STEAM-related books bring the spirit of inquiry, discovery, and creative problem-solving to your learners while engaging them in rich literacy experiences.
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January Releases
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Marie-Therese Miller is the award-winning author of 60 nonfiction books for children and teens. Her recent selections include Zendaya, Taylor Swift: Unstoppable Icon, Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, and Orcas Attack, Miller earned her PhD in English from St. John’s University, where her academic focus was James Thurber’s humorous writing. She teaches Children’s and YA Literature at Marist University.
Concussions are dangerous head injuries that harm many young athletes. These injuries can affect sleep, neural synapses, memory, and more. Learn about concussions in youth sports, from why they happen to how they are treated. Hardcover: 9798765689578 PURCHASE |
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Katy Tanis is an explorer, illustrator, and children’s book author. She lives and works at the Jersey Shore. She spends most of her days chasing deadlines but occasionally wanders to far-off places, like Madagascar, where she chases primates instead. Her work is inspired by specific ecosystems and the wonderful webs of life that they contain. Katy has a soft spot for the weirdos of the animal kingdom, and she has never met a color she didn’t like.
The delightful and enchanting companion to the bestselling Love in the Wild board book! This beautifully illustrated book is filled with vibrant colors that bring to life the deep blue sea and its ocean inhabitants. The book celebrates the love expressed by various sea creatures, emphasizing that love is universal, whether you're an octopus, seahorse, or pufferfish. Through charming rhyming text and colorful artwork, children are introduced to diverse species, each of which demonstrates affection in unique and tender ways. The book promotes inclusivity, showing that love is a universal feeling. Hardcover: 9780735383531 PURCHASE |
February Releases
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Sibert Honor author Patricia Newman empowers readers to seek connections to the real world and to use their imaginations to act on behalf of their communities. Her new Teach the Hope initiative integrates gratitude, connection and narrative nonfiction books like hers that introduce readers to civic role models to inspire action, not anxiety. Patricia’s titles have received multiple starred reviews, two Orbis Pictus Recommended Awards (NCTE), two Green Earth Book Awards, and several Eureka! Awards (CRA). All her nonfiction titles are Junior Library Guild Selections, and most have been included in the Bank Street College’s Best Books of the Year lists. To learn more about her books and Teach the Hope, visit her website at patriciamnewman.com.
On May 19, 1924, a duet between a young cellist and a male nightingale was broadcast across the British Commonwealth as far away as Canada, India, and Australia to over one million listeners. It was an unprecedented collective experience made possible by the invention of the radio and a new microphone that picked up sounds of nature. Hardcover: 9781682637272 PURCHASE |
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Nora Nickum writes books for children about nature and STEM topics and leads ocean conservation work at the Seattle Aquarium. She is the author of the middle-grade nonfiction book Superpod: Saving the Endangered Orcas of the Pacific Northwest, about the toothed whales’ plight and the people working to help them recover, as well as the picture book This Book Is Full of Holes, illustrated by Robert Meganck.
Follow a dozen brave gray whales in search of food as they take a high-risk, high-reward 170-mile detour off their already grueling migration route to the Arctic. Hardcover: 9781536234701 PURCHASE |
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Karen M. Greenwald is the author of Mud Angels and A Vote for Susanna, which was a Kansas 2022 Notable Book and represented Kansas at the Library of Congress National Book Festival and in the Great Reads from Great Places initiative. She cofounded the #SunWriteFun writing contest, which raises money for kidlit charities, and her strategic branding efforts have earned seventeen international awards, including a Platinum International Summit Marketing Effectiveness Award in 2023. Karen shares her Maryland office with a very noisy dog. For more information, visit: www.karengreenwald.com.
A child plants a tiny seed and wonders what secrets it might hold. As it grows and grows and grows, she nurtures the little plant until it isn’t so little anymore—in fact, it’s COLOSSAL. What does one do with a colossal cabbage? The girl dreams that the cabbage feeds a soup kitchen full of neighbors, inspiring her to grow more veggies to share with her community, inspiring kids and families all over the country to grow veggies to share with their own communities. And when she wakes up, she is ready let the world in on the cabbage’s colossal secret. Inspired by the true story of Katie Stagliano, her forty-pound cabbage, and the nonprofit Katie’s Krops. Hardcover: 9781668955154 PURCHASE |
March Releases
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Jilanne Hoffmann is an engineer with an MFA in creative writing. Her debut picture book, A River of Dust: The Life-Giving Link Between North Africa and the Amazon received a PW starred review, a Junior Library Guild Gold Selection, a Crystal Kite, and the Louis J. Battan Author Award (K-12) from the American Meteorological Society. It was also named an ALA Notable, Bank Street Best for 2024, and on the Garden State Children’s Book Award List for 2026.
