On the Bookshelf

Learn more about what climate change means and how it's affecting our planet.The earth is definitely getting warmer. There's no argument about that...

How did Zeus come to rule the sky? How did Poseidon become the god of the sea? Learn all about the myths and legends of Greek mythology in this dra...

Find out all about NASA in this out-of-this-world addition to the What Was? series. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known...

Relive the moments when African Americans fought for equal rights, and made history.Even though slavery had ended in the 1860s, African Americans w...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • We the People deserve to know—what is the U.S. Constitution? Learn all about our governmental blueprint in this fascina...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Step back in time to the creation of America’s founding document with this fascinating history for young readers, part ...

Hear ye, hear ye! Get ready to learn all about the most powerful court in the United States.Ever since it was established in 1789, the United State...

From the creative parents who brought us the web sensation "Dinovember," comes photographic proof of what mischief toy dinosaurs can get up to at s...

From the creative parents who brought the world the web sensation "Dinovember" comes photographic proof of what toys get up to when the rest of the...

From the creative parents that brought us the internet sensation "Dinovember" and the bestselling book What The Dinosaurs Did Last Night comes thi...

Kids can get creative with more than 60 drawings that depict a delightful variety of sea creatures, each with something missing. Budding artists ca...

How did a spontaneous protest outside of a New York City bar fifty years ago spark a social movement across America? Find out about the history of ...

Travel back to the time when the mighty dinosaurs ruled the earth.The Age of Dinosaurs began about 250 million years ago. In the beginning they wer...

The Berlin Wall finally came down in 1989. Now readers can find out why it was built in the first place; and what it meant for Berliners living on ...

"No Taxation without Representation!" The Boston Tea Party stands as an iconic event of the American Revolution—outraged by the tax on tea, America...

On October 29, 1929, life in the United States took a turn for the worst. The stock market – the system that controls money in America – plunged to...

A thoughtful and age-appropriate introduction to an unimaginable event—the Holocaust.The Holocaust was a genocide on a scale never before seen, wit...

Saddle up and get ready for a ride back into the wild and wooly past of the American West.The west was at its wildest from 1865 to 1895, when terri...

This compelling addition to the What Was? series covers what was supposed to be “the war to end all wars” but tragically wasn't.In 1914, the assass...

This baseball league that was made up of African American players and run by African American owners ushered in the biggest change in the history o...

Step into the eerie world of Wednesday with this book filled with unofficial advice and cryptic counsel for navigating the peculiarities of everyda...

Do you like challenges? Then you'll certainly love this little puzzle book. Twenty-seven sets of brain teasers ask you to identify the differences...

Discover a magical woodland filled with hidden fairies, elves, and adorable forest creatures in What’s Hiding Under There? Young readers can lift m...

What’s Up, Construction Truck? is an innovative board book by pop-up wizard Matthew Reinhart and award-winning illustrator Toby Leigh that can tran...