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Optical Illusions — Hardcover Set

From the Series Optical Illusions

The brain is an amazing thing, but it doesn't always get things right when it comes to sight. This series is here to explain why, with astounding images, baffling puzzles, and simple reveals… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2019
  • Hardcover
  • List Price: $106.60
  • Your Price: $79.95
  • 4 titles
Spring 2024

Oresund Bridge and Other Great Building Feats

From the Series Ultimate Adventure Guides

Can you imagine building the world's tallest skyscraper, or driving across an underwater bridge? Learn more in this engaging text with full-color photographs that bring all sorts of amazing… Read More →

  • Dewey: 624.09
  • Copyright: 2024
Spring 2024

Parker Solar Probe: Touching the Sun

From the Series Space Explorer Guidebooks (Alternator Books ®)

Life on Earth could not exist without the Sun. The Parker Solar Probe will help scientists learn about our solar system's only star. With full-color images and engaging text, the Sun feels… Read More →

  • Dewey: 629.43/57
  • Copyright: 2024

Personal Aircraft: From Flying Cars to Backpack Helicopters

From the Series Feats of Flight

From flying cars to superdrones, the latest breakthroughs in personal aircraft science read like science fiction. High-interest text and gripping visuals present the very latest science and… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1050
  • Dewey: 629.1/4
  • Copyright: 2019
Fall 2023

Picnic Planet: A Lunchtime Guide to Your Galaxy's Exoplanets

Join an astrophysicist on a trip around the galaxy to explore worlds beyond our own. If you could go anywhere beyond our galaxy for the perfect picnic, where would you go? Asa Stahl, an NSTA Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023
11 titles

Picture Book Favorites — Audisee®—On Level Set

Finding meaningful connections between picture books and struggling readers is the key to unlocking a new world full of an ever-increasing vocabulary and a deeper understanding of the content Read More →

  • Copyright: 2019
  • Audisee®—On Level
  • List Price: $513.15
  • Your Price: $384.86
  • 11 titles
Spring 2024

Pigeons at War: How Avian Heroes Changed History

Pigeons were crucial to communications between Allied troops in both world wars. When phone, radio, and telegraph lines were cut or officers needed to send top secret information, it was… Read More →

  • Dewey: 355.4/24
  • Copyright: 2024

Plague!: Epidemics and Scourges Through the Ages

From the Series The Sickening History of Medicine

Being sick is horrible. But it used to be worse. Inside this book, you'll see evidence of the plagues of the past—rotting skin, dissolving lungs, and sinister swelling all over the body.… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1080
  • ATOS: 6.6
  • Dewey: 616.009
  • Copyright: 2017

Planets in Action (An Augmented Reality Experience)

From the Series Space in Action: Augmented Reality (Alternator Books ® )

Explore outer space through interactive augmented reality experiences! Did you know that more than forty spacecraft have explored Venus? Or that some astronomers think an unknown planet might Read More →

  • Lexile: 910
  • Dewey: 523.4
  • Copyright: 2020

Plastic, Ahoy!: Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Plastic: it's used to make everything from drink bottles and bags to toys and toothbrushes. But what happens when it ends up where it doesn't belong—like in the Pacific Ocean? How does it… Read More →

  • Lexile: 900
  • ATOS: 6.1
  • Dewey: 363.738
  • Copyright: 2014

Pluto: A Space Discovery Guide

From the Series Space Discovery Guides

Did you know that Pluto has mountains, glaciers, and even blue skies? In July 2015 a spacecraft called New Horizons finally reached Pluto—almost ten years after it had launched! The… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1070
  • ATOS: 6.5
  • Dewey: 523.49/22
  • Copyright: 2017

Pollution

From the Series Earth in Danger

Take an important journey around the world and discover how pollution is affecting our planet and what we can do to help! Poisonous chemicals and harmful smoke pollute the air we breathe… Read More →

  • Lexile: 850
  • Dewey: 363
  • Copyright: 2022
217 titles

Primary Grades Nonfiction Audiobook Collection — Audio Book Set

Titles in this collection were selected to provide a dynamic introduction to nonfiction for the youngest listeners, covering core concepts in science, social studies, sports, health and… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2019
  • Audiobook
  • List Price: $1,516.83
  • Your Price: $1,137.62
  • 217 titles

Private Space Travel: A Space Discovery Guide

From the Series Space Discovery Guides

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go into outer space? Soon you might be able to find out! For years, only trained astronauts were allowed to travel through space, but now lots… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1030
  • ATOS: 6.5
  • Dewey: 910.919
  • Copyright: 2017

Professional Cryptologists

From the Series Cryptology (Alternator Books ®)

Imagine having a job that has been around for thousands of years. People called cryptologists have been making—and breaking—codes almost as long as humans have written things down. Read about Read More →

  • Lexile: 920
  • ATOS: 6.1
  • Dewey: 652/.8
  • Copyright: 2022

Programming Awesome Apps

From the Series Kids Get Coding

How do apps help us complete tasks, listen to music, play games, or find information? Like other computer programs, they use instructions known as code. Learn how to design, program, test,… Read More →

  • Lexile: 830
  • Dewey: 005.1
  • Copyright: 2018

Programming Games and Animation

From the Series Kids Get Coding

Do you know how your favorite video game works? Computer instructions called code bring the characters, challenges, and stories in the game to life. Learn what animation is and how it works.… Read More →

  • Lexile: 650
  • Dewey: 005.1
  • Copyright: 2018

Programming Pioneer Ada Lovelace

From the Series STEM Trailblazer Bios

Do you enjoy playing computer games or learning programming code? As a child, Ada Lovelace loved learning about math and science. As an adult, she used that knowledge to create the first… Read More →

  • Lexile: 920
  • ATOS: 5.9
  • Dewey: 510.92
  • Copyright: 2017
4 titles

Project Code — Hardcover Set

From the Series Project Code

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… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2018
  • Hardcover
  • List Price: $117.28
  • Your Price: $87.96
  • 4 titles
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Project Code — Paperback Set

From the Series Project Code

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… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2018
  • Paperback
  • List Price: $39.96
  • Your Price: $37.96
  • 4 titles

Quacks and Con Artists: The Dubious History of Doctors

From the Series The Sickening History of Medicine

People have always needed doctors. But the doctors of the past might not look like the doctors you are used to seeing! Sometimes their healing methods were weird, disgusting, or even… Read More →

  • Lexile: 970
  • Dewey: 610.69/5
  • Copyright: 2017

RACE IT!: 5 Creative STEM Projects for Budding Engineers—Speed Edition

From the Series Build It!

Gets hands-on with 5 creative STEAM projects! Exploring the science behind each project this book encourages children to think outside-the-box and create a stomp rocket, a teddy bear zip… Read More →

  • Lexile: 930
  • Copyright: 2019

Rastreando tortugas (Tracking Tortoises): La misión para salvar al gigante de las Galápagos (The Mission to Save a Galápagos Giant)

Las tortugas gigantes de Galápagos son fascinantes y están en peligro de extinción. Viven solo en las Islas Galápagos, una cadena de islas volcánicas en el Océano Pacífico frente a la costa… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1030
  • Dewey: 597.92/46
  • Copyright: 2022

Read for a Better World ™ STEM Educator Guide Grades 2-3

From the Series Read for a Better World ™ STEM Educator Guides

This essential guide to building and using an inclusive STEM classroom library combines theory and lesson plans for educators of students in grades 2–3. Discover how to audit classroom… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2023