Reading Science Stories

Interweaving her vast knowledge of neurology, sociology, psychology, and philosophy with fascinating down-to-earth examples and lively personal anecdotes, developmental psychologist, neuroscientist, and dyslexia expert Wolf probes the question, "How do we learn to read and write?" This ambitious and provocative new book offers an impassioned look at reading, its effect on our lives, and explains why it matters so greatly in a digital era.

The Starship Atlantis takes you on an unforgettable journey through the extraordinary. From alien civilizations and rogue AI to desperate missions on the brink of collapse, these stories will transport you across the stars into the heart of the unknown. This anthology features six never-before-published novellas and short stories, plus two exclusive bonus tales.

Unlock a world of wonder with hundreds of amazing facts, fascinating stories, quizzes, and discoveries designed to entertain curious young minds while they learn. Does your child love asking “why?”, collecting unusual facts, or surprising everyone with something new they’ve discovered? Curious Kids’ Amazing Fact Vault is a fun, screen-free fact book created especially for curious kids ages 6–12 who love history, science, space, animals, myths, legends, strange discoveries, and the extraordinary world around them. Rather than simply listing random trivia, this book brings ...

A BREATHTAKING DEBUT novel about survival, hope, and second chances in an Asian American community in Massachusetts, when a false missile throws the residents' lives into chaos. "Propulsive and poetic...A MASTERFUL debut." —Jenny Tinghui Zhang “A PROFOUND work about connection.” —Brian...

What really happened to Charlie? It's the question that John can't seem to shake, along with the nightmares of Charlie's seeming apparent and miraculous reappearance. John just wants to forget the whole terrifying saga of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, but the past isn't so easily buried. Meanwhile, there's a new animatronic pizzeria opening in Hurricane, along with a new rash of kidnappings that feel all too familiar. Bound together by their childhood loss, John reluctantly teams up with Jessica, Marla, and Carlton to solve the case and find the missing children.

When Abby - plus her three best friends - land in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, they are ready to follow the Yellow Brick Road to find their way back home. But they'll have to acquire some brains, heart, and courage along the way to avoid the Wicked Witch of the West...and will they get to meet Dorothy?

Charney’s stories and lessons will provide anyone with the necessary investigative skills to look at a landscape, interpret it, and tell its story—from its start as rock or soil to the plants and animals that live on it. Ultimately, Charney argues, by critically engaging with the landscape we will become better at connecting with nature and ourselves.

Born with the extraordinary power to look deep within the human heart, David Selig recklessly misuses his gift in the pursuit of pleasure, until his power begins to die and he must come to terms with what it means to be truly human. This is a fascinating portrait. Never has the experience of...

A rock slides across the desert on its own. A novel sank the Titanic fourteen years early. A man sold the Eiffel Tower, twice. Every one of those is true, and every one of them is in here. Amazing Stories for Smart Kids collects nearly 400 short true stories across 21 chapters, for the child who asks "why" forty times a day and is never quite satisfied with the answer. Each entry is a minute long: the fact, the surprise, and on to the next one. Read it straight through or open it anywhere. A full-page illustration opens every chapter. What is inside Space and the Universe - a sugar cube of ...

A short story collection from Ripped Tide author Lance Carney: supernatural horror and science fiction, injected with a cc or two of humor. A physician, kicked off the psychiatric hospital’s medical staff, creates his own museum with living specimens, including Elvis and Martin Luther King Jr….What could make matters worse for Union soldiers confined to Andersonville Prison during the Civil War—is there a demon in their midst?….A rock ‘n’ roll demon terrorizes a teenage boy with bad lyrics and Dr. Seuss’ misquotes….Two physicians practice medicine in the last years of the ...

When Tobias and his friends were given the power to morph, they were also given an important warning: Never stay in a morph for more than two hours. But Tobias broke the time limit, and now he's trapped in the body of a hawk - forever. When he discovers an important Yeerk secret, Tobias knows he has to do everything in his power to destroy it. But to do so, he'll have to contend with a part of himself that's wrestling for control. A part that isn't human.

