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  • Cactus Queen

    Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National Park

    by Lori Alexander ...
    Illustrated by Jenn Ely ...
    **A 2025 Bank Street College of Education Cook Prize Silver MedalistThe Nature Generation's 2025 Green Earth Book Award Short ListHow did the Joshua Tree National Park in California come to be? Meet Minerva Hamilton Hoyt, an artist, activist, and environmentalist, whose determination saved the desert and helped to create the park, in this STEAM picture book.**Long before she became known as the ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Seeds of Discovery

    How Barbara McClintock Used Corn and Curiosity to Solve a Science Mystery and Win a Nobel Prize

    by Lori Alexander ...
    Illustrated by Rebecca Santo ...
    The quirky and singular Nobel Prize winner Barbara McClintock, a founder of modern genetics who did things her own way, is honored in this lively young STEM biography by Sibert Honor winner Lori Alexander.Celebrating the power of curiosity and the rewards of tenacity, this engaging and highly illustrated biography introduces young readers to the field of genetics. As a rare female botanist in ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A Sporting Chance

    How Ludwig Guttmann Created the Paralympic Games

    by Lori Alexander ...
    Illustrated by Allan Drummond ...
    Telling the inspiring human story behind the creation of the Paralympics, this young readers biography artfully combines archival photos, full-color illustrations, and a riveting narrative to honor the life of Ludwig Guttmann, whose work profoundly changed so many lives.Dedicating his life to helping patients labeled “incurables,” Ludwig Guttmann fought for the rights of paraplegics to live a full ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • What's a Germ, Joseph Lister?

    The Medical Mystery That Forever Changed the Way We Heal

    by Lori Alexander ...
    Illustrated by Daniel Duncan ...
    This engrossing, timely, and highly illustrated biography of the father of modern surgery reveals the shocking practices of surgeons before Joseph Lister proved where infections come from.In 1841, a quiet, curious boy who stuttered when nervous committed to becoming a surgeon—a profession then more feared than respected.Through study, persistence, and careful research, Joseph Lister proved that ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Audiobook

    Seeds of Discovery

    How Barbara McClintock Used Corn and Curiosity to Solve a Science Mystery and Win a Nobel Prize

    by Lori Alexander ...
    Narrated by Rebecca Stern ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 25 min

    The quirky and singular Nobel Prize winner Barbara McClintock, a founder of modern genetics who did things her own way, is honored in this lively young STEM biography by Sibert Honor winner Lori Alexander.Celebrating the power of curiosity and the rewards of tenacity, this engaging biography introduces young readers to the field of genetics. As a rare female botanist in early twentieth-century ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • All in a Drop

    How Antony van Leeuwenhoek Discovered an Invisible World

    by Lori Alexander ...
    Illustrated by Vivien Mildenberger ...
    For fans of the "Who Was" series, this lively, accessible, and full-color chapter book biography shows how a self-taught scientist was the first to observe the microbial life in and around us. By building his own microscope, Antony van Leeuwenhoek advanced humanity's understanding of our oft-invisible world around us.Microbes are everywhere: in the soil and oceans, in snow, and inside our bodies. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Next Time

    by Robin Alexander ...
    Narrated by Lori Prince ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 48 min

    Payton Foret agrees to play wingwoman for her best friend. She never dreamed that when she walked into the bar that night that she'd meet her soul mate. Though their only physical contact was a simple handshake, Payton begins to believe in love at first sight. There's only one problem—the woman of her dreams is already in a relationship with someone else.Ryan Seely is at a crossroads, unsure of ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Waging Peace in Orbit

    National Security in the Third Space Age

    by Lynne Chandler Garcia, Damon Coletta, John Shaw, Dean Cheng, Todd Harrison, Sarah Mineiro, Brandon Davenport, Jeremy Grunert0, Douglas Ligor1, Katie Feistel2, Brian Weeden3, Lori Garver4, Kristin White5, Jeremy Fox6, Alexander Milhous7, Michael Gleason8, Robin Dickey9, Benjamin Bahney0 ...
    This offer of leading-edge thinking reframes the debate on national security at the dawn of the Third Space AgeDuring the First Space Age, President Eisenhower rallied democracies to defend freedom while preserving peace at a time when the hydrogen bomb and intercontinental ballistic missiles threatened humanity. Nearly seventy-five years later, the world stands on the cusp of a third era of space ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

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    The Summer of Our Discontent

    by Robin Alexander ...
    Narrated by Lori Prince ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 15 min

    Faith Leblanc is looking for that special someone, but her tactics have branded her somewhat of a womanizer. A few doors down, Rachel Chauvin is looking for the same, but her conservative style hasn't yielded any keepers, either. Neither woman is willing to consider the other as a prospective partner, mostly because they've hated each other for nearly four decades.Contains mature themes. ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    All In a Drop

    by Lori Alexander ...
    Narrated by Kevin T. Collins ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 19 min

    By building his own microscope, Antony van Leeuwenhoek advanced humanity's understanding of the oft-invisible world around us. Microbes are everywhere: in the soil and oceans, in snow, and inside our bodies. But in Antony van Leeuwenhoek’s time, people believed that what they saw with their own eyes was all that existed in the world. How did a simple tradesman—who didn’t go to college or speak ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    What's a Germ, Joseph Lister?

    The Medical Mystery That Forever Changed the Way We Heal

    by Lori Alexander ...
    Narrated by Sam Devereaux ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 17 min

    This engrossing and timely biography of the father of modern surgery reveals the shocking practices of surgeons before Joseph Lister proved where infections come from.In 1841, a quiet, curious boy who stuttered when nervous committed to becoming a surgeon—a profession then more feared than respected.Through study, persistence, and careful research, Joseph Lister proved that unsanitary conditions ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    Dear Me

    by Robin Alexander ...
    Narrated by Lori Prince ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 13 min

    Alexis Holt unknowingly meets the woman of her dreams at a party. Unfortunately, Alexis was at the wrong place at the wrong time and walked away from the encounter thinking Stacy Kirkland was an arrogant snob. Alexis knew it wouldn't be the last time she saw Stacy, and she wasn't looking forward to their next meeting.Thanks to the Internet, Stacy Kirkland already knows who Alexis is before they ... Read more

    $19.99 USD