Books

It's time to go, but no one can find Hannah! That's because she's in the park with much to do. She needs to collect caterpillars and sticks, make a bow and arrow, and build a bed out of leaves. Deep in the shrubs, she sets up a secret hideout for herself and her companion, an Odd Furry Creature. Together, they hunker down over the campfire, lost in their own little world. But then a voice cuts through the branches and clearly says, "Where are you?" Hannah brushes off her paper, and the reader learns that Hannah was lost-not in the woods-but in her drawing. This dreamlike, lyrical picture book with shades of Where the Wild Things Are illustrates the power of imagination to transport us to new worlds.

• Hardcover
• For readers ages 4 - 8 years
• Written by Susanna Mattiangeli and Illustrated by Felicita Sala

One little girl has a very special friend, the tall ancient tree in her backyard. Through the seasons, she grows along with the tree, playing in its branches and basking in its shade. She can swing and have a picnic, draw the tree and play hide and go seek. Through her time with her tree, the girl learns to appreciate the natural world as something to be savored and protected and acknowledges her place within it. The Growing Hearts series celebrates the milestones of a toddler's emotional development, from conquering fears and expressing feelings to welcoming a new sibling.

• Hardcover
• For readers ages 2 - 4 years
• Written by Jo Witek and Illustrated by Christine Roussey

Florence Nightingale. Sally Ride. Ada Lovelace. These names and others are etched in history and included here as part of an awe-inspiring collection of profiles of thirty-three of the most influential women in science-women whose vision, creativity, passion, and dedication have changed the world.

Aspiring scientists, young history enthusiasts, and children who enjoy learning about the world will be fascinated by these riveting snapshots-and parents who enjoyed the film Hidden Figures will find this to be the perfect extension.

• Paperback
• For readers ages 10 years and up
• Written by Rachel Swaby

Full of writing, drawing, and creativity prompts, I Love Science inspires kids (and adults) of all ages to fill the pages with ideas, self-exploration, and big dreams for the future. Opening with a short reference section that contains basic equations, the periodic table, basic HTML codes, and a measurement converter, the journal then invites the user to write and dream through writing prompts like, "What is a challenge you've overcome recently?" The journal also includes inspirational quotes from notable women who've achieved greatness in the science, technology, mathematics, and engineering (STEM) fields, such as famous primatologist Jane Goodall's, "Only when our clever brain and our human heart work together can we reach our full potential."

With illustrations, quotes, and nifty science infographics, this journal will encourage you to ponder the world through tinkering, discovering, doodling, and more!

• Paperback
• 192 pages
• Written by Rachel Ignotofsky

Making earth science accessible and entertaining through art, maps, and infographics, The Wondrous Workings of Planet Earth explains how our planet works-and how we can protect it-from its diverse ecosystems and their inhabitants, to the levels of ecology, the importance of biodiversity, the cycles of nature, and more. Science- and nature-loving readers of all ages will delight in this utterly charming guide to our amazing home.

• Hardcover
• 128 pages
• Written by Rachel Ignotofsky

A charmingly illustrated and educational book, New York Times best seller Women in Science highlights the contributions of fifty notable women to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) from the ancient to the modern world. Full of striking, singular art, this fascinating collection also contains infographics about relevant topics such as lab equipment, rates of women currently working in STEM fields, and an illustrated scientific glossary. The trailblazing women profiled include well-known figures like primatologist Jane Goodall, as well as lesser-known pioneers such as Katherine Johnson, the African-American physicist and mathematician who calculated the trajectory of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission to the moon.

Women in Science celebrates the achievements of the intrepid women who have paved the way for the next generation of female engineers, biologists, mathematicians, doctors, astronauts, physicists, and more!

• Hardcover
• 128 pages
• Written and Illustrated by Rachel Ignotofsky

Read about the women who changed the landscape of science: from pioneers of the ancient world to super-scientists like Marie Curie to unlikely geniuses, such as Hedy Lamarr, and much more.

Women in Science includes scientific pioneers who came up with incredible ideas that changed the world; women who work in the fast-paced world of technology; amazing engineers who build incredible structures; and mathematical geniuses.

• Paperback
• For readers ages 7 - 9 years
• Written by Jen Green

Do you ask questions? Is why your favorite word? Do you like to search for answers and conduct experiments? Then you're a scientist, just like Ada Twist, and this book is for you!

Young scientists will have the opportunity to explore all of Ada's favorite sciences-from botany to astronomy to chemistry, and everything in between. They'll do experiments, follow the scientific method, and learn to look more closely at the world around them.

• Paperback
• For readers ages 5 - 7 years
• Written by Andrea Beaty and illustrated by David Roberts

Ada Twist's head is full of questions. Like her classmates Iggy and Rosie-stars of their own New York Times bestselling picture books Iggy Peck, Architect and Rosie Revere, Engineer-Ada has always been endlessly curious. Even when her fact-finding missions and elaborate scientific experiments don't go as planned, Ada learns the value of thinking her way through problems and continuing to stay curious.

