Ready to explore some super‑strange plants? Open this book and discover the amazing tricks plants use to survive!

Dr. Karen Nyberg always dreamed of reaching the stars. And when she finally made it to space, she wanted to share the amazing view with everyone back on Earth. From far away, she thought our planet looked like a giant quilt made of different people, places, and colors. So she decided to use her sewing skills — in space!

Noa loves everything about nature. She watches wildlife shows, plays pretend with her stuffed animals, and shares cool animal facts with her mom. But when she looks at the people who work in nature, none of them seem to look like her.

Sarabeth loves cars. She loves how engines sometimes roar like lions and other times purr like tiny kittens. She loves spotting sports cars that zoom like cheetahs and big, boxy SUVs that lumber along like elephants.

The life story of Vivien Thomas, an African American surgical technician who developed the first procedure used to perform open-heart surgery on children.

Do you think you have what it takes to be an astronaut, build a spaceship, or help run Mission Control? This book explores all kinds of amazing space jobs—from cooking meals for astronauts to designing spacesuits to searching for new planets we might live on someday.

A young girl loves playing tennis with her dad. She dreams of being just like her hero, Arthur Ashe. But sometimes her thoughts feel like they’re bouncing all over the place—just like a tennis ball—and it’s hard for her to stay calm.

This book explains how the unidentified soldiers came to rest at Arlington and how their fellow soldiers began keeping watch over them.