Science

Mesmerized by the unique landscape of the brain terrain, Malcolm imagines the type of Martians that could have adapted to life along the complex ridges that wrinkle the landscape. Stranded a long way from camp, the team must harness the energy from a...

An adventurous team inspects a series of volcanoes on Mars but these puzzling structures erupt with mud instead of lava. When Daniela gets too close to one of the formations, her beloved biologist field kit falls in, sinking beneath the surface. Dr...

An adventurous team explores the Mars plains, which is littered with impact craters as far as the eye can see. As Malcolm imagines the region filled with gentle giants who travel in herds, Daniela analyzes the soil and makes a startling realization--a...

Three interplanetary explorers arrive at the yardangs of Mars, a series of spellbinding rocky ridges that have been shaped by centuries of wind erosion. But the team runs into trouble when their portable navigation device gets damaged! Surrounded by...

The rover Perseverance is damaged and stranded in the windswept sand seas of Mars. The team of interplanetary explorers locates the rover, but Dr. Thomas is unable to repair it in the field without the necessary parts. Malcolm and Daniela volunteer to...

2020 Finalist AAAS/Subaru American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru 2020 EUREKA Excellence in Nonfiction Awards - Honoree Winner Best of 2020 Picture Book New Releases - Innovative Nonfiction Category The Original Art 2020 Nominee For...

Ring and Asia Wilde's wild life is anything but ordinary. Instead of attending school, they travel the world with their tutor and parents (scientists who work to protect endangered species). On their last adventure, they swung through the Amazon...

Ring and Asia Wilde's life is anything but ordinary. Some of their closest friends are endangered monkeys and rare birds. Instead of attending middle school, they accompany their parents (scientists who work to save endangered species) on adventures...

In his third wilderness adventure, eleven-year-old Buck Bray, along with the rest of The Wild World of Buck Bray TV crew, including the cameraman's daughter, Toni Shoop, heads to Yellowstone National Park to film an episode about its famous geysers and...

As the star of a new kid-oriented wilderness show, eleven-year-old Buck Bray travels to Denali National Park to shoot the first episode. It promises to be an exciting gig and he's happy to get to spend some time with his director father. Buck's annoyed...

Buck and Toni, along with the rest of the Wild World of Buck Bray TV crew, head to Utah's Canyonlands National Park to film an episode about the canyons and rock formations as well as the ancient people who once lived there. When they learn about...

During the night, as we sleep, a beautiful celestial dance is taking place. While Earth seems solid and still, it's actually spinning on its axis and circling the sun. Joining Earth in this orbit around the sun are the other seven planets in our solar...

Using "The House That Jack Built" rhyme scheme and beginning with the planting of a single seed, the journey of bringing a pumpkin to harvest comes to life for young readers. Under Molly's watchful eye and care, each stage of growth--from the seed to the...

2020 Green Earth Book Award Long list 2020 Crystal Kite Awards - Southeast Division Winner 2020-2021 Keystone to Reading Elementary Book Award List Notable Social Studies Trade Books list – Winning Title! 2019 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award -...

2020 American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Book Award, Long-list Dragonflies are some the world's most beautiful (and fascinating!) insects. And one many children can find right in their backyards! With a simple story,...

What do you want to be when you grow up? Do you reach for the stars? Do you value teamwork and shoot for the moon? Are you out of this world? You want to be an astronaut! It's a tough job but learn from a real-life astronaut what it takes to achieve that...

From the shore, the ocean looks like clear, sparkling blue but look closely at a small scoop and you'll find the ocean looks more like soup! Our oceans are filled with plastics, from water bottles and take-out containers to the teeny tiny plastic...

What can smell like bubble gum, glow neon green at night, be poisonous and yet still eaten by humans, and even help create rain? The answer is mushrooms! From their hidden networks underground to the fruiting body above, mushrooms can do incredible...

When Mae the mayfly first hatches she learns she'll have just a day to enjoy the world. But soon a hungry trout has her racing for cover! As she peeks from her hiding spot and notices some of nature's most beautiful sights, she realizes she must live in...

While rivers make up just a fraction of the water on Earth, they provide the majority of what we use every day. Rivers run over and through our world, and sometimes we don't even know they are there. But do we fully understand or even appreciate all that...

