Katherine Speller The Beasts in Your Brain Understanding and Living with Anxiety and Depression It can be hard to find the words to describe the icky feelings that seem to come from nowhere and sap all your joy and energy. You can tell that your brain just isn’t pulling off the same tasks as others,…
Non-fiction for Children & Young Adults
Maria Parrott-Ryan An Astonishing Circle The Discovery and Denial of the Circulatory System In 1628, physician William Harvey made a controversial claim: that blood circulated continuously through the body, pumping from the heart through the blood vessels into the tissues and returning to the heart. His research contradicted many anatomy “experts” who believed blood was…
Birge Tetzner & Karl Uhlenbrock Fred in Ancient Rome In the shadow of the Colosseum Off to Rome on the night train! As soon as they arrive, Fred and Grandad Alfred set off to follow in the footsteps of the ancient Romans. The tour begins at the Roman Forum. For centuries, the Roman Forum was…
Janet Fox & Debbie Loren Dunn The Real Rosalind The Truth About Rosalind Franklin’s DNA Discovery and How It Was Erased She was called angry, irascible, and combative. But more than anything else? She was correct. Ask most people what they know about DNA and they might be able to tell you some basics: It…
Jilanne Hoffmann & Khao Le The Ocean’s Heart – The Tiny Creatures Essential to Life Far below the ocean’s surface live tiny, restless creatures called zooplankton. They are the ocean’s heart. Dive into the incredible undersea lives of zooplankton, miniscule animals that race to the ocean’s surface to feed on plants. It’s the largest migration…
Sandra Markle Call the Bee Doctor! How Science is Saving Honey Bees From the Series Sandra Markle’s Science Discoveries Honey bees are among the world’s most important insects. They help pollinate many of the crops we depend on for food. Without them, the global food supply would be in great danger. In 1998, beekeepers in…
Sandra Markle The Great Narwhal Rescue Saving the Arctic Ocean’s Narwhals From the Series Sandra Markle’s Science Discoveries With their long tusks, narwhals are unique whales that live in the Arctic Ocean. But as climate change causes global temperatures to rise, less and less sea ice is covering the Arctic Ocean each year. Narwhals are…
Sandra Markle Dinosaur Secrets Revealed How High-Tech Tools Spark Discoveries From the Series Sandra Markle’s Science Discoveries Have you ever wondered what happens to dinosaur fossils after paleontologists dig them up? They don’t only go on display in museums. Scientists also investigate those fossilized remains to learn more about how dinosaurs’ bodies functioned and how…
Patricia Newman & Becca Hall Sharks Unhooked The Adventures of Cristina Zenato, Underwater Ranger Some people are scared of sharks. Not Cristina Zenato. As a little girl, Cristina dreamed of making friends with the sharks deep in the ocean. When she grew up, she made those dreams come true, becoming a diver, conservationist, and shark…
Ariana Zustra & Susanna Harrison Don’t Stop the Music Immortal Pop Stars and What They Have in Common Curtains up for the greats of music, icons and idols as you’ve never seen them before: in 53 double portraits, pop stars from eighty years of music history face each other – each a classic and a…
Dita Zipfel, Finn-Ole Heinrich & Nele Brönner Eely Has to Go Eely has spent almost his entire life in a very beautiful canal, happily doing his laps with his friend Frank. But suddenly Eely realises that he is changing, that he has to say goodbye and take the plunge into new waters: A long, exciting…
Danna Zeiger & Josée Bisaillon Rewriting the Rules How Dr. Kathleen Friel Created New Possibilities for Brain Research and Disability When Kathleen Friel was young, she was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, and a doctor told her parents all the things she’d never be able to do. They left his office for good and found a…
Kelly Rice Schmitt & Jam Dong I Truck – A Big Rig’s Epic Trip From the Series On the Move Honk! Honk! Follow along as a semitruck travels cross country with a load of toys. Turbo-powered text and illustrations will appeal to truck-loving kids everywhere! Climb on up into the cab of a semitruck and…
Kinderkunsthaus Let’s Make Art! 30 Creative Ideas for Designing with Children Discover your creative potential! Art is everywhere – you just have to get creative! This book brings together 30 exciting art projects to do at home. Whether it’s bubble pictures, palette knife art or painting with magnets – all the ideas can be realised…
Kelly Rice Schmitt & Jam Dong I Fuel – How Energy Powers Our Busy World From the Series On the Move We’re mighty fuel—ready to power the world! From lightbulbs and stoves to cars and planes, many things around us need fuel to work. Where does that fuel come from? Follow oil on its journey…
Kelly Rice Schmitt & Jam Dong I Fuel – How Energy Powers Our Busy World From the Series On the Move Honk! Honk! Follow along as a semitruck travels cross country with a load of toys. Turbo-powered text and illustrations will appeal to truck-loving kids everywhere! Climb on up into the cab of a semitruck…
Christine Ziegler & Stephanie Marian Art Eater – From the Life of a Museum Moth Makes you want to go to the museum—an exciting mixture of narrative text and non-fiction picture book Museum moth Heribert is a great lover of art. After a visit to his family in the countryside, he takes his niece Jolinde…
Kristina Scharmacher-Schreiber & Stephanie Marian All Dance! – A Mouse Whirls Through Tap Dance and Ballet Exciting mix of history, factual information and hands-on tips Little mouse Marie loves to dance. When she wins dance lessons from the famous dancer Momo Mouse at a competition, she quickly realises that she wants to take part with…
Kelly Rice Schmitt & Jam Dong I Ship – A Container Ship’s Colossal Journey From the Series On the Move Cast off on a journey across the ocean with a container ship as a guide in the delightful picture book I Ship. Come aboard a massive container ship as it pulls into port, loads up…
Giselle Clarkson Omnibird – An Avian Investigator’s Handbook This highly illustrated, playful field guide to common international birds brings the art of observology to the science of ornithology, showing the many ways these familiar creatures are remarkable if you take time to look. Have you seen a bird today? Probably, unless you’re reading this in…