The largest migration of animals on Earth happens every single night as billions upon billions of microscopic animals―zooplankton―paddle from the ocean’s depths to its surface. On their journey, they swim daunting distances through predator-infested waters in pursuit of a midnight feast. Zooplankton are so small, and they live so deep, that we may never see them―but the entire food web depends upon their survival. Venture into the ocean’s twilight zone with Jilanne Hoffmann’s lyrical, evocative prose and Khoa Le’s luminous illustrations of these tiny yet magnificent creatures. Hardcover: 9798765643464 PURCHASE |
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Melissa Stewart is a leading researcher in the field of nonfiction literature for young people and the author of more than 200 books for children. Her work has been translated into more than a dozen languages and garnered such awards as the Sibert Honor, AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books, eighteen NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students, two Green Earth Book Awards, and three ALA Notables. She co-wrote 5 Kinds of Nonfiction: Enriching Reading and Writing Instruction with Children’s Books, edited the anthology Nonfiction Writers Dig Deep: 50 Award-winning Authors Share the Secret of Engaging Writing, and maintains the award-winning blog Celebrate Nonfiction.
Meet the monarch and the mourning cloak — two common North American butterflies that are about the same size, but have their own special ways of surviving. Compelling free-verse poetry and rich, detailed illustrations showcase the butterflies’ similar body structures and life stages as well as their different habitats, food choices, and strategies for avoiding enemies and surviving winter weather. Flutter into the pages of this stunning nature journal to gain a deeper understanding of these two beautiful butterflies — and to celebrate the joy of creativity inspired by the natural world. Hardcover: 9781665962711 PURCHASE |
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Biologist and award-winning author Alison Pearce Stevens writes fun nonfiction for curious young readers. All of her work is inspired by a love of science and nature. All of her books were named Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selections. They have also won state book awards, been listed among Bank Street College’s Best Children’s Books, and won Blueberry Honor and Outstanding Science Trade Book awards. You can learn more about her at apstevens.com.
Beavers topple trees and build dams, which can cause floods and disrupt neighborhoods. So what do we do when beavers move in? In Puget Sound, we call the Tulalip Tribes. They send biologists to help relocate our furry friends to a place far from people, where the beavers can be free. Poetic text and gorgeous art makes this an irresistible read with gentle STEM tie-in. Hardcover: 9781250339447 PURCHASE |
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Dr. Laurel Neme is a regular contributor to National Geographic and Mongabay.com. To expand her experiences she has camped in and explored the Kalahari, investigated walrus carcasses on Alaska's Bering Sea beaches, and gotten lost in the Amazon jungle. Laurel is also the author of books for children, including The Elephant’s New Shoe, about a true animal rescue story about an orphaned elephant who needed a prosthetic foot, and Orangutan Houdini, a true story about an ape who outwits his zookeeper friend.
Calling all nature detectives! Use clues to guess the animal each shelter belongs to, discovering twenty-four extraordinary creatures—not a bird among them!—and the tree, mud, sand, water, plant, dirt, rock, and snow nests they call home. Hardcover: 9781665975407 PURCHASE |
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Laurel Neme is a journalist and author who writes about wildlife and wild places. She is a regular contributor to National Geographic, co-hosts The WildLife Podcast, and is the author of several books, including: ANIMAL INVESTIGATORS, THE ELEPHANT'S NEW SHOE, and THE GIRAFT: A REAL-LIFE GIRAFFE RESCUE.
Poor Asiwa--time is running out! She and seven other rare Nubian giraffes have peacefully lived on a peninsula that juts out into Lake Baringo in Kenya. But now relentless rain and rising floodwaters have turned their home into an island. Food is running out. It's especially desperate for Asiwa as the water has stranded her away from the other giraffes. She is alone and frightened. If the giraffes aren't rescued, this endangered breed will be one step closer to extinction. But how does one transport an almost 20-foot-tall wild animal? With a GiRaft, of course! An alliance of wildlife rangers, conservancies, and local community members work to create a flotational craft specifically to ferry the giraffes to a new home. Will Asiwa and her herd get on board? Hardcover: 9781534113572 PURCHASE |
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ELAINE KACHALA is the award-winning author of Superpower? The Wearable-
Tech Revolution. With over 20 years as a health policy writer and advisor, degrees in psychology and sociology (University of Toronto), and a master’s degree in environmental studies (York University), Elaine brings a unique perspective to STEAM topics. She hopes to write books that inspire young readers to embrace their curiosity and creativity as they learn about real-life inventors who are unafraid to dream big while thinking critically about health, social and ethical issues. Housing for health and well-being is her passion, both personally and professionally. She lives with her family in Toronto. Everyone Deserves a Home! The world is facing both a housing shortage and a climate crisis. But what if you could quickly manufacture wood buildings that actually slow climate change? What if 3D printing human settlements on the moon and Mars helps us tackle housing challenges here on Earth? And what if robots, drones and wearable technologies were our super helpers? Discover why homes are essential for our health and well-being, and meet trailblazers who are proving that we can create affordable green housing and healthy communities at the same time. Is innovation risky? You bet! But not innovating is way riskier.Hardcover: 9781459839564 PURCHASE |
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Katie Lee Reinert lives outside of Portland, Oregon with her family and pets, which sadly doesn't include any sloths. She is also the author of Ready to Smile Again and Emma Wasn't Ready. She loves to write stories that will make kids laugh and spark their curiosity and imagination.
