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Alex Miles
The school play is coming up and Maggie the Maker can’t wait to work behind the scenes to design the best set ever!
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Eve loves to draw and design so she can’t wait to plan her birthday party and create the invitations.
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Barry Marshall, Lorna Hendry, Bernard Caleo (illus.)
A time-travel adventure for young budding scientists.
Jess McGeachin
Lucy had always been good at fixing things, and Dad needed a bit of help. It was just the two of them after all. So when Lucy finds a bird…
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James Foley
The brain-enhancing nanobots she is testing have been accidentally swallowed by her baby brother Joe. The only way to stop Joe turning into a superbaby and wreaking super havoc is…
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Sally Tinker - creator of Brobot and the world’s foremost inventor under the age of twelve - is back.
Sally has built a machine capable of enlarging any object, but…
Have you ever thought you could invent a better sibling? Sally Tinker did. This is the first book in the S. Tinker Inc. series of graphic novels.
Sally is the…
Libby Jackson
From small steps to giant leaps, A Galaxy of Her Own tells fifty stories of inspirational women who have been fundamental to the story of humans in space, from scientists…
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Patricia Valdez
Back in the days of long skirts and afternoon teas, young Joan Procter entertained the most unusual party guests: slithery and scaly ones, who turned over teacups and crawled past…
Catherine Pelosi
Quark’s Academy is a junior fiction adventure complete with humorous dialogue, mad plotting and peculiar characters for readers aged eight to twelve.
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Andrea Beaty
When Rosie Revere’s Uncle Ned gets a little carried away wearing his famous helium pants, it’s up to Ada and friends to chase him down. As Uncle Ned floats farther…
1 New York Times bestselling Rosie Revere is back and starring in her first chapter book!
Rachel Ignotofsky
A charmingly illustrated and educational book, Women in Science highlights the contributions of fifty notable women to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) from the ancient to…
Jeannine Atkins
A biographical novel in verse of three different girls in three different time periods who grew up to become groundbreaking scientists –
Skateboarding and video games are the best things in the world according to Niki.
So when the biggest esports tournament announces they will hold a junior comp in her town…
Hamsa’s teacher has announced that their class will be doing their very own hackathon.
A hack-a-what? thinks Hamsa. She doesn’t know anything about tech or coding!
Can Hamsa and her…
Deborah Underwood
With a little help from her fairy godrobot, Cinderella is going to the ball. But when the prince’s ship has mechanical trouble, someone will have to zoom to the rescue!
Patrick McDonnell
In this inspiring true tale of Jane Goodall’s early years, bestselling author Patrick McDonnell gently reminds readers that with determination, you really can make your dreams come true.
A story of the power of curiosity in the hands of a child on a mission to use science to understand her world
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Steve Breen
By the time she was eight, Violet Van Winkle could build elaborate flying machines from scratch. The kids at school tease her. Maybe she could earn their respect by winning…
Laurie Wallmark
Ada Lovelace, the daughter of the famous romantic poet, Lord Byron, develops her creativity through science and math. When she meets Charles Babbage, the inventor of the first mechanical computer…
Rosie may seem quiet during the day, but at night she’s a brilliant who dreams of becoming a great engineer. When her Great, Great Aunt Rose (Rosie the Riveter) comes…
Fiona Robinson
A picture book biography of mathematician Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer, by the award-winning author/illustrator Fiona Robinson
Jeanette Winter
Get to know Zaha Hadid in this nonfiction picture book about the famed architect’s life and her triumph over adversity from celebrated author-illustrator Jeanette Winter.
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Tanya Lee Stone
A nonfiction picture book telling the inspiring story of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female doctor.
Margot Shetterly
Author Shetterly and illustrator Freeman bring the incredibly inspiring true story of four black female mathematicians who helped NASA launch men into space to picture book readers in this adaptation…
Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Part of the bestselling Little People, Big Dreams series, Jane Goodall tells the inspiring true story of the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees.
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Meet the one of the world’s most famous scientists in this book for readers as young as 4 years. Part of the Little People, Big Dreams series that introduces children…
Meet Ada Lovelace, the British mathematician and daughter of poet Lord Byron. From her early love of logic, to her plans for the world’s first computer program, learn about Ada’s…
Chelsea Clinton
In this companion book to She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World, Chelsea Clinton introduces readers to a group of thirteen incredible women who have shaped history all…
