Ages 13 to 14

Morgan is devastated by her mother’s sudden death. Before, Mom’s amazing organizational skills kept the family on track, and her bowl of lemon drops was always on hand to make difficult conversations easy, turning life’s sour into sweet...

Humans have a complex relationship with the planet Earth. Life depends on the planet's natural resources. Yet human activity has led to many environmental issues. Industry pollutes land, air, and water. Agriculture uses up clean water. In the...

What makes something "smart?" In the Exploring the Internet of Things series, readers discover how inanimate objects, from watches to home speakers to even t-shirts, help people get things done better, faster, and smarter. How can a ring book an Uber?...

Zeus's son Perseus has no wedding gift for King Polydectes so he offers to bring the king what he most desires. King Polydectes asks for the head of the gorgon Medusa. A dangerous request, as whomever looks at Medusa turns to stone. Perseus gets a...

The gods on Mount Olympus are bored. So Zeus's son Hephaestus populates the earth with men and animals for their amusement. Zeus then asks Hephaestus to create a woman, whom Zeus names Pandora. When Pandora marries, Zeus gives her a jar and tells her not...

Poseidon helps Minos become King of Crete and Minos agrees to sacrifice a white bull in his honor. When Minos reneges on the deal, Poseidon teams up with Eros to deceive Minos's wife Pasiphae, who then gives birth to a Minotaur. Minos imprisons the beast...

When Atlas loses a battle with Zeus, he is exiled to Tartarus. But Atlas escapes to live among the Mauri, where he becomes very successful. But Zeus finds out and punishes Atlas by forcing him to hold the heavens away from the earth. Will Atlas bear this...

Achilles is his father's sixth son. His five brothers all died as infants. To protect Achilles from the same fate, his mother Thetis dips him into the River Styx. When Greece attacks Troy, Achilles joins the fight. Will his mother's treatment keep him...

Meet Bone and Muscle without them we wouldn't be able to sit, stand, or walk! Readers will join colorful characters to learn about how their skeletal and muscular system supports them. Along the way they'll be introduced to bone marrow, osteoblasts,...

Meet your lungs they help your body take in oxygen! Join colorful characters as they learn how the respiratory system helps to provide cells with the oxygen they need to survive. Readers will learn about respiration, carbon dioxide, diaphragm, lungs,...

Meet your brain they help to direct your movements, focus your eyes, contract your muscles, and sense your surroundings! Join colorful characters as they explore how the nervous system and brain manage to do all this! Readers will learn about the spinal...

Meet the endocrine system it helps regulate your body's many functions! Join colorful characters as they explore how glands regulate the body's systems by releasing hormones. Readers will learn about life cycles, hormones, the reproductive system,...