A child’s stargazing excursion turns into an interstellar journey to explore faraway planets

During a night of stargazing, a child looks up at the planets that make up our solar system and wonders about ...

Warning: This book, which is based on a true story, has depictions of anti-Semitism and contains racial stereotypes and hateful language. It is intended for an audience of 12 years and older.

Healing ...

This story of Halley’s Comet, told from the comet’s own perspective, ties the history of the renowned astronomical phenomenon of Halley’s return every 75 years with our own human history. A variety ...

In the middle of the twentieth century, in the middle of Eastern Europe, a young girl dreams of adventures far and near. One day, a huge wall appears that separates East from West, and dreamer from dreams. ...

After his snowmobile breaks down halfway across the sea ice on a trip back from a fishing camp, Serapio Ittusardjuat recounts the traditional skills and knowledge he leaned on to stay alive.

This harrowing ...

“Scotty,” the largest Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton in the world, was discovered in 1991. Mega Rex describes the landmark discovery, how to dig up a fossil, and what the unusual features of Scotty’s ...

It’s the summer of 1961, right in the midst of the US–Soviet space race, and eleven-year-old Arno is obsessed with everything to do with space. He has just one problem—Arno is claustrophobic. Instead ...

Un jour, on découvre une roche dans la ville. Ce minerai, c’est de l’amiante, de l’or blanc. Un an plus tard, l’exploitation minière commence, un chemin de fer est construit. Le village deviendra ...

Hiding Edith is the remarkable story of a young girl and the village that helped her. Its mayor and citizens concealed the presence of hundreds of Jewish children who lived in a safe house.

The last place in North America where black people and white people could not sit down together to share a cup of coffee in a restaurant was not in the Deep South. It was in the small, sleepy Ontario ...