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Awesome Minds eBook Series

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  • Awesome Minds: The Inventors of LEGO(R) Toys

    An Entertaining History about the Creation of LEGO Toys. Educational and Entertaining.

    Series series Awesome Minds
    Everyone has played with LEGO® toys, but not many people know who is behind this awesome invention.This