For inquiring minds everywhere, "Random Illustrated Facts" offers an exceptional variety of quirky trivia on topics ranging from history and natural science to outer space and entomology. Artist, author, and daily sketchbook keeper Mike... Read More

The book offers an opportunity to empathize with people in another part of the world. If You Were Me and Lived in … Cuba: A Child’s Introduction to Culture around the World by Carole P. Roman asks children to imagine themselves as... Read More

Discover the amazing ways in which chocolate syrup, slinkies, and cheese curls can explain everything from solar power to sound waves and burning calories in Emily Hawbaker’s "Energy Lab for Kids". Using just a few simple tools and... Read More

The legend of the “Lady in Blue,” rich in history and mystery, is revived in Sisters in Blue, or Hermanas de azul, a bilingual journey of faith and unity, by Anna M. Nogar and Enrique R. Lamadrid. Earthy colors and Native American... Read More

Inspired by the wisdom found in Taoist philosophy and the fourth-century parables of Chuang Tzu, The Show-Off Monkey and other Taoist Tales, from Mark W. McGinnis, is a compilation of over thirty short fables featuring an extraordinary... Read More

The collection does everything poetry should do, offering fresh perspectives on the familiar while teasing the imagination. F. Scott Fitzgerald once apologized for writing a long letter by saying he didn’t have time to write a shorter... Read More

This is an accomplished kid’s-eye-level look at Germany, including its food, recreation, education, and family life. Despite being one of the major powers in Europe, Germany is largely unknown to many American children—a situation... Read More

If You Were Me and Lived on….Mars is an enchanting imagined journey to the Red Planet. Carole P. Roman has written many colorful, fun, and educational books for children, including her popular If You Were Me…and Lived in series for... Read More