Our world is filled with the most wonderful tools and machines. This is, of course, thanks to clever inventors! The first television was concocted with simple tea boxes and biscuit tins. The first airplane was the product of bicycle makers. The first submarine had oars. And Leonardo da Vinci described his many inventions in mirrored writing. Why? You’ll discover these things and more in this informative book.

A fascinating book filled with fun facts about great inventions and their brilliant inventors. For bright minds ages 5 years and up.

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Hardcover with jacket | 80 pages | 9.84 x 10.20 | ISBN: 9781605378572
Author-illustrator: Mack van Gageldonk

Many things we have at home were transported in a truck. Each truck is a well-equipped machine and a little house too, because the truck driver spends days (and sometimes nights) getting everything to the right place at the right time.

An enlightening and informative book about truck drivers and what they do. For aspiring drivers ages 4 years and up.

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Hardcover | 32 pages | 9.84 x 10.20 | ISBN: 9781605378602
Author-illustrator: Liesbet Slegers

On November 7, 1867, Maria Skłodowska—a woman who changes the scientific world forever—is born in Poland. With a natural talent for mathematics, she graduates high school at the age of fifteen! Soon after, she graduates from Paris University and gets married, taking the name Marie Curie. Her work as a female scientist, in addition to her Nobel prize achievements, continues to inspire the world today. 

The Great Minds series introduces young children to the greatest scientists of all time. This edition: Marie Curie, the female pioneer in the study of radioactivity. For researchers ages 9 years and up.

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Hardcover with jacket | 32 pages | 8.27 x 11.42 | ISBN: 9781605378596
Author: Peter Nys
Illustrator: Conz

All the animals in this book are smart travelers. Are you curious to know where they’re going? Travel with the Arctic tern, the Chinook salmon, the plains zebra, the red crab, the barn swallow, the great white shark, the common crane, the reindeer, and the monarch butterfly.

This is the fifth book in the Super Animals series, beautifully illustrated nonfiction about special animals. For little biologists ages 5 years and up.

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Hardcover with jacket | 64 pages | 9.25 x 12.80 | ISBN: 9781605378541
Authors: Reina Ollivier & Karel Claes
Illustrator: Steffie Padmos

Wow!

This series is full of inspiring animals, plants, and phenomena that are so spectacular that you’ll be left in awe!

There are forests all over the world. They house countless extraordinary species of animals and plants that can do remarkable things. Do you know how mushrooms can operate as couriers, how seeds can fly, how clever bushes can be, how gigantic a fungus can become, or how a tree makes delicious pancake syrup for you? Journey through the wild woods and discover the hidden wonders between the greenery. 

In this third book in the Wow series, you’ll discover the wonders of the forest. For nature explorers ages 6 years and up.

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Hardcover with jacket | 72 pages | 9.84 x 10.20 | ISBN: 9781605378565
Author-illustrator: Mack van Gageldonk