A fascinating journey through history chronicling 20 remarkable women who were pioneers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).   This beautifully illustrated non-fiction children's book for ages 8 and older opens with the first perfume maker, Tapputi Belatekallim in Mesopotamia, 1200 BCE, through the present, where Nzambi Matee from Kenya, who while studying physics, invented eco-friendly paving blocks made from...

If you were dormant / waiting out the cold, the dry, the heat / you would pause. Captivating photos of animals accompany simple, engaging text to explain dormancy in nature. This highly curricular book teaches young readers about different kinds of dormancy and which animals do what. Featuring creatures like ladybugs, chickadees, squirrels, and even alligators, this book won't put curious kids to sleep! "A refreshingly original exploration of a physical...

A book told from the perspective of the Moon describes the formation and history of the Moon and its history in relation to Earth.

"Summary Edward O. Wilson recalls his lifetime with ants-from his first boyhood encounters in the woods of Alabama to perilous journeys into the Brazilian rainforest. " Ants are the most warlike of all animals, with colony pitted against colony. . . . Their clashes dwarf Waterloo and Gettysburg," writes Edward O. Wilson in his most finely observed work in decades. In a myrmecological tour to such far-flung destinations as Mozambique and New Guinea,...

Illustrations and simple text explain what wind is, how it is used by plants, birds, and people, and how wind can become a storm.

This deep dive into the fascinating, icky, beautiful, gruesome, and incredible world of insects teaches us to love the inconspicuous, disgusting, and annoying creatures all around us. Whether he’s telling stories of gilding the rear ends of cockroaches in gold to study them under a microscope, setting up tape recorders in the depths of the Amazon rainforest to document the sounds of crickets, renting a troupe of giant Madagascar hissing cockroaches...

"This is Richard Turere's true story of growing up on a farm in Kenya. A Maasai boy, Richard attended school when he could but more often was needed to herd his family's cattle. Richard's challenge was to protect his cows from the lions who prowled the night. Desperate Maasai farmers often killed lions, even though lions are at the core of Kenya's tourist trade and are protected. Richard noticed that lions stayed away when he was outside with a flashlight....

"In graphic novel format, follows the adventures of Max Axiom as he explains the science behind volcanoes"--Provided by publisher.

Despite being conceived over two-and-a-half thousand years ago, Aesop's Fables are still passed from parent to child today, and are embedded in our collective consciousness. The morals still inform our judgments, but have they influenced our views of the animal protagonists as well? And, if so, is there any truth behind the stereotypes? Are crows smart enough to reason? Are pigeons so dumb they cannot tell the difference between painting and reality?...

Few of us realize what strange wet miracles of science operate inside us after every meal. In her trademark style, Mary Roach investigates the beginning, and end, of our food.