Food Field Trips

• Interest Level: Preschool – Grade 2    
• Reading Level: Kindergarten

Take readers on fun food adventures that feature a variety of foods from apples to cookies. Kids will explore food literacy concepts, including where a food comes from, its nutritional value, and how it is prepared. Readers also learn by playing with their food through simple recipes and experiments. Hungry for more? Page Plus QR codes link to a digital landing page showing detailed steps, photos and videos that will help young eaters discover everyday food science.

Farm Machines at Work

• Interest Level: Kindergarten – Grade 3    
• Reading Level: Grade 1

Readers will have fun learning about farm vehicles in this series published in partnership with New Holland Agriculture, a leader in farming machinery and equipment. Each title features accurate information vetted by New Holland consultants, as well as high-impact photos and QR codes leading to videos of farm machines in action.

Lightning Bolt Books® — Planet Explorer

• Interest Level: Grade 1 – Grade 3    
• Reading Level: Grade 2

Introduce readers to our solar system’s eight planets. From Jupiter’s moons to Neptune’s winds, the books reveal key planetary information and the technology scientists use to study them. Page Plus QR codes lead to downloadable 3D printer models from NASA.

Colorful Crayola® Crafts

• Interest Level: Grade 1 – Grade 4    
• Reading Level: Grade 2

Explore science, the outdoors, and more with these Crayola crafts! Easy-to-follow instructions and photos guide readers. QR codes for each project link to a digital landing page showing more detailed steps and photos.

Internet Animal Stars

• Interest Level: Grade 1 – Grade 4   
• Reading Level: Grade 2

Cute animals are everywhere on the internet! Learn about the lives of cats, dogs, otters, and other creatures when they aren’t starring in hilarious online videos. These guides to popular internet creatures showcase each animal’s life cycle, diet, and more alongside fun graphics inspired by social media. Scan QR codes throughout the books to watch videos of each cute animal.

Kids Get Coding

• Interest Level: Grade 1 – Grade 4    
• Reading Level: Grade 3

What’s an algorithm? How do you fix bugs? What is an app? How do you program a computer game? This series leads students through the basics of computer programming using real-world examples and practical activities.

30-Minute Makers

• Interest Level: Grade 2 – Grade 5    
• Reading Level: Grade 3

This maker-focused series features science projects that can be completed in half an hour or less, and include QR codes leading to additional content. These high-interest titles are created in partnership with science project database Science Buddies®, an organization focused on fostering STEM discovery through hands-on explorations.

Green STEAM

• Interest Level: Grade 3 – Grade 5    
• Reading Level: Grade 3

This makerspace-friendly series blends science, technology, engineering, and math content with arts and crafts for the perfect STEAM experience. A green approach focuses on reusing everyday materials rather than buying new craft supplies. Page Plus QR codes in books lead to additional how-to support online.

Searchlight Books™ — Fake News

• Interest Level: Grade 3 – Grade 5    
• Reading Level: Grade 3

These guides define types of fake news and explore how they affect politics and history. Readers will learn how to spot and react to misleading articles. Page Plus QR codes link to additional examples online, where readers can apply their skills.

Searchlight Books™ — New Frontiers of Space

• Interest Level: Grade 3 – Grade 5    
• Reading Level: Grade 3

Examine the most up-to-date findings gleaned in our quest to understand the universe! Learn cutting-edge information about space discoveries ranging from black holes to space tourism. In each book, a Page Plus QR link leads to a 3D-printer-friendly model from NASA.

Searchlight Books™ — Space Mysteries

• Interest Level: Grade 3 – Grade 5    
• Reading Level: Grade 3

Turn an investigative eye toward outer space and explore the exciting mysteries that have space scientists baffled! Readers will take a look at some of the most curious objects in our universe—from dark matter to black holes to our very own neighbor, Mars—and learn how we are trying to understand them. Page Plus links take readers to 3D-printable downloads from NASA for fun beyond the book!

Mission: Code (Alternator Books®)

• Interest Level: Grade 3 – Grade 6    
• Reading Level: Grade 4

Dive into the fascinating world of coding languages! These titles walk new programmers through the basics of creating their own code. Hands-on learn-to-code activities accessed through an online Page Plus link add to the fun!

Vidcode Coding Hacks

• Interest Level: Grade 3 – Grade 6    
• Reading Level: Grade 4

Readers learn how to code with quick, customizable projects! Create filters and memes, use special effects, animate stories, and more while learning important building blocks of code. Page Plus links to hands-on coding activities are included. These project-based titles are created in partnership with Vidcode, a rigorous and creative online coding platform designed for grades 4 and up that appeals as strongly to girls as to boys.

Project Code

• Interest Level: Grade 4 – Grade 7    
• Reading Level: Grade 5

This exciting, makerspace-friendly series offers a variety of step-by-step projects for programming in Scratch. Easy-to-follow instructions guide young programmers through activities that showcase how to code animation, create music, write a story, and design computer games. The projects build essential programming knowledge and skills, preparing kids to take what they’ve learned and apply it to their own Scratch creations.

