Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science and technology
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Snowy Owl Scientist
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£17.09
HarperCollins Fossil Hunter
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Deftly weaving in paleontological and geological facts, this riveting account presents an unflinching look at what it meant to be born poor, uneducated, female, and brilliant, at a time when women were denied the opportunity to become scientists. I couldn’t put it down.” — Sarah Albee, NYT bestselling author of Accidental Archeologists and Bugged "Well-written and thoroughly researched." — Kirkus Reviews "A personal and compelling glimpse into an important scientific mind." — Booklist "This in-depth, beautifully illustrated biography of Mary Anning sings with the passion and perseverance of the woman herself, who from girlhood on scoured the shifting cliffs of her native Dorset to dig out prehistoric mysteries and make sense of them—altering forever our view of the past." — Joyce Sidman, Newbery Honor winner and Sibert Medal winner
£14.24
Versify Emmy in the Key of Code
Book SynopsisIn this innovative middle grade novel, coding and music take center stage as new girl Emmy tries to find her place in a new school. Perfect for fans of the Girls Who Code series and The Crossover.In a new city, at a new school, twelve-year-old Emmy has never felt more out of tune.Things start to look up when she takes her first coding class, unexpectedly connecting with the material—and Abigail, a new friend—through a shared language: music. But when Emmy gets bad news about their computer teacher, and finds out Abigail isn’t being entirely honest about their friendship, she feels like her new life is screeching to a halt.Despite these obstacles, Emmy is determined to prove one thing: that, for the first time ever, she isn’t a wrong note, but a musician in the world’s most beautiful symphony.Shortlisted for a Trinity Schools Book Award (TSBA) 2023
£9.75
HarperCollins Publishers Inc One Day
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£13.49
HarperCollins Publishers Inc One Day
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£7.08
HarperCollins Whats A Germ Joseph Lister
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£17.99
Clarion Books The Octopus Scientists
Book SynopsisPart of the award-winning Scientists in the Field series, The Octopus Scientists takes readers to the waters off of Moorea, Tahiti, to study the mind of the mollusk. Follow scientists as they uncover the secrets of its advanced intelligence and learn what these thinking, feeling creatures have to teach us about the oceans, its animals, and ourselves. With three hearts and blue blood, its body unconstrained by jointed limbs or gravity, the octopus seems to be an inhabitant of another world. The octopus also has the powers of a superhero: it can shape shift, change color, squirt ink, pour itself through the tiniest of openings, or jet away through the sea faster than a swimmer. Most intriguing of all, octopuses are remarkably intelligent. This book, an inquiry into the mind of an intelligent invertebrate, is also a foray into our unexplored planet. These thinking, feeling creatures can help readers experi
£999.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Rotten
Book SynopsisA funny and fact-filled look at decomposition in all of its slimy glory, illustrated with dazzling full-color art by Gilbert Ford. From vultures and sharks to bacteria, maggots, mushrooms, and more, discover the dirty rotten truth about one of nature’s most fascinating processes.Trade Review"Thankfully, most stuff rots. This colorfully illustrated effort is aimed at a grade school audience that's sure to be appreciative of an oft-stinky subject."--Kirkus "Rot in all its forms is on delightfully disgusting display in this introduction to decomposition."--School Library Journal "Even readers who don’t buy the claim that "decomposition can seem . . . almost magical” will come away appreciating how artfully nature moves in cycles."--Booklist "Librarians who are “decomposing” their science collections in the interest of promoting fresh growth will want to take a look at this title."--The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books —
£10.14
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Tornado Scientist
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£10.44
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) Moonbird
Book SynopsisB95 can feel it: a stirring in his bones and feathers. It''s time. Today is the day he will once again cast himself into the air, spiral upward into the clouds, and bank into the wind.He wears a black band on his lower right leg and an orange flag on his upper left, bearing the laser inscription B95. Scientists call him the Moonbird because, in the course of his astoundingly long lifetime, this gritty, four-ounce marathoner has flown the distance to the moonand halfway back! B95 is a robin-sized shorebird, a red knot of the subspecies rufa. Each February he joins a flock that lifts off from Tierra del Fuego, headed for breeding grounds in the Canadian Arctic, nine thousand miles away. Late in the summer, he begins the return journey. B95 can fly for days without eating or sleeping, but eventually he must descend to refuel and rest. However, recent changes at ancient refueling stations along his migratory circuitchanges caused mostly by human ac
£999.99
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) Yvonne Clark and Her Engineering Spark
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£999.99
Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc Papas Mechanical Fish
Book SynopsisCandace Fleming and illustrator Boris Kulikov pair up to tell a fun story about a real submarine inventor in Papa''s Mechanical FishClink! Clankety-bang! Thump-whirr! That''s the sound of Papa at work. Although he is an inventor, he has never made anything that works perfectly, and that''s because he hasn''t yet found a truly fantastic idea. But when he takes his family fishing on Lake Michigan, his daughter Virena asks, Have you ever wondered what it''s like to be a fish?and Papa is off to his workshop. With a lot of persistence and a little bit of help, Papawho is based on the real-life inventor Lodner Phillipscreates a submarine that can take his family for a trip to the bottom of Lake Michigan.
