Tu Youyou’s Discovery
Tu Youyou had been interested in science and medicine since she was a child, so when malaria started infecting people all over the world in 1969, she went to work finding a treatment. Trained as a...
View ArticleHeroRat!
Magawa is an African giant pouched rat with a special skill: sniffing out buried land mines. Follow this HeroRat from training at a university in Tanzania, to working in the field in Cambodia, to...
View ArticleMarine Biologists on a Dive
Maggie is a marine biologist. She and her team study all the living things in the ocean. Today is an exciting day: after months of research, the team is diving into the water with a traveling group of...
View ArticleOpposites Attract
The pair of beavers who live next to Big River Junkyard don’t agree on much. But when the factory upstream starts polluting the water, they both know something needs to change. Can the Tinkerers design...
View ArticleSecrets of the Snow Globe
After starting to collect snow globes with the help of her grandmother, Lily has questions. She wants to know who invented them, what the snow is made of, and how the tiny scenes look so magical when...
View ArticleThe Wonder of Color
When Ms. Vega announces a mural painting contest at school, James can’t wait to draw a picture to fill the library wall. But as he explores color, he has a lot of questions about where color comes from...
View ArticleSoaring Success
When Lucy the goose does a crash landing in Big River Junkyard, the Tinkerers need to find a way to get her back up and flying before her family migrates south for winter. Can they use technology to...
View ArticleThe Molecules That Make You You
Inside every cell in the human body are tiny molecules that define all of a person’s biological traits. Award-winning science author Robert E. Wells explores DNA with curiosity and awe, pairing...
View ArticleThe Moon Is More Than a Night-Light
Have you ever wondered how the moon was formed or why it changes shape in the sky? The moon’s story began 4.5 billion years ago, but it continues to affect everything we do today, from weather to...
View ArticleVaccines Change the World
Unlike other science books for middle grade readers, this definitive guide to vaccines is told in an approachable, compelling narrative style. Fascinating stories, combined with fresh design elements,...
View ArticleWater
Water. It is crucial for life on Earth, and it is everywhere. It is also the only substance on Earth that naturally has three forms: it can be a liquid, a solid, or a gas. Why is water so important for...
View ArticleClimate
From the smallest piece of plastic in the oceans to the largest glacier at the north or south pole, scientists can see the effects of climate change. And it is all caused by burning fossil fuels—coal,...
View ArticleJust Warming Up
When road construction wakes Gus the groundhog from his hibernation a week early, the Tinkerers are more than happy to take him in. Before long, their new friend reveals that he has a special talent:...
View ArticleThe Alchemy of Letting Go
Twelve-year-old Juniper Edwards can’t stop chasing the endangered butterfly her sister died trying to catch. In her grief, Juniper finds comfort in her family’s study of insects, because science is...
View ArticleThe Sound of a Guitar
After hearing her cousin Keeley perform an amazing concert, Mia is determined to become a guitar hero and learn everything she can about this amazing instrument. So she sets out to gather the knowledge...
View ArticleVolcano Experts on the Edge
Owen is a volcanologist. He and his team study volcanoes to learn more about their activity and behavior. On a journey to the frozen peaks of Iceland, Owen’s team uses innovative technology to...
View ArticleThe Ocean Is More than a Home for Fish
Our five oceans cover about 71 percent of the earth’s surface and hold about 97 percent of our water. A central part of the planet’s water cycle, oceans are essential to all living things. They are...
View ArticleWe Need the Amazon Rain Forest
Even though rain forests take up less than 10 percent of Earth’s land, they are home to more than half the world’s plants and animals. In this adventure, readers climb aboard a river boat and tour the...
View ArticleBeauty and the Beaker
Beauty is a scientist who is never without her beaker. When a beast of a storm hits her island home, Beauty discovers a type of green energy that will restore power to the community, and help many...
View ArticleOctopus Acrobatics
Though octopuses live in every ocean and along every US coast, you may never catch a glimpse of one in the wild. All 300 species, from the tiny wolfi octopus to the enormous Pacific octopus, can...
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