Kids and Teens Bestsellers

Becoming a writer is a real adventure. This humorous and informational account of a pencil’s journey from cedar tree to classroom is told by a stubby little pencil himself. For fans of The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors and The Day the Crayons Quit.

It all started in a forest.

Before working hard in...

Journey seven miles below the surface of the ocean in this thrilling moment-by-moment recounting of astronaut and oceanographer Kathryn Sullivan’s real-life deep dive to the “bottom of the world.” This book is brimming with STEM concepts and heart.

What is it like to visit the deepest place in the...

Get to know the world’s most iconic physicist. Share his fascination with the invisible forces at work in the universe.
 
Ten colorful stories follow Albert Einstein from his days as a mediocre student, to a struggling young professional, to the visionary author of multiple scientific breakthroughs...

"A spectacular achievement."—Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid

In a full-color debut, a graphic novelist takes an engrossing, gleefully existential deep dive into the many ways that humanity could—and almost did—meet its end.

Since 99.9 percent of all species that have lived are extinct, it...

A high-energy, colorful and fascinating deep dive into the world of communication.

Covering the many communication methods and forms, past and present - from cuneiform and semaphore to body language and social media - this bright and bold book is chock-full of information. Each mural-like spread...

A hilarious interactive picture book from the author of The Crayon Stub about a rabbit and a raccoon who find themselves in a story turned upside down.

Raccoon’s new basketball just arrived. Time to shoot hoops with his friend Rabbit! But when the basketball falls UP instead of DOWN, they have to...

Who are the “we” of “we the people”? This collaboration between award-winning artist Duncan Tonatiuh and author Howard W. Reeves celebrates inclusion, exploring what the preamble to our United States constitution leaves unsaid.

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect...

A hilariously absurd and philosophical picture book for 3-to-7-year-olds about a pickle slowly withering in the sun, sharing its hard-earned wisdom with the local animal population and preparing to be eaten by a dog (its preferred way to go). For fans of I Want My Hat Back and The Skunk.

A pickle...

Could you be the next smoot? One MIT student’s diminutive height becomes his mathematical superpower—and claim to fame—in a true story that’s entertaining and inspiring in equal measure.

When the five-foot-seven-inch Oliver Smoot and his friends at MIT decided to play a practical joke, he drew the...

In this first picture book in the Black Innovators series, meet the insatiably curious Jim West, who invented a vital piece of the device we all carry in our pockets—transforming how the world communicates today.

Young Jim West loves to pull apart whatever electronics he can get his hands on to see...

A #1 New York Times and IndieBound bestseller!

This gorgeously illustrated picture book adaptation brings to full color the adventures of the #1 New York Times bestselling novel The Wild Robot.
 
Roz is not where she’s supposed to be.
 
You see, the robot wasn’t designed to live in the wilderness...

"A worthwhile addition for STEM collections, this cheerful and reassuring offering has multiple curricular applications and makes a great read-aloud." —Booklist (starred review)

Did you know there are more microbes on Earth than stars in the universe? That some five million microbes live on your hand...

Visual learners rejoice! A world-renowned photographer imagines the intersection of art, science, and the ordinary-extraordinary world around us in a stunning work of interactive nonfiction.

Enlisting readers to “be the scientist” through vivid fine-art photographs, internationally acclaimed science...