£17.09
Square Fish Brainstorm
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£11.39
Random House USA Inc The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau
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£8.99
Random House USA Inc Frozen in Time Adapted for Young Readers
Book SynopsisNonfiction for kids interested in science, biography, and early entrepreneurs, this work explores the life story of Clarence Birdseye, the man who revolutionized the frozen food industry and changed the way people eat all over the world. Adapted from Mark Kurlansky’s adult work Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man. Adventurer and inventor Clarence Birdseye had a fascination with food preservation that led him to develop and patent the Birdseye freezing process and start the company that still bears his name today. His limitless curiosity spurred his other inventions, including the electric sunlamp, an improved incandescent lightbulb, and a harpoon gun to tag finback whales. This true story of an early inventor/entrepreneur is not only thrilling but also explains the science and early technology behind food preservation. Simultaneously available in a hardcover and trade paperback edition. Each edition includes an 8-page black-and
£7.59
Random House USA Inc Rampage The Singular Menace 3
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£999.99
Penguin Young Readers Group Made by Maxine
Book SynopsisMeet Maxine, an inspiring young maker who knows that with enough effort and imagination (and mistakes), it's possible to invent anything.Maxine loves making new things from old things. She loves tinkering until she has solved a problem. She also loves her pet goldfish, Milton. So when it's time for her school's pet parade, she's determined to create something that will allow Milton to march with the other animals. Finally, after trying, trying, and trying again, she discovers just the right combination of recycled odds and ends to create a fun, functional--and absolutely fabulous--solution to her predicament.Trade Review"This a great choice for fans of Andrea Beaty’s Ada Twist, Scientist and Jenny Offill’s 11 Experiments That Failed.... A fun and uplifting picture book for all libraries that encourages children to engage with STEM concepts." – School Library Journal
£12.99
Penguin Putnam Inc Lights Music Code 3 Girls Who Code
Book SynopsisPerfect for fans of The Babysitters Club and anyone interested in computer science, this series is published in partnership with the organization Girls Who Code!Maya and her friends from coding club have an exciting new project: they're coding lights and music for the winter dance! But when Maya's old troublemaking friend Maddie moves to town, Maya starts spending a lot of time with her, and less time with her coding friends. Maddie just gets her in a way that her other friends don't. Will Maya get swayed by Maddie's wayward ways, or will she stay true to her permanent group from coding club? And will she come through on her part for the light and music coding project? Maybe coding--like friendship--is about being there for your friends when they need you the most.Trade Review"The troubleshooting and trial-and-error elements of the code storyline effectively demonstrate how and what can be done with code."--Kirkus Reviews
£11.55
Penguin USA Girls Who Code
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£16.19
Penguin Putnam Inc GlowintheDark Constellations
Book Synopsis90,000 stargazers can't be wrong! Our original Glow-in-the-Dark Constellations was such a hit that we're bringing it back in an affordable paperback edition for a new generation! From Andromeda to Pegasus, Orion to the Big Dipper, this super informative guide covers it all with dazzling glow-in-the-dark illustrations of the constellations, eight sky maps, and fascinating retellings of the legends behind the constellations. Helpful tips on locating stars in the night sky through every season of the year make this a book the whole family can enjoy together.
