Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science and technology

Brian Cleary and Brian Gable bring their trademark sense of humor to the subject of measuring length.

What is matter and where can it be found?

¿De dónde viene la electricidad?

Why do some things heat up quickly while others don’t?

How is a bridge built?

When robins sing, you know its spring.

Eli Whitney's love of inventing and pondering new ideas made him one of America's greatest inventors.

It's not easy being a rabbit nowadays.

Growing up in the 1830s, Louis Pasteur saw the horrifying effects of diseases like rabies and tuberculosis.

Gazing up at the stars, Benjamin Banneker longed to understand how and why things worked as they did.

High in the sky, Bessie Coleman could soar like a bird.

Growing up in a wealthy family that believed nursing wasn't a respectable job, Florence Nightingale was determined to help others.

In the early 1800s, very few girls were allowed to learn about science.

John Chapman loved all forms of nature, and he worked throughout his lifetime to improve it by planting apple trees.

Born a slave near the end of the Civil War, George Washington Carver was a small and sickly child.

In Dandelions, Mia Posada brings to life the beauty of the flower better known as a weed and a nuisance.

Growing up, Alexander Graham Bell was fascinated with music, speech, and sounds.

Lying on the grassy edge of the Louisiana bayou, T-Boy makes a wish to help his daddy.

On October 11, 1896, 10-year-old Sam Deal and his horse, Ginger, watch as the brave surfmen of Pea Island struggle to save the lives of nine people stranded on a shipwreck.

Fifteen-year-old Laurel Mawston has just moved to the Mississippi River town of New Madrid with her parents and brother when disaster strikes.

Humankind needs to find and develop alternative forms of energy.

The two dozen contraptions found in this handy resource can move across the land, over the sea, and through the air and can be assembled primarily from low-cost or free recycled materials, batteries, and a single motor.

How does a city obtain water, gas, and electricity?

Kids will learn how things they encounter every day operate by building their own models with this hands-on activity book.

A detailed reference on the latest craze in lightweight aeronautics, this manual shows how to build and throw paper boomerangs.

They shared first names.

An exciting biography about the man who changed Florida's east coast with his hotels and his Florida East Coast Railway.

This charmingly illustrated booklet explores Florida's coral reefs and introduces children to the plants and animals that live there.

This charmingly illustrated booklet explores Florida's 1,100-mile-long coastline and introduces children to the plants and animals that live along the shore.

Thirteen-year-old Casey Templeton has recently moved with his family to the southeastern Alberta town of Richford.

From the author and illustrator behind the acclaimed Moth, a scientific look at the circle of life.

From the author and illustrator behind the acclaimed Moth, a scientific look at the circle of life.

Perfect for fans of Tweet Cute and Instant Karma, this YA romcom is a heartfelt story about a girl who thinks she knows everything about love -- until she relives a day and discovers she had it all wrong.

The author of the bestselling Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site picture books makes her middle grade debut in this utterly delightful, illustrated series perfect for fans of Beverly Cleary's The Mouse and the Motorcycle.

Follow scientist Heather L.

Ellie the Engineer is back in a third charming, hilarious, illustrated story filled with creative, STEM-powered fun!

This striking book explains the feats of engineering behind the world's most impressive architectural marvels.

This striking book explains the feats of engineering behind the world's most impressive architectural marvels.

Mentre il mondo occidentale cadeva nell'oscurità, lei ebbe il coraggio di difendere la Luce.

Cuando el mundo occidental cayó en la oscuridad, ella se atrevió a defender la Luz.

Learn how the three fun-loving Kang brothers created noodles, one of China s most famous inventions!

In the Spring about two years ago Tony Spite saved a baby Song Thrush from drowning in his lily pond in Paraparaumu, a beach-side town just north of Wellington, the capital of New Zealand.

My first ride on a plane was when I was just a baby a few weeks old.

Edgar the Lonely ElectronEdgar the Lonely Electron is a childrens book designed to introduce scientific ideas and names to children at an early age.

If you have the soul of a hippie and wish you were born in the 1960s, then this book is for you.

Isn't Earth amazing?

Read about the science behind trains, monster trucks and airplanes.

You interact with technology on a daily basis.

Show your love for the "e;green planet"e; by increasing your knowledge on the renewable energy sources like wind, solar and hydro energy.

What a monstrous book this is!