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How It Works

How It Works takes readers behind the scenes of common inventions to explore the science and technology that makes them possible. Each book explores an invention's history, current technologies, and potential for the future. This series will spark readers' interest in the real-world applications of science and technology.

How Nature Works

How Science Changed the World

Scientific discoveries and inventions have the power to change lives. Some-such as electricity, automobiles, and the Internet-have altered the world in innumerable ways. The new series, How Science Changed the World, explores some of the greatest scientific and technological achievements in human history-along with the changes (positive and negative) brought about by these innovations. This series is a mix of science and technology, history, and social history-on a global scale.

Hunting and Fishing (Searchlight Books™)

Explore the great outdoors and examine popular hunting and fishing practices in this fun series. Readers will learn about the gear, safety requirements, and STEM concepts behind these outdoor activities. Most importantly, readers are introduced to best conservation and stewardship practices to ensure habitat health. Each title provides well-researched information with sidebars and a back matter feature to make this high-interest topic accessible and engaging.

I Am America

It's the storytellers that preserve a nation's history. But what happens when some stories are silenced? The I Am America series features fictional stories based on important historical events from people whose voices have been underrepresented, lost, or forgotten over time.

I Am Coyote

Combining rigorous science with imaginative storytelling, I Am Coyote reveals the complex outer and inner lives of coyotes. We are not the only sentient beings on this planet; we are not unique in experiencing love, fear, grief, joy, and acceptance. This story penetrates the veil of -otherness- that separates us from the creatures with whom we share the world. Geri Vistein is a nationally recognized expert on coyote-human interactions and maintains the website CoyoteLivesInMaine.com.

I Am Darn Tough

Girls (and boys!) can become stronger and more resilient simply by realizing how strong and resilient they already are, and running provides a pathway to that realization. Refusing to quit, overcoming weariness, skinned knees, and self-doubt to finish a cross-country run, the resolute narrator of I am Darn Tough realizes that she is stronger than she thought, inside and out. I am Darn Tough is a story to show how to keep going even when something is difficult. This beautifully illustrated narrat

I Am Smoke

Smoke speaks in mesmerizing riddles: ""I lack a mouth, but I can speakâ I lack hands, but I can push out unwanted guests. I'm gentler than a feather, but I can cause harm."" This rhythmically powerful narration is complemented by illustrations in which swirling smoke was captured on art paper held over smoky candle flames, and the dancing smoke textures were then deepened and elaborated with watercolours and Photoshop finishes.

I Am… (Real Voices)  

Learn about the lives of people from marginalized communities through the author's experience. Books will explore different religions, abilities, and communities in North America, and the challenges and change the authors and their communities face.

I Begin with Spring: The Life and Seasons of Henry David Thoreau

I Begin with Spring weaves natural history around Thoreau's life and times in a richly illustrated field notebook format that can be opened anywhere and invites browsing on every page. Beginning each season with quotes from Thoreau's schoolboy essay about the changing seasons, Early Bloomer follows him through the fields and woods of Concord, the joys and challenges of growing up, his experiment with simple living on Walden Pond, and his participation in the abolition movement, self-reliance, sc