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  • Grace Needs Space!

    (A Graphic Novel)

    To the moon and back! A sci-fi middle-grade graphic novel about a young girl's long-awaited summer trip across space with one of her moms. But when her relationship with her mom goes sideways, so does her trip. Will Grace be able to save her summer vacation before it ends?Grace is SO EXCITED to fly a freighter from her home space station (and away from her BORING mother Evelyn) to a faraway moon! ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Science Comics: Flying Machines

    How the Wright Brothers Soared

    Illustrated by Molly Brooks ...
    Series series Science Comics
    From the deepest oceans to the farthest reaches of space—and everything in between—Science Comics turns STEM topics into unforgettable graphic novel adventures. This smash-hit series has sold over a million copies!A National Science Teachers Association Best STEM Books of 2017Take to the skies with Flying Machines!Follow the famous aviators from their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, to the fields of ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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  • Who Was Marie Curie?

    Illustrated by Ted Hammond ...
    Series series Who Was?
    Born in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There she met a professor named Pierre Curie, and the two soon married, forming one of the most famous scientific partnerships in history. Together they discovered two elements and won a Nobel Prize in 1903. ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Who Was Amelia Earhart?

    Illustrated by David Cain ...
    Series series Who Was?
    Amelia Earhart was a woman of many "firsts." In 1932, she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. In 1935, she also became the first woman to fly across the Pacific. From her early years to her mysterious 1937 disappearance while attempting a flight around the world, readers will find Amelia Earhart's life a fascinating story. ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Great Astronomers

    The career of the famous man whose name stands at the head of this chapter is one of the most remarkable in the history of human learning. There may have been other discoverers who have done more for science than ever Ptolemy accomplished, but there never has been any other discoverer whose authority on the subject of the movements of the heavenly bodies has held sway over the minds of men for so ... Read more

    $4.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 101 Amazing Facts about Planes

    Do you know which way round a country’s flag is placed on an airplane’s tail? What Qantas stands for? What are the twenty most iconic planes of all time? And what happened to the man who successfully glided from a tower in China in the year 559 AD? This fantastic quick-read eBook features 101 amazing facts about planes, split into categories such as the history of flight, world records, the most ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Who Were the Wright Brothers?

    Illustrated by Tim Foley ...
    Series series Who Was?
    As young boys, Orville and Wilbur Wright loved all things mechanical. As young men, they gained invaluable skills essential for their success by working with printing presses, bicycles, motors, and any sort of machinery they could get their hands on. As adults, the brothers worked together to invent, build, and fly the world’s first successful airplane. This is the fascinating story of the two ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • The Boy Who Loved Math

    The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos

    Illustrated by LeUyen Pham ...
    Most people think of mathematicians as solitary, working away in isolation. And, it's true, many of them do. But Paul Erdos never followed the usual path. At the age of four, he could ask you when you were born and then calculate the number of seconds you had been alive in his head. But he didn't learn to butter his own bread until he turned twenty. Instead, he traveled around the world, from one ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Disney's Pixar®

    How Steve Jobs Changed Hollywood

    Pixar is one of the most successful companies creating movies today. You've probably seen at least one of their huge hits, movies such as Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., Cars, or Wall•E. Ever since Steve Jobs, founder of Apple Computers, bought the company from George Lucas, creator of Star Wars, Pixar has changed the way animated movies are made. Steve has turned the company into something incredible. ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • McCurdy and the Silver Dart

    by Les Harding ...
    McCurdy and the Silver Dart recounts the thrilling story of J. A. McCurdy, Canada’s aviation pioneer. Born in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, Douglas McCurdy had a unique childhood during which he assisted world-famous scientist and inventor, Alexander Graham Bell in fascinating and frequently dangerous experiments conducted with kites and airplanes. He was the first person to fly an airplane in the British ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • The Wright Brothers

    Nose-Diving into History

    Series series Epic Fails
    A hilarious nonfiction look at two of history's most epic "failures": the Wright brothers, whose countless crashes ultimately led to groundbreaking success.Although Orville and Wilbur Wright are celebrated today as heroes for their revolutionary contributions to science and engineering—they are acknowledged as the first men to successfully achieve powered, piloted flight—their success was hard ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Up & Down

    The Adventures of John Jeffries, First American to Fly

    by Don Brown ...
    Illustrated by Don Brown ...
    The incomparable Don Brown chronicles the ballooning misadventures of John Jeffries, scientist and aviation pioneer.Swept up by the European ballooning craze of the 1780s, Dr. John Jeffries longed to become the first person to fly across the English Channel. But first he had to outwit a rascally copilot, keep the balloon from bursting, and avoid crashing into the sea. The good doctor's quick ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD