Science & Technology
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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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Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West
$18.00 Add to cartFrom the “dean of Western writers” (The New York Times) and the Pulitzer Prize winning-author of Angle of Repose and Crossing to Safety, a fascinating look at the old American West and the man who pro
- Author: Stegner, Wallace
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: March 01, 1992
- ISBN10: 0140159940
- Language: English
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Spare Parts (Young Readers’ Edition): The True Story of Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and an Impossible Dream
$19.99 Add to cartA riveting true story about dreams, dedication, and an amazing robot named Stinky, based on Joshua Davis’ New York Times bestseller and now adapted for young readers by bestselling Mexican American au
- Author: Davis, Joshua
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 30 2023
- ISBN10: 037438861X
- Language: English
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The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London’s Poop Pollution Problem
$18.99 Add to cartA Robert F. Sibert Honor Book!
Discover the true story about the determined engineer who fixed London’s pollution problem in this funny, accessible nonfiction picture book featuring engaging art from- Author: Paeff, Colleen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 31 2021
- ISBN10: 1534449299
- 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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Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
$22.00 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK – ONE OF GQ‘s TOP 50 BOOKS OF LITERARY JOURNALISM IN THE 21st CENTURY – The heartrending story of a midcentury American family with twelve childre… [more below]
- Author: Kolker, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0525562648
- Language: English
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Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field: How Two Men Revolutionized Physics
$18.00 Add to cartTwo of the boldest and most creative scientists of all time were Michael Faraday (1791-1867) and James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879). This is the story of how these men, separated in age by forty years, d… [more below]
- Author: Forbes, Nancy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: June 18 2019
- ISBN10: 1633886077
- Language: English
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Masked Hero: How Wu Lien-Teh Invented the Mask That Ended an Epidemic
$18.99 Read moreMeet Dr. Wu Lien-teh, defeater of the Manchurian plague–in a story authored by his great-granddaughter, an emergency physician who relied on his life-saving invention during a pandemic a century late… [more below]
- Author: Liu, Shan Woo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1536228982
- Language: English
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I Am Amelia Earhart
$16.99 Add to cartGroundbreaking American pilot Amelia Earhart is the 2nd hero in the New York Times bestselling picture book biography series for ages 5 to 8. (Cover may vary)
Amelia Earhart refused to accept no for a… [more below]- Series: Ordinary People Change the World
- Author: Meltzer, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 14, 2014
- ISBN10: 0803740824
- 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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How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
$28.00 Add to cart“Pollan keeps you turning the pages . . . cleareyed and assured.” —New York Times
A #1 New York Times Bestseller, New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2018, and New York Times Notable Book A b- Author: Pollan, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: May 15 2018
- ISBN10: 1594204225
- 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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Notable Notebooks: Scientists and Their Writings
$19.99 Add to cartNotable Notebooks: Scientists and Their Writings brings to life the many ways in which everyone from Galileo to Jane Goodall has used a science notebook, including to sketch their observations, imagin… [more below]
- Author: Fries-Gaither, Jessica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1681403072
- 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
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Mae Jemison
$15.99 Add to cartIn this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Mae Jemison, scientist, astronaut, and the first ever black woman in s
- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #85
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 13, 2022
- ISBN10: 0711270953
- Language: English
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Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon
$20.95 Add to cartYou’ve seen the building. Now meet the man whose life went into it.
Philip Freelon’s grandfather was an acclaimed painter of the Harlem Renaissance. His father was a successful businessman who attended
- Author: Lyons, Kelly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 14 2020
- ISBN10: 1620149559
- Language: English
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The Physics Book
$21.99 Add to cartHow do magnets generate electricity? What is antimatter? Is time travel possible?
Discover the answers to these and over 90 other big questions that explore the most important laws, theories, and bre- Series: Big Ideas
- Author: DK
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 04, 2023
- ISBN10: 0744082684
- Language: English
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The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian’s Art Changed Science
$21.99 Read moreIn this beautiful nonfiction biography, a Robert F. Sibert Medal winner, the Newbery Honor-winning author Joyce Sidman introduces readers to one of the first female entomologists and a woman who flout
- Author: Sidman, Joyce
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 20 2018
- ISBN10: 0544717139
- Language: English
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What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character
$15.95 Add to cartLike the “funny, brilliant, bawdy” (The New Yorker) “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!” this book’s many stories–some funny, others intensely moving–display Richard P. Feynman’s unquenchable thirst
- Author: Feynman, Richard P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 6, 2018
- ISBN10: 0393355640
- Language: English