£9.69
Penguin Putnam Inc Quién fue Steve Jobs
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£7.59
Penguin Random House LLC Who Is Bill Gates Who Was
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£7.57
Penguin Young Readers Group Who Was Alexander Graham Bell
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£7.57
Penguin Putnam Inc Who Was Sally Ride Who Was Paperback
Book SynopsisIn 1978, Sally Ride, a PhD candidate at Standford University, responded to a newspaper ad to join the US astronaut program. She was accepted and became the first American woman astronaut to fly in space! Among her other accomplishments, she played tennis like a professional, was an astrophysicist who helped develop a robotic arm for space shuttles, and later, through Sally Ride Science, worked to make science cool and accessible for girls. Sally Ride, who died on July 23, 2012, will continue to inspire young children.
£6.99
Grosset and Dunlap Who Was George Washington Carver
Book SynopsisBorn in 1860s Missouri, nobody expected George Washington Carver to succeed. Slaves were not allowed to be educated. After the Civil War, Carver enrolled in classes and proved to be a star student. He became the first black student at Iowa State Agricultural College and later its first black professor. He went on to the Tuskegee Institute where he specialized in botany (the study of plants) and developed techniques to grow crops better. His work with vegetables, especially peanuts, made him famous and changed agriculture forever. He went on to develop nearly 100 household products and over 100 recipes using peanuts.
£7.55
Grosset and Dunlap Who Is Richard Branson
Book SynopsisWhat would you do with a billion dollars? This question gets a definitive answer from billionaire Richard Branson: do everything! Born into a wealthy family in London, Branson suffered from dyslexia and was a poor student. Still, his knack for business started early with a successful parakeet-breeding enterprise at age 11.The charismatic entrepreneur launched his first major business, Virgin Records, at age 22 and spent the next few decades building the Virgin group that now includes more than 400 companies. Known for his eccentric lifestyle and trillion-watt smile, Branson’s hot air balloon flights, innovative leadership, and world record attempts have made him an instantly-recognizable global icon.
£7.58
Penguin Putnam Inc Thomas Edison and His Bright Idea Penguin Young
Book SynopsisThis nonfiction reader shines a light on Thomas Edison and his greatest invention—the lightbulb!As a curious child who was always asking questions, it's no wonder Thomas Edison grew up to become a famous, prolific inventor. This easy-to-read nonfiction story follows Edison from his time in school to his career as a full-time inventor. While it focuses on his groundbreaking creation of the lightbulb, this illuminating account also details other important innovations of his, like the phonograph and the microphone. Edison's discoveries will fascinate and inspire all curious young minds!
£7.36
Random House USA Inc Who Hatches the Egg All About Eggs
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£8.99
Penguin USA Scene of the Crime
Book SynopsisLearn about the history of forensic science, how to collect and analyze evidence, and get one step closer to being a world-class, crime-solving detective!From the critically acclaimed author of The Book of Chocolate, The Human Body, and From Here to There, comes an all new nonfiction deep dive into forensic science. What is evidence and how do investigators gather it? How do you determine how long a body has been dead? Do fingerprints differ from person to person? How did some of the world's great fictional detectives, like Sherlock Holmes, further the study of forensics? Packed with lively photos, classroom activities, and engaging prose, budding private eyes and scientists will be eager to find the answers to these and other questions in HP Newquist's latest, and to learn about everything from the world's first autopsy in Ancient Rome to the role that DNA plays in solving crimes along the way.
£17.09
Dutton Books for Young Readers Amazing You Getting Smart about Your Private
Book SynopsisMom, where do babies come from?”Many parents live in fear of the day their child asks that question—which inevitably happens, often as early as the preschool years. Here is a picture book designed especially for young children who are becoming sexually aware but aren't ready to learn about sexual intercourse. Written with warmth and honesty, Amazing You! presents clear and age-appropriate information about reproduction, birth, and the difference between girls' and boys' bodies. Lynne Cravath's whimsical illustrations enliven the text, making this a book that parents will gladly share with their young ones.
