Science And Technology category: 927 books

Max is buggy about bugs. If it crawls, slithers, or buzzes, he want to know everything about it. On a whirlwind vacation around the world, his dreams come true. In Japan, Indonesia, Australia, South America, Great Britain, and Africa, Max gets to see, learn about - and best of all - collect some of...

Deep-sea mining for gold and silver has triggered a chain of dangerous earthquakes, and it’s up to Benji Franklin and his fantastic problem solving skills to put an end to the shakeups and save the nearby islands from disaster. Will Benji’s super-smarts alone be enough to quiet the underwater tremors, or are some problems too big for even the Kid-Zillionaire?

Meet 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...

Candace Fleming and illustrator Boris Kulikov pair up to tell a fun story about a real submarine inventor in Papa's Mechanical Fish Clink! 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...

Learn about the life of Thomas Edison in this early reader biography. Most people today know Thomas Edison as the inventor of the light bulb—except, he isn’t! In Edison’s time, other inventors were working on the light bulb, but no one could figure out how to keep the light bulb lit....

High elevations equal high stakes for Tom! Tom is headed to Mount Everest. Not only will he get some sweet practice time in on his new foil kite snowboard, but he and Bud are going to put his latest invention—a robot Sherpa—to the test. At Everst’s high elevations they will really be...

Inspired by the childhood of real-life astronaut Chris Hadfield and brought to life by Terry and Eric Fan's lush, evocative illustrations, The Darkest Dark will encourage readers to dream the impossible. Chris loves rockets and planets and pretending he's a brave astronaut, exploring the universe....

Have you ever ridden a Ferris wheel? You go up, up, up and can see for miles! But when the inventor of the Ferris wheel, George Ferris, first pitched the idea, everyone thought he was crazy. A 250-foot bicycle wheel that goes around and around and carries people in train cars? Can't be done, they...

With Ramses removed from power, Suzanne, Brit and Mikayla have spent the past weeks focusing on opening the Oracle Chamber and finally logging out. The girls aren’t having much success when they receive summons from Ramses. The deposed king has retreated to the swampy south of Altair to consolidate...

How do the robot children of Clackentown spend snow days? They have supersonic snowball fights, make robot angels with wing nuts moving up and down, take hot oil baths to thaw out the joints, and receive eskimo kisses on metal noses at bedtime. Author Aaron Reynolds and illustrator David Barneda team up to tell a hilarious story about two favorite subjects—robots and snow days!

Billy Sure and Manny Reyes switch jobs at Sure Things, Inc. in the eleventh book of a hilarious middle grade series! Meet Manny Reyes, inventor and CEO of Sure Things, Inc….wait, what?! It’s a friendly switcheroo at Sure Things, Inc.! Manny decides to roll out Sure Things, Inc.’s...

He stood watching while George Atkinson spun around, dark eyes flashing, hair tousled. There was a two days' growth of beard darkening Atkinson's face. "Why, George," Loveral said, swiftly examining the litter of metal and wood which was spread over a table behind Atkinson. There...

The students at Fillmore Middle School have turned into zombies and it’s up to Billy to invent something that can turn them back in the twelfth book of a hilarious middle grade series! There’s something mysterious oozing its way down the Fillmore Middle School cafeteria, and yup—it’s...

Snoopy is traveling to space with NASA in this special Level 2 Ready-to-Read that’s perfect for every Peanuts fan! Snoopy wants to be the first beagle on the moon, so he grabs his red scarf, a space helmet, and lots and lots of dog treats. Then it’s time for lift-off! Come join Snoopy and...