Science & Technology

In this audiobook, Chelsea Clinton introduces young listeners to a selection of endangered animals, sharing what makes them special and also what threatens them....

Neil deGrasse Tyson's number-one New York Times best-selling guide to the cosmos, adapted for young listeners....

A retelling of the classic story with a math twist. Henry Hare is always bragging about how fast he is. One day, he challenges Tessie Tortoise to a mile-long race up the hill....

Steve Jobs was given up for adoption at birth, dropped out of college after one semester, and at the age of 20, created Apple in his parents' garage....

One day in 1882, Thomas Edison flipped a switch that lit up lower Manhattan with incandescent light and changed the way people live ever after. The electric light bulb was only one of thousands of Edison’s inventions, which include the phonograph and the kinetoscope....

Even before it was named, the Bermuda Triangle - roughly bounded by Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico - had gained a mythic reputation....

Covering essential curriculum areas such as human geography, physical geography, geology and ecology, First Earth Encyclopedia is a comprehensive introduction to the world around us....

Plastic bags are cheap and easy to use. But what happens when a bag breaks or is no longer needed? In Njau, Gambia, people simply dropped the bags and went on their way. One plastic bag became two. Then 10. Then a hundred.... 

One thing that hasn't changed much at all in the last 10,000 years is the human brain. The relentless curiosity of the human mind has resulted in huge innovation and change....

Take a ride inside the human body with Ms. Frizzle and the class....

Did you know that trees take care of each other and that the whole forest is connected? DK's audiobook The Magic & Mystery of Trees takes children on a fascinating journey of exploration, showing them just how special these mighty organisms are....

This accessible audiobook edition of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species brings evolution to the younger generation with exciting narration and a magical soundscape....

This nonfiction book for elementary kids chronicles the amazing voyage of Nefertiti, the Spidernaut to the International Space Station and back. She’s a Phiddipus johnsonii, or Johnson jumping spider, native to Western United States. Her colorful anatomy - red, black, and teal - made for stunning photography and video. In 2012, Nefertitti clocked a record-breaking 100 days in space, during which time she circled Earth about 1584 times, traveling about 41,580,000 miles.

This is the exciting story of a soil scientist confronting politicians to encourage them to pass a law to protect the land, the soil. When the US Congress passed a law establishing the Soil Conservation Service, it was the first government agency in the world dedicated to protecting the land, to protecting the Earth. 

Tornadoes are natural disasters, and this book will contain amazing facts about these events. Tornadoes for kids will tell them all these kid-friendly facts so that your child understands the significance of tornadoes, and why they exist. Get this book today to help them learn about these rotating giant natural disasters. 

Meet Sun: He's a star! And not just any star - he's one in a billion. He lights up our solar system and makes life possible. With characteristic humor and charm, Stacy McAnulty channels the voice of Sun in this next celestial "autobiography". Rich with kid-friendly facts, Sun! One in a Billion is an equally charming and irresistible companion to Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years.

"Arambì" è la trascrizione fonetica di una parola swahili che significa "fare insieme". È il grido dei pescatori che tirano a riva le reti, il richiamo della gente quando la comunità intraprende un lavoro a beneficio di tutti. Otto autori italiani si sono messi insieme dando vita a un "collettivo", per lanciare un segnale di speranza sul tema del cambiamento climatico e dimostrare che insieme si può davvero cambiare mentalità e di conseguenza salvare il pianeta.

Why is your elbow called your funny bone? How could you escape the grip of a crocodile’s jaw? Which animal can breathe through its bottom? And how do these things all link together? This brilliant book will have eyebrows raised and jaws dropping as it uncovers the amazing scientific explanations behind all sorts of questions that can pop into our heads. Can an egg bounce? How can a giraffe’s ridiculously long neck contain the same number of bones as a human’s? How much does the internet weigh?