• Paperback
• For readers ages 5 - 7 years
• Written by Andrea Beaty and Illustrated by David Roberts

The I Wish Book follows a fox cub who makes a wish to be somebody else. Should he should fly like a bird or climb like a squirrel, or even swim like a fish? With playful rhyme and beautiful artwork, it's a charming tale about being yourself.

• Material: 100% paper board
• For ages newborn and up
• Written by Penny Johnson

Puppy, bunny, parrot or kitten? My Best Pet is a book with a different suggestion. How about a dinosaur? Meet a stegosaurus that can skateboard and do magic - that's what we call a perfect pet! Read together with dino fans for a truly Jurassic spark.

• Material: 100% paper board
• For ages newborn and up
• Written by Louise Tate

Why did dinosaurs go extinct? Perhaps they didn't listen to their Mums and Dads! Find out in Dinosaurs Are Cool. With rich illustrations and funny rhymes, little ones can see just how naughty dinos could be! This beautiful hardback with dust cover makes a growly gift for stegosaurus fans!

• Material: 100% paper board
• For ages newborn and up
• Written by Wendy Ravenhill

The bright, lively illustrations of Ted Rechlin fill the pages of Dino Babies! From Brontosaurus to T. rex to Triceratops, all of your child's favorite baby dinosaurs are rendered here in drawings that are equal parts imaginative and accurate

• Board book
• For readers ages newborn and up
• Written and illustrated by Ted Rechlin

Welcome to the Pleistocene. Better known as the Ice Age. More than two million years ago the earth plunged into a deep freeze. Vast ice sheets formed in the north - sometimes two miles thick - and shaped life around the globe. But now, something is happening to the mountains of ice - the world is warming...and life is beginning to change. Join us in an epic, exciting, and true-to-life journey through an ancient land. With stories unfolding in both Southern California and the frozen tundra that was the European continent, follow a family of Saber Cats as they hunt for their very survival. Experience the epic battles of Dire Wolves, ten-ton Mammoths, Woolly Rhinoceroses and giant sloths all struggling for survival in the epoch of End of the ICE AGE.

• Hardcover
• For readers ages 8 - 10 years
• Written and illustrated by Ted Rechlin

You think it is hard growing up now? Step back 66 million years into the late cretaceous -- during the reign of the king of dinosaurs. T. rex has long inspired awe and wonder across generations. The planet's most legendary carnivores grow to be over forty feet long and weight nine tons. Their bite is more powerful than any terrestrial animal that has ever lived.

Follow Cobolt and Sierra, a mated T. rex pair as they raise their four hatchlings in what is now Hell Creek, Montana. Even in their prime, will their fearsome power and prowess be enough to protect their offspring?

• Hardcover
• For readers ages 9 - 12 years
• Written and illustrated by Ted Rechlin

With vivid images and fun, slide-and-find pictures, children will love exploring Slide and Find Dinosaurs while practicing their numbers and learning about dinosaurs! Each page of this entertaining book features easy-to-use sliders that move to reveal different dinosaur pictures with a special focus on the numbers 1 to 10. The moveable sliders have small finger holes revealing a portion of the picture underneath. This encourages children to interact with the book and helps develop children's hand-eye coordination skills while they have fun learning to count.

• Board book
• For readers ages 2 - 3 years
• Written by Scholastic Early Learners

Gobble, gobble, munch, and crunch: watch the pages disappear! Five hungry dinosaurs--from mighty little Microraptor to colorful Carnotaurus--sink their teeth into this tasty novelty book, created with the American Museum of Natural History and Caldecott-honor winner Steve Jenkins. Kids can count along as the dinosaurs take bite-sized chunks out of each page. The number of bites matches the counting number on each spread! Fun facts about the dinosaurs--and what they liked to eat--appear at the end, along with a listing of dinosaur details from 1-10.

• Board book
• For readers 3 - 7 years
• Illustrated by Steve Jenkins

It's hard work being a farmer-and even harder running a DINOSAUR FARM! Children will love spending a day on this vibrant farm, filled with appealing prehistoric creatures of every shape and size. They'll follow the farmer from dawn till dusk, through feedings, cleanings, baby hatchings, and finally to a sweet bedtime nighty-night. Who knew dinosaurs could be so cuddly? With clever dino-touches throughout, Frann Preston-Gannon's picture book will become a perennial favorite.

• Hardcover
• For readers ages 3 - 5 years
• Written by Frann Preston-Gannon

Introduce your little one into the wonderful and whimsical world of little Jurassic, with everyone's favorite chomp dinosaur character! Featuring 10 full-color and beautifully designed pages of unique artwork by our talented Madelyn Kozlowski, and a soft, padded cover for your young one. This is the perfect book to read to your young one before bed. They will instantly connect and fall in love with chomp and the adventure that awaits, and slowly drift off to sleepy land. Let their imagination run wild and introduce your young one to this amazing book today.

• For ages 6 months and up
• Board book
• 10 pages
• Illustrated by Madelyn Kozlowski

Grizzly Bear: The most ferocious protector of her babies in the animal kingdom.
Black Bear: A young bear on the run in the suburbs.
Polar Bear: The king of the ice, defending his crown in a changing world.

Learn how these bears live in the modern world.