Marco never wanted to be an Animorph. He didn't want the ability to change into any animal he touches. And he certainly didn't want to be one of a handful of kids that are the planet's only defense against a secret alien army. His friends know why he feels the way he does. He's worried about his dad -- the only family Marco has left. If anything happens to him, his father will be alone. But something big is about to change for Marco. Something that could finally give him a reason to fight.

A generation has passed. Behind the seamless white walls of a cage of light, a boy named Valerius is being forged — bred and drilled by his alien captors into the perfect soldier, a weapon with no memory of Rome. But his grandfather was a Centurion of the legendary Ninth, and in stolen whispers the old man teaches him the Old Tongue, shows him a small carved eagle, and makes him swear to remain Roman inside the machine. Now the cohort is “graduated” and thrown against a hostile alien world — and Valerius learns what his masters truly made him for. The Forging of the Nova Legio is a ...

⏳ A journey to the future… and a journey into Spanish. In The Time Machine adapted for Spanish Learners. Level A2 Pre-Intermediate, the Time Traveller explores distant centuries, discovering the peaceful Eloi and the mysterious Morlocks. This edition is an easy Spanish novel for learners, carefully rewritten as one of our graded Spanish readers pre-intermediate. With short sentences, clear vocabulary, notes, and exercises, it’s the perfect Spanish book for beginners who want to read and understand a classic story. 📚 With this book you can: Learn Spanish through classic stories that...

Bred for war, the Nova Legio are spent like coin, Roman blood poured into the grinding swarm of the insectoid K’Tharr as “biologically expendable assets.” Valerius and Livia have had enough. In the shadows a resistance is growing, and a suicide plan takes shape: steal a crippled shuttle, fly it into the heart of the K’Tharr Brood-Ship, and cut out its living brain. It is a mission no one is meant to survive, but some fires cannot be recalibrated. Roma invicta. Nova Legio: Echoes of Defiance is a Roman military space-opera adventure — Book 3 of The Legio Chronicles. But this ...

They died once already. They just don’t remember it. Hidden inside a physics-warping nebula, the survivors of the Nova Legio uncover a secret that unmakes everything they believed: a galaxy seeded with enslaved human legions, an ancient enemy that hungers to unravel all life, and a shadowy protector whose “Shadow Imperative” may be humanity’s only hope, or its final chain. In the series finale, Valerius and Livia face one last choice: serve a kinder master, or forge their own path toward a free and unconquered sun. Nova Legio: The Shadow Imperative is an epic Roman space-opera ...

This collection of tales will open your eyes, change your ideas, and possibly give you hope. That or leave you gasping in terror! Included are: Van Life: The story of a young woman from very far away, trying to change life on Earth for the better. And the forces stopping her from doing so. Private Patrick: When the government keeps secrets, those secrets can have deadly consequences. The Silver Leaves: A dying man finds out the true meaning of life. It is not what anyone will expect at all. Protocol Five: The story of a time traveler, who will be the last one anyone ever expects. Poncho: ...

We Love Butterflies! Butterflies are stunning insects, among the most delicate creatures on earth, and they serve a vital purpose that supports all life on Earth. Did you know that... butterflies begin life as something completely different butterflies don`t eat food the way we do butterflies have special receptors at the ends of their antennae and on the bottoms of their feet some butterflies migrate over two thousand miles in order to stay in a warmer climate all the time. Learn all this and so much more in this amazing picture book that is sure to capture the attention of young children ...

From an award-winning team of authors, editors, and translators comes a groundbreaking short story collection that explores the expanse of Chinese science fiction and fantasy. In The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories, you can dine at a restaurant at the end of the universe, cultivate to...

Twelve-year-old Caroline is a Hurricane Child, born on Water Island during a storm. Coming into this world during a hurricane is unlucky, and Caroline has had her share of bad luck already. She's hated by everyone in her small school, she can see things that no one else can see, and - worst of all - her mother left home one day and never came back. With no friends and days filled with heartache, Caroline is determined to find her mother. When a new student, Kalinda, arrives, Caroline's luck begins to turn around. Kalinda, a solemn girl from Barbados, seems to see the things Caroline sees, too.