Think of the great Amazon Rainforest: animal sounds, lush foliage, streams and rivers, towering trees, slithering reptiles, and indigenous people who inhabit this tropical forest. Think of the Field Museum and the many scientists affiliated with…
February 1945: World War II is almost over but the retreating Japanese army plans to execute the prisoners of Santo Tomas internment camp in the Philippines. The only thing that can save them is a precious map, carried through the enemy-patrolled…
Caution: this book is not for the squeamish. But gross-history curious readers will revel in the ick factor of medical marvels as this book chronicles discoveries made with both unusual and disgusting means to advance medical science. While some may…
It’s not every day that someone discovers a new shape, let alone an amateur mathematician like Marjorie Rice. Fostering her passion for art and patterns while raising her five children, Rice discovered four types of tessellating pentagons that were…
Who first told you about slavery? What were they trying to teach you about the world we live in together? In search of a more complete story than the one he was taught as a young Black man, Clint Smith traveled to plantations, Confederate…
Did you know that ants use scent to distinguish their nestmates from ants from other colonies? Or that robins have ultraviolet vision? From sonar to camouflage, explore the many senses animals use to perceive our shared planet. Packed with field…
STEM innovation has traditionally been seen as a male field, but Lost Women of Science challenges that narrative. Extensive research, insightful anecdotes and rarely seen images bring ten brave and ingenious female scientists off the page and honor…
This story starts with a girl who loved science. Barbara McClintock was a girl in the early 1900’s who went on to be a Nobel Prize winner for her work in botony and genetics. Read about Barbara’s confidence and focus on corn that led her to “one…
Imagine traveling through Europe with no money and no ID, in the middle of multiple wars. Award-winning author Uri Shulevitz writes this captivating story about his uncle, who fought for freedom in many countries between World War I and II, even as…
If you don't know Rube Goldberg, you’ve still probably seen one of his machines – whimsical, overly complicated chain reactions that take a lot of steps to do something simple (imagine a ball rolling down a ramp to knock a book onto a switch to turn…
Have you ever heard of Adelaide Herrmann? How about Ellen Emma Armstrong? Or Beatrice Houdini? If that last name sounds familiar, that's because Beatrice Houdini was an accomplished magician, just like her husband, Harry! The seven magicians…
Filmmaker James Robinson uses the page in inventive ways to give readers a feel for what it’s like to see the world through his eyes, which have strabismus and other eye conditions. His memoir also illuminates his experience of growing up and…
At a time when it’s more important than ever to think carefully about the information we get from the media, this latest book in Gail Jarrow’s Medical Fiascoes series deftly combines some epic gross-out history and medical information (aren’t you…
If you are a lover of the works of Shel Silverstein, come in! Here you'll find 49 original poems segmented into 7 sections, each of which starts with the letter W. Drawings of magical creatures and every day kids cover each page. Poetry lovers of…
When the volcano Mt. Tambora erupted in Indonesia, the massive explosion was so loud it was heard 1500 miles away in Florida. And would you believe that was just the beginning? From famine and flood to the freezing cold July when Frankenstein’s…