A sloth’s fur is full of life. Many small creatures live there, and each one plays an important part in the sloth’s world. Told in cumulative format, SLOTHS AND THEIR MOTHS zooms in to take a closer look at each part of the unique relationship between sloths, the moths that live on them, and so much more! Kids will discover each layer of this unique ecosystem, step by step, in a fun and educational way! Hardcover: 9781998426263 PURCHASE |
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Michelle Cusolito is a former National Board Certified Teacher, curriculum developer and adjunct professor. Her debut non-fiction picture book Flying Deep was awarded the PEN-NE Susan P. Bloom Children’s Book Discovery Award, was named a “Must Read” at the Massachusetts Book Awards and was on the Kirkus Best Books list and the NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books list. She is also the author of the NSTA-CBE award-winning Diving Deep, as well as Twilight Zone, In the World of Whales, Jellyfish Scientist and the middle grade non-fiction book Window into the Ocean.
Meet 12 national trees and uncover WILD facts, ANCIENT legends, and the INCREDIBLE creatures hidden in their leaves! Travel the world and find out how each country honors, protects, and proudly celebrates their national tree. Hardcover: 9781786789631 PURCHASE |
April Releases
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Sara Levine is a veterinarian, science educator, and award-winning picture book author of over a dozen books. Her titles, which include The Animals Would Not Sleep!, Flower Talk, and Hello Dog/Hello Human the AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books, Animal Behavior Society Award, and Mathical Book Prize. She lives with her daughter in Stony Creek, Connecticut.
Connect with nature in this interactive trip to an urban park full of wildlife! As you listen for birds, scatter seeds, spot animals and more, you'll learn how to use your senses to observe and appreciate the wildlife around you no matter where you are! Hardcover: 9781464222955 PURCHASE |
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Michelle Schaub is an award-winning children’s author and poet. She loves using the sounds and rhythms of language to inspire kids to care for the Earth. Her other Sleeping Bear Press title is Leafy-Landmarks: Travels with Trees, illustrated by Anne Lambelet. She lives in Colorado near the mountains but loves to visit the sea whenever she can.
Beneath ocean waves there exists a fascinating and vital ecosystem. Underwater meadows, teaming with vibrant life, sway and ripple in the currents. Often called "the lungs of the sea," seagrass meadows provide shelter and food for an abundance of marine life and play an important role in the health of our plane, lessening the effects of climate change and filtering out plastics and pollutants awash in the ocean. But this important ecosystem is under threat from many human activities. It's time to pay attention to this vital space on Earth. Hardcover: 9781534113510 PURCHASE |
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Karen Jameson is a children's author, poet, teacher, and literacy advocate. Her picture books include Woodland Dreams and Wake Up, Woodlands, illustrated by Marc Boutavant; Farm Lullaby, illustrated by Wednesday Kirwan; and Where the Wee Ones Go, illustrated by Zosienka. She lives and works in Southern California.
A spectacular world of weird and wonderful jellyfish awaits in The Secrets of the Jellies. Engaging rhyming text will amaze young readers with awe-inspiring information about these beguiling sea creatures. Filled with facts and energetic undersea artwork, this aquarium-exhibit-in-a-book helps us learn all about jelly anatomy, behavior, habitats, and ecosystems as we get to know the moon jelly, lion's mane jellyfish, fried-egg jellyfish, flame jellyfish, and so many more. Dive in and be dazzled! Hardcover: 9781797221977 PURCHASE |
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Mary Helen Berg writes fiction and nonfiction picture books that honor big feelings and inspire young readers to explore and protect our big beautiful world. A former journalist, she lives in Southern California, where she loves to hike, bike, kayak, and road trip. She has a degree in literature from the University of Michigan, and a masters in journalism from Columbia University. She and her husband have three grown children, one son-in-law, and one very anxious dog.
For thousands of years, Spirit Bear and Sea Wolf have shared the misty woods and rocky shores of the beautiful Great Bear Rainforest. But now climate change and dwindling resources jeopardize their fragile world and they must compete for food, space, and clean water, putting their survival at risk. Hardcover: 9781998426188 PURCHASE |