With a final message to readers about safety and conservation of electricity, Electricity in Your Life, by Bo-hyun Seo, is an ethical and fun introduction to science.
Author: Dr. Jen Harrison
Dr. Jen Harrison
Dr. Jen Harrison provides writing and research services as the CEO of Read.Write.Perfect. She completed her Ph.D. in Children’s and Victorian Literature at Aberystwyth University in Wales, in the UK. After a brief spell in administration, Jen then trained as a secondary school English teacher and worked for several years teaching Secondary School English, working independently as a private tutor of English, and working in nursery and primary schools. She has been an editor for the peer-reviewed journal of children’s literature, Jeunesse, and has published academic work on children’s non-fiction, YA speculative fiction, and the posthuman.
With its striking black and orange wings, the monarch butterfly is one of the most iconic insects in nature; Laura Weston’s new lift-the-flap exploration invites readers to get up close, bringing these magnificent creatures to vivid life.
As the Life on Earth series demonstrates, asking questions, observing the world, and analyzing what you see is the best way to learn!
Six Dots is not only a story about braille – it is also a story about reading, and about the power of education and the support and love of family.
A key contribution to supporting STEM education, My Amazing Body Machine introduces children to the complexity and ingenuity of their own bodies.
The Egg, by Britta Teckentrup, is an excellent way to show young readers that science is not necessarily incompatible with art, beauty, story, and culture.
The Girl From Everywhere is utterly enthralling. It is fast-paced and punchy, whisking the reader along on a sea-voyage through time and space, myth and reality, and, above all, adventure after adventure.
Interactive as well as beautiful, An Alphabet in Bloom, by Nathalie Trovato, will help young readers build vocabulary, strengthen observational and critical thinking skills, and teach them about the natural world.
Readers are sure to be left fascinated and a little bit wiser after reading My Awesome Summer by P. Mantis, by Paul Meisel.
Daughter of the Pirate King, by Tricia Levenseller, is a rip-roaring good story with just the lightest touch of feminism.