world in the new Who HQ Now format for trending topics.
… [more below]- Series: Who HQ Now
- Author: Burgan, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: June 22 2021
- ISBN10: 0593383613
- Language: English
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Dr. Fauci: How a Boy from Brooklyn Became America’s Doctor
$17.99 Read moreThe definitive picture book biography of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and one of the most crucial figures in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Befo- Author: Messner, Kate
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: June 29 2021
- ISBN10: 1665902434
- Language: English
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The Secret Lives of Video Games: The Remarkable Stories Behind the World’s Most Famous Video Games
$12.99 Add to cartTake a break from the console and discover the amazing origins behind all your favorite video games!
Did you know that Mario was originally named Jumpman? Or that his iconic hat and moustache were cr
- Author: Abramson, S. E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 118
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1638190992
- Language: English
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Black Inventors: 15 Inventions That Changed the World
$19.99 Add to cartDiscover 15 inventors and inventions that changed the world in this guide for kids ages 8 to 12
Throughout history, Black inventors have achieved some of the world’s greatest advancements in science, t
- Series: Biographies for Kids
- Author: Trusty, Kathy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: May 24 2022
- ISBN10: 9798886086539
- Language: English
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Ordinary Genius: The Story of Albert Einstein
$10.99 Add to cartWhat do you think of when you hear the name Albert Einstein? Perhaps you picture an old man with rumpled clothing, a halo of wild white hair, and an impish grin. You might know that he developed two o
- Series: Trailblazer Biographies
- Author: McPherson, Stephanie Sammartino
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: June 01 1997
- ISBN10: 1575050676
- Language: English
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Black Pioneers of Science and Invention
$9.99 Add to cartDr. Haber has lifted from obscurity 14 remarkably gifted black Americans who played crucial roles in this country’s scientific and industrial progress. Includes photos and illustrations.
- Author: Haber, Louis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 02 1992
- ISBN10: 0152085661
- Language: English
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She Heard the Birds: The Story of Florence Merriam Bailey
$18.95 Read moreMeet Florence Merriam Bailey, a pioneering birder and activist who changed the way we study birds forever, as told through the evocative collage style of artist Andrea D’Aquino.
As a young girl, Flore- Author: D’Aquino, Andrea
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 38
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1648960502
- Language: English
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A Boy and a Jaguar
$19.99 Read more2015 Schneider Family Book Award Winner
* “A candid and deeply resonant account of a hard-fought battle against societal stigma, and an embrace of one’s true talent and calling.” –Publisher’s Weekly… [more below]- Author: Rabinowitz, Alan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 06 2014
- ISBN10: 054787507X
- Language: English
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Bertha Parker: The First Woman Indigenous American Archaeologist
$4.99 Read moreThe Queens of STEAM series explores the life and work of women who’ve made a big impact in a specific area of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math). In this edition, newly independen… [more below]
- Series: Queens of Steam #2
- Author: Bolte, Mari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 122318756X
- Language: English
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Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant
$11.95 Read moreHow much does an elephant weigh? How do you know? How would you know if you didn’t have a modern scale? Six-year-old Cao Chong, the most famous child prodigy in Chinese history, faced just this proble… [more below]
- Author: Daemicke, Songju Ma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 10 2017
- ISBN10: 1628559047
- Language: English
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Who Was Louis Braille?
$6.99 Add to cartLouis Braille certainly wasn’t your average teenager. Blind from the age of four, he was only fifteen when in 1824 he invented a reading system that converted printed words into columns of raised dots… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Frith, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: March 13 2014
- ISBN10: 0448479036
- Language: English