Hallie Morse Daggett loved spending time outdoors, hiking among the tall trees of the forests in California's Siskiyou Mountains. She wasn't afraid of the bears, coyotes, and wildcats. But Hallie was afraid of fire and understood the threat it posed to...

Every month has a full moon, and every full moon has a story. Full Moon Lore explores the origins of each full moon's name, from the Strawberry Moon to the Wolf Moon and beyond. Told in rolling prose with delightful nighttime illustrations, this story is...

The Original Art 2020 Nominee. One evening at dusk a wind current carries a lone firefly out over the sea. Glancing down into the water, the insect is mesmerized by the glowing bioluminescence, mistaking it for other fireflies. Seeking company, the...

Grandpa told Mom, and Mom told me: The secret of a plant lives in every little seed. Seeds are truly amazing! Did you know that every seed, no matter how small (microscopic) or large (weighing up to 14 pounds), contains everything it needs to one day...

Our planet Earth is as individual and special as each one of us. It's ability to sustain and nurture life is unique in our solar system--and beyond. In this book, celebrate all the wonderful, miraculous, astounding qualities of our Earth while learning...

Meet Matter they're here to introduce you to the chemistry behind mixtures and solutions. Matter will educate readers about heterogeneous and homogeneous mixtures, colloids, and solubility. The graphicnovel format helps to entertain readers as they...

Meet Atom, a tiny atom who's here to introduce you to the environmental impacts of chemicals. Atom introduces readers to natural cycles and how they're impacted by the byproducts of chemical reactions. Students will learn about human activity that...

Join Atom and Molecule as they journey across the oceans, forests, and skies to learn about how chemistry keeps living organisms alive and functioning. Readers will be introduced to biomolecules and the elements that make up living things. They'll meet...

Join Atom and Molecule as they team up to solve the chemical mystery of the missing Scientist of the Year trophy. In their quest to apprehend a criminal, the two conduct multiple experiments that lead them right to the culprit. Readers will learn about...

Join Atom and Matter on their trip to Chemistry Land, where they'll introduce you to all the ways that chemistry affects your daily life. They'll introduce students to the chemicals and substances that make life easier, such as bug spray, deodorant, and...

Meet Matter they're here to guide you on a journey through the basics of chemistry. Alongside Matter, students will learn about the chemicals that make up all the materials we interact with. Readers will learn about the substances that create their...

Meet Matter they make up everything and is here to introduce you to the 118 chemical elements in the periodic table! Alongside Matter, students will be introduced to the discovery and classification of the elements. They'll journey all the way back to...

Meet Atom, a tiny atom who's here to introduce you to the world of chemical compounds and reactions. Alongside Atom, readers will learn how chemical elements form compounds, the difference between compounds and molecules, and the chemical reactions that...

Meet Matter they're here to introduce you to atoms and molecules. Alongside Matter, students will learn about atoms, chemical elements, atomic numbers, chemical bonds, and the structure of molecules. Readers will learn about the parts of the atom and...

Meet Atom, a tiny atomic particle who's here to guide you through the world of electrons, protons, molecules, and solutions. Alongside Atom, students will learn about the smallest unit of matter as he introduces them to such concepts as chemical bonding...

Have you ever wondered why you look the way you do? Why are some people tall or short? Why do we have different eye colors? This colorful graphic novel helps to answer these questions by outlining the concepts of traits and heredity through colorful...

If even the tiniest cells are alive, does that mean they have life cycles? Yes! This colorful graphic novel explains how the cell life cycle works and why they’re so important to animals and plants. Readers will learn about the parts of the cell and...

Have you ever thought about where plants get their names? Do you wonder about the differences between plants in cold, hot, and wet climates? This engaging graphic novel seeks to answer those questions by introducing readers to the concept of taxonomy, or...

If animals have life cycles, does that mean that plants do too? Yes! This colorful graphic novel follows the life cycle of a tiny seed all the way to a fruiting tree. Students will learn how different plants reproduce and grow in different climates...

How do cacti stay alive in the desert? Why are poison dart frogs so brightly colored? This engaging graphic novel helps answer these questions by introducing readers to plant and animal adaptations to changing environments. Through an exploration of such...