• For readers ages 8 to 12 years
• Hardcover, 96 pages
• Written and illustrated by Ted Rechlin

Welcome to the incredible world of wolves. Author/illustrator Ted Rechlin offers an insightful and historical look into our love/hate relationship with North America's top niche apex predator. From the true story of Lobo, the alpha wolf in New Mexico's Old West, to the reintroduction of wolves in Yellowstone and Super Wolf 21, Howl relates the incredible adventure of a resourceful species struggling to survive.

• For readers ages 8 to 12 years
• Hardcover, 96 pages
• Written and illustrated by Ted Rechlin

From the mind of Ted Rechlin, author and illustrator of Jurassic and Dinosaurs Live! comes the thrilling new epoch-spanning adventure Sharks, a life-science graphic novel adventure. Sharks have been cruising our planet's waters for millions of years. They were here long before humanity and even pre-date the dinosaurs. Rechlin weaves a captivating history of strange and ancient shark species while sharing insights into the distant past of life on Earth. The amazing and action-packed art teaches readers of all ages how these legendary ocean dwellers got their start - and how they developed into the sharks we know today. Educational, fascinating, and beautifully produced, this is the perfect book for budding marine biologists, comic fans, and enthusiasts of these ancient apex predators of the deep.

• For readers ages 8 to 12 years
• Hardcover, 96 pages
• Written and illustrated by Ted Rechlin

“Carter G. Woodson didn’t just read history. He changed it.” As the father of Black History Month, he spent his life introducing others to the history of his people.

Carter G. Woodson was born to two formerly enslaved people ten years after the end of the Civil War. Though his father could not read, he believed in being an informed citizen. So Carter read the newspaper to him every day. When he was still a teenager, Carter went to work in the coal mines. There he met a man named Oliver Jones, and Oliver did something important: he asked Carter not only to read to him and the other miners, but also research and find more information on the subjects that interested them. “My interest in penetrating the past of my people was deepened,” Carter wrote. His journey would take him many more years, traveling around the world and transforming the way people thought about history.

From an award-winning team of author Deborah Hopkinson and illustrator Don Tate, this first-ever picture book biography of Carter G. Woodson emphasizes the importance of pursuing curiosity and encouraging a hunger for knowledge of stories and histories that have not been told. Illustrations also feature brief biological sketches of important figures from African and African-American history.

• For readers ages 6 - 10 years
• Hardcover, 36 pages
• Written by Deborah Hopkinson and illustrated by Don Tate

What do all these people have in common: the first man to die in the American Revolution, a onetime chief of the Crow Nation, the inventors of peanut butter and the portable X-ray machine, and the first person to make a wooden clock in this country? They were all great African Americans. For parents and teachers interested in fostering cultural awareness among children of all races, this book includes more than 70 hands-on activities, songs, and games that teach kids about the people, experiences and events that shaped African American history. This expanded edition contains new material throughout, including additional information and biographies. Children will have fun designing an African mask, making a medallion like those worn by early abolitionists, playing the rhyming game "Juba," inventing Brer Rabbit riddles, and creating a unity cup for Kwanzaa. Along the way they will learn about inspiring African American artists, inventors, and heroes like Harriet Tubman, Benjamin Banneker, Rosa Parks, Langston Hughes, and Louis Armstrong, to name a few.

• For readers ages 7 - 9 years
• Paperback, 246 pages
• Written by Nancy I Sanders

Shows how creatures throughout the animal world, including humans, deal with the products of digestion.

• For readers ages 5 - 6 years
• Paperback, 27 pages
• Written by Taro Gomi and Illustrated by Amanda Mayer Stinchecum

With a voice both wise and witty, Gwendolyn Brooks crafted poems that captured the urban Black experience and the role of women in society. She grew up on the South Side of Chicago, reading and writing constantly from a young age, her talent lovingly nurtured by her parents. Brooks ultimately published 20 books of poetry, two autobiographies, and one novel. Alice Faye Duncan has created her own song to celebrate Gwendolyn’s life and work, illuminating the tireless struggle of revision and the sweet reward of success.

• For readers ages 5 and up
• Hardcover, 48 pages
• Written by Alice Faye Duncan and illustrated by Xia Gordon

With cool things to push, pull, and slide on the cover and every spread for interactive fun, this chunky board book gives children their first enticing taste of nonfiction!

All children dream of meeting a dinosaur—and now they can travel back in time and get to know creatures like Stegosaurus, Velociraptor, Triceratops, and more. Bright illustrations, with pull-tabs and wheels for little hands to spin, bring to life simple facts about kids’ favorite prehistoric creatures.

• For readers ages 1 - 4 years
• Board book, 10 pages
• Illustrated by Chorkung

Introduce young readers to amazing dinosaurs with this interactive "Lift-the-Flap Adventures" book!

Lift the flap . . . and enter the prehistoric world! From Tyrannosaurus Rex and Triceratops to Stegosaurus and Velociraptor, this fun and interactive board book introduces toddlers to some favorite dinosaurs. When kids look under the flap, they’ll see a detail of each animal and discover fun facts in rhyming verse.

• For readers ages 3 - 7 years
• Board book, 14 pages
• Written by Salina Yoon