When Plants Took Over the Planet: The Amazing Story of Plant Evolution is a fascinating volume and a great introduction to botanical history for young readers.
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A Child’s Introduction to Egyptology: The Mummies, Pyramids, Pharaohs, Gods, and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt is a fantastic, engaging introduction.
Listified! is a beautiful volume with a glossy hardback cover and full-color illustrations that combine high-definition photography and cartoon imagery.
Set in the golden age of classic Hollywood, Harvey’s Dressing Up the Stars tells the true story of one of the women who helped make the magic happen.
The Girl Who Could Fix Anything combines biography and science history to tell the fascinating story of one of the pioneers of the engineering field.
The Wright Engineers: Inventing the Airplane is an insightful and educational book written to appeal to any middle-grade (or above) reader.
More than just biographies, these picture books reinforce the idea that you don’t need to start out great to become outstanding.
The Kitchen Pantry Scientist: Biology for Kids is fun, engaging, and well-organized to balance fact learning with experimental discovery.
Evocative of a cross between a DK history book and a Where’s Waldo activity book, Ancient World Magnified is packed full of fascinating details.
In anticipation of Women’s History Month in March, here are some recent picture books about revolutionary women to inspire the future and encourage young readers to see possibility.