Raisins and Almonds: A Yiddish Lullaby

• Interest Level: Preschool – Grade 2    
• Reading Level: Grade 1

Scribble-scrabble. Scribble-scrabble. What is the noise coming from under Annie’s bed? It’s a little white goat, says her mother. Together mother and child create a fantastical adventure in an imaginary world. Based on the much-loved Yiddish lullaby “Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen” (“Raisins and Almonds”), this book includes a QR code link to a video recording of the song in Yiddish and English, as well as an author’s note and the Yiddish and English lyrics to the song.

Hack Your Backyard

Discover a World of Outside Fun with Science Buddies®

• Interest Level: Grade 2 – Grade 5    
• Reading Level: Grade 3

The great outdoors is calling! Explore science in your own backyard through this wild collection of projects. Make your own compass, learn to tell the temperature from crickets, count the stars, and more! Simple instructions and clear photos ensure projects will be successful, and QR codes lead to even more activities. This book was created in partnership with Science Buddies®, an organization focused on fostering STEM discovery through hands-on explorations.

Hack Your Kitchen

Discover a World of Food Fun with Science Buddies®

• Interest Level: Grade 2 – Grade 5    
• Reading Level: Grade 3

Young scientists will learn all about many different scientific principles and properties using everyday tools and ingredients from their own kitchens! Make a lemon volcano, flour craters, edible paper, and more with these hands-on science projects.

Cutting-Edge Augmented Reality: From the Series Searchlight Books™ — Cutting-Edge STEM

• Interest Level: Grade 3 – Grade 5    
• Reading Level: Grade 3

Is it real? Or is it a computer graphic? It’s both! Augmented reality uses computer software to enhance the real world. Through vivid photos and fascinating facts, readers will learn all about the latest advances in augmented reality.

Girl Code Revolution: Profiles and Projects to Inspire Coders

• Interest Level: Grade 3 – Grade 6    
• Reading Level: Grade 4

This book is part how-to, part profile, and all about leading the girl code revolution! Discover step-by-step instructions for interesting projects and profiles of inspirational female coders and leaders who are breaking down barriers in STEM fields. Page Plus URLs inside the book take readers to fun coding projects online!

Planet Ocean: Why We All Need a Healthy Ocean

• Interest Level: Grade 4 – Grade 8    
• Reading Level: Grade 4

You may be surprised at just how closely YOU are connected to the ocean. Regardless of where you live, every breath you take and every drop of water you drink links you to the ocean. And because of this connection, the ocean’s health affects all of us.

Dive in with author Patricia Newman and photographer Annie Crawley—visit the Coral Triangle near Indonesia, the Salish Sea in the Pacific Northwest, and the Arctic Ocean at the top of the world. Find out about problems including climate change, ocean acidification, and plastic pollution, and meet inspiring local people who are leading the way to reverse the ways in which humans have harmed the ocean.

The Woolly Monkey Mysteries: The Quest to Save a Rain Forest Species

From the Series Sandra Markle’s Science Discoveries

• Interest Level: Grade 4 – Grade 6    
• Reading Level: Grade 5

In the cloud forests of the Amazon Basin, scientists are installing extraordinary numbers of camera traps in the hopes of learning more about an elusive species—woolly monkeys.

No one knows for sure how many woolly monkeys are left in the wild. But they play a key role in their ecosystem, and without them the rain forest is in trouble.

Join scientists on their quest to solve the mysteries surrounding the lives of woolly monkeys before it’s too late.

Scan QR codes inside the book to see and hear the monkeys!

Eavesdropping on Elephants: How Listening Helps Conservation

• Interest Level: Grade 4 – Grade 8    
• Reading Level: Grade 5

Can understanding how forest elephants communicate help scientists find ways to protect this vulnerable species?

Researcher Katy Pane and others involved with Cornell University’s Elephant Listening Project believe it can. Patricia Newman takes readers behind the scenes to see how scientists are making new discoveries about elephant communication and using what they learn to help these majestic animals, with QR codes linking to audio of the elephant sounds.

Tracking Pythons: The Quest to Catch an Invasive Predator and Save an Ecosystem

• Interest Level: Grade 4 – Grade 8    
• Reading Level: Grade 5

Burmese pythons are invading Florida.

These enormous snakes are native to Southeast Asia, so when one showed up dead along the side of a Florida highway in 1979, scientists wondered where it came from. No one knew the snakes had launched a full-scale invasion. Pet pythons that escaped or were released by their owners started breeding in the wild, and these enormous predators began eating every animal in their path.

Today a group of scientists at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida is tracking Burmese pythons to find ways to stop their spread. Page Plus QR code links lead to video clips and photos of the scientists working in the field. Delve into the science of pythons and their role as invasive predators.