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  The Man Without a Body - A Head...

  Edward Page Mitchell

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  The Man Without a Body is a pioneering science-fiction tale first published in The New York Sun in 1877. The story follows a brilliant but impatient scientist who invents a machine capable of transmitting matter through space — but when he tests it on himself, only his head makes the journey. What begins as a bold experiment quickly becomes a darkly humorous and unsettling lesson in the limits of human control over technology. Long before teleportation was a common idea in fiction, Mitchell explored it with a mix of curiosity, irony, and quiet horror. 
  The story feels modern in its themes: the danger of rushing scientific progress, the arrogance of invention without foresight, and the human cost of treating the body as just another machine. At the same time, its tone is playful, filled with dry wit and newspaper-style realism. It’s one of those rare early works that show how speculative ideas were taking shape decades before the “Golden Age” of sci-fi. 
  Edward Page Mitchell (1852–1927) was an American journalist and editor best known for his work at The New York Sun, where many of his early science-fiction stories first appeared anonymously. Long before writers like H. G. Wells and Jules Verne became household names, Mitchell was publishing stories about time travel, faster-than-light communication, cyborgs, matter transmission, and even invisibility. Because most of his tales ran without bylines, his influence went largely unrecognized until the 1970s, when scholars rediscovered his work. 
  Mitchell never thought of himself as a science-fiction author — he wrote these pieces as imaginative newspaper entertainment — yet he helped invent many of the genre’s core ideas. Today he is considered one of the forgotten founders of American speculative fiction, a writer whose playful imagination opened doors that later giants would walk through.

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  Aria and the Self-Driving Car...

  Dr. Dhoot

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  From Amazon KDP Select All-Star Award Winning Tinker Toddler Series! 
  VROOM VROOM! BEEP BEEP! Follow Aria on this rhyming adventure as they take their first ride in a self-driving car and encounter circumstances that are …well…unplanned. 
  Key Features:EARLY LEARNING: Great for your budding genius (and you) to learn about emerging technology that will become part of your child's everyday life! Bolded key words to grow your child's vocabulary throughout the story. Recommended for ages 3-8 (preschool-first graders and for those new to the topic). Great for those interested in early STEM learning.RHYMING STORY: Playful, fun and engaging story introducing various challenges self-driving cars face and how they navigate them (all told in rhyme). When read multiple times, parents can prompt children to remember key words that were part of the rhyme.RELEVANT: Self-driving cars are both our present and our future. This book will introduce basic concepts, key technology (RADAR, LIDAR, Level 0-5, etc), and challenges (traffic jams, storms, parking, etc), self-driving cars must face (Elon Musk's Tesla, Amazon's Zoox, NuTonomy, Google's Waymo, etc) in a very simple, fun, picture book story format easily digestible by kids 3-8. 
  "In the city of Smartville, one cool winter day, 
  young Aria is eager to get on her way. 
  We’ll have an adventure! This trip will be grand! 
  I can’t wait for the things I have planned. 
  Traveling far? Yes, we certainly are! 
  On our trip, we will take the new self-driving car!"

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  Swans - Photos and Fun Facts for...

  Isis Gaillard

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  Do you want to be amazed by Swans pictures? Let's see color photos of Swans!  
  You and your child will find pictures of Swans in short simplified text for children learning to read or those who like picture books.  
  Swans: Photos and Fun Facts for Kids. It is Book 80 in the Kids Learn with Pictures Series. This book is around a clear concept: see pictures of Swans.  
  This is a stock photo book of animals that ASK QUESTIONS of the pictures shown to the reader to encourage interaction and responses from the child.  
  Be sure to read the other books in the Kids Learn With Pictures Series.

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  Controlled Burn

  Erin Soderberg Downing

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  2024-2025 Nebraska Golden Sower Award Nominee 
   
   
   
  2024-2025 South Carolina Book Award Nominee 
   
   
   
  2023 Northeastern Minnesota Book Award Winner 
   
   
   
  Twelve-year-old Maia's parents say she's lucky to have smelled the smoke, lucky to have pulled her sister, Amelia, out of their burning house. But is it really "lucky" when Amelia's in the hospital? And is it “lucky" when Maia knows it was her candle that started the fire? 
   
   
   
  When she's sent to spend the summer with her grandparents in Minnesota while her sister heals, Maia discovers that her demons are intent on following her. Maia barely knows her grandparents, she desperately misses her sister and home, and she's not thrilled to be spending the summer with Grandpa Howard on his motorcycle rides, where he spends all day keeping watch for forest fires. There are no kids in Gram and Pop's small town—just the chatty nine-year-old neighbor and a friendly, stray dog. 
   
   
   
  But Maia will soon learn that nature is a powerful teacher, and sometimes our greatest strengths show themselves when we have to be there for someone else. As she begins to figure out how to face her guilt, she'll discover there's a fine line between fear and adventure.

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  Horrid Henry's Life Lessons

  Lucinda Whiteley

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  Join Henry in learning Lessons as he runs for the School Council and sees a glimpse of the future of Ashton! Contains 5 Horrid Henry stories, performed by the show's full cast. Join Henry and friends in "Detention Diva", "Eternal Schoolboy", "Class Action", "Uber Homework" and "Horrid Boy". 

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  If Animals Could Talk: Cats -...

  Cynthia Mead

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  An excellent book for young learners! If Animals Could Talk: Cats is told as a first-person non-fiction narrative that explains what cat sounds mean--such as a purr means a cat is happy--and helps kids understand why cats act the way they do in a fun and dynamic way. With full-color photos of real cats, it also includes interesting Pet Facts and suggested readings for more information about understanding cats.

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