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  • Engineering

    Cool Women Who Design

    Illustrated by Allison Bruce ...
    by Vicki V. May ...
    Series series Girls in Science
    What types of robots will the future bring? How do biomedical devices help patients? Have you ever wondered how your phone works? In Engineering: Cool Women Who Design, readers ages 9 to 12 meet three women who are working hard in the engineering field. Elsa Garmire has designed many devices that use lasers and light. Amy Kerdok designs medical and surgical devices. Anna Stork co-founded LuminAID ... Read more

    $6.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Forensics

    Cool Women Who Investigate

    by Anita Yasuda ...
    Illustrated by Allison Bruce ...
    Series series Girls in Science
    How do scientists solve mysteries? With forensics! Every crime scene contains forensic evidence that helps investigators discover exactly what happened. Forensics is the science of gathering and examining information about a past event, usually to solve a crime or legal problem.In Forensics: Cool Women Who Investigate, children ages 9 through 12 learn about this fascinating field and meet three ... Read more

    $6.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Every Root an Anchor

    Wisconsin's Famous and Historic Trees

    by R. Bruce Allison ...
    In Every Root an Anchor, writer and arborist R. Bruce Allison celebrates Wisconsin's most significant, unusual, and historic trees. More than one hundred tales introduce us to trees across the state, some remarkable for their size or age, others for their intriguing histories. From magnificent elms to beloved pines to Frank Lloyd Wright's oaks, these trees are woven into our history, contributing ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

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    Series series Children's Inventors Books
    All the good things that you enjoy today are products of the brilliant minds of scientists. These are the people who did a lot of research to discover more about the world, and from there, create technologies that we enjoy today. This book includes the best achievements, laid out in a fun and easy-to-under manner. Grab a copy today! ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Marine Biology

    Cool Women Who Dive

    by Karen Bush Gibson ...
    Illustrated by Lena Chandhok ...
    Series series Girls in Science
    Why is Earth called the Blue Planet? Because there's so much water on the surface that the planet looks blue from outer space!Marine biology is the study of the plant and animal life in salt water environments, from microscopic plankton to the largest animal on earth, the blue whale. In Marine Biology: Cool Women Who Dive readers ages 9 to 12 explore the careers of three women who work within the ... Read more

    $6.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?

    by Margaret Frith, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by John O'Brien ...
    Series series Who Was?
    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, an early precursor to the movie camera. As a boy, observing a robin catch a worm and then take flight, he fed a playmate a mixture ... Read more

    Was $6.99 USD Now $4.99 USD

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  • Neo Leo

    The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci

    by Gene Barretta ...
    Illustrated by Gene Barretta ...
    Series series Famous Inventors in History
    An introduction to Leonardo da Vinci's genius focusing on his famous notebook sketches and the modern inventions they predicted.In 1781, Thomas Paine came up with a model for a single-span bridge; in 1887, Adolf Eugen Fick made the first pair of contact lenses; and in 1907, Paul Cornu built the first helicopter. But Leonardo da Vinci thought of all these ideas more than five hundred years ago!At ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Who Was Marie Curie?

    by Megan Stine, Who HQ ...
    Illustrated by Ted Hammond ...
    Series series Who Was?
    Born in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There she met a professor named Pierre Curie, and the two soon married, forming one of the most famous scientific partnerships in history. Together they discovered two elements and won a Nobel Prize in 1903. ... Read more

    Was $6.99 USD Now $2.99 USD

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  • The Tree

    A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live, and Why They Matter

    by Colin Tudge ...
    A blend of history, science, philosophy, and environmentalism, The Tree is an engaging and elegant look at the life of the tree and what modern research tells us about their future.There are redwoods in California that were ancient by the time Columbus first landed, and pines still alive that germinated around the time humans invented writing. There are Douglas firs as tall as skyscrapers, and a ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • What Color Is My World?

    The Lost History of African-American Inventors

    by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Raymond Obstfeld ...
    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend and the NBA's alltime leading scorer, champions a lineup of little-known African-American inventors in this lively, kid-friendly book. Did you know that James West invented the microphone in your cell phone? That Fred Jones invented the refrigerated truck that makes supermarkets possible? Or that Dr. Percy Julian synthesized cortisone from soy, easing untold ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • Chemistry

    Investigate the Matter that Makes Up Your World

    by Carla Mooney ...
    Illustrated by Samuel Carbaugh ...
    Series series Inquire and Investigate
    Have you ever wondered what makes up everything in the world around you? Or what exactly is the difference between solids, liquids, and gases? Have you wanted to know what causes two substances to react or change?Chemistry: Investigate the Matter that Makes Up Your World introduces readers 12 through 15 to the fascinating world of protons, neutrons, and electrons. Learn how these molecules combine ... Read more

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  • The Trees in My Forest

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