£16.14
Dutton Books for Young Readers 2030 A Day in the Life of Tomorrows Kids
Book SynopsisWinner of the 2012 Grand Canyon Reader Award for a Non-fiction bookGlobal events and new technology change how we live from moment to moment. So, what will our world be like in twenty years? Come take a look as futurists Amy Zuckerman and James Daly examine what a kid?s daily life might be like in the year 2030. Inspired and informed by trends and scientifi c and technological research, 2030 is not only a peek at some cool future gadgets (talking dog collars, cars that drive themselves), but also a thoughtful examination of how our lives might be impacted as we adjust to environmental change.
£16.19
Penguin Putnam Inc I am Marie Curie Ordinary People Change the World
Book SynopsisThe first woman to win a Nobel Prize, physicist and chemist Marie Curie is the 19th hero in the New York Times bestselling picture book biography series about heroes.
£11.99
Random House USA Inc Solid Liquid Gassy A Fairy Science Story
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£19.94
Hachette Children's Group Charles Drew Doctor Who Got the World Pumped Up
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£8.49
Houghton Mifflin The Octopus Scientists Scientists in the Field
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£17.09
Houghton Mifflin Robins
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£17.99
Houghton Mifflin Prehistoric Actual Size
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£10.43
Houghton Mifflin The Hyena Scientist Scientists in the Field
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£17.09
Houghton Mifflin Kakapo Rescue Saving the Worlds Strangest Parrot
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£10.44
Clarion Books Lives of the Scientists Experiments Explosions
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£8.54
Houghton Mifflin Mighty Mars Rovers The The Incredible Adventures
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£10.93
Houghton Mifflin The Tornado Scientist
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£17.09
Scholastic US Fly to the Rescue Tiny Geniuses 1
Book SynopsisMY WEIRD SCHOOL meets MAGIC TREE HOUSE in this engaging chapter book series that seamlessly incorporates science and history themes in a new and entertaining way.Great minds think alike . . . Jake Everdale is about to flunk science class and his mom is threatening to pull him off the baseball team. Can the season be saved?POP!When Jake makes a desperate wish for homework help, he can''t believe what happens next -- his Heroes of History action figures come to life! Famed scientist Sir Isaac Newton and legendary pilot Amelia Earhart are going to make sure Jake aces the science fair. But these tiny geniuses have minds of their own!
£999.99
Cengage Learning, Inc Odd Boy Out
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£8.54
Houghton Mifflin Mysterious Universe Supernovae Dark Energy and
Book SynopsisTravel to the corners of the universe with Ellen Jackson and Nic Bishop as they follow Dr Alex Fillippenko and his High-Z Supernova Search Team to Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii. There they study space phenomena and look for supernovae, dying stars that explode with the power of billions of hydrogen bombs.
£9.49
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Animal Book The A Collection of the Fastest
Book SynopsisFeatures animals smooth and spiky, fast and slow, that hop and waddle. In this title, sections such as "Animal Senses," "Animal Extremes," and "The Story of Life" burst with facts and infographics that will have trivia buffs asking, "Do you know a termite queen can produce up to 30,000 eggs a day?".Trade Review"Building on years of experience in selecting animal facts and creating arresting illustrations, Jenkins surpasses his previous work with an amazing album characterized by clear organization, realistic images and carefully chosen examples. . . . This is a must-purchase for animal-loving families and most libraries." —Kirkus, starred review "This is a beautiful book that belongs in most collections; it will engage browsers for hours, and the many textual features make it an excellent choice for classroom curricula." —Booklist, starred review "With so much to look at, this attractive browsing book will fascinate children thirsty for animal facts." —School Library Journal "In showcasing the riches and peculiarities of the natural world, Jenkins offers plenty to seize (and satisfy) readers' curiosities." —Publishers Weekly, starred review "This will be an ideal holiday gift for kids who love animals or who love Steve Jenkins books—and that amounts to a lot of kids." —Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "Charts and graphs throughout are as intriguing as the animals themselves; an index of the featured animals is pretty much brilliant, including not just page numbers but size, habitat, and diet." —The Horn Book Magazine, starred review —
£21.79
Houghton Mifflin Stronger than Steel
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£17.09
Clarion Books The Secret of the Yellow Death
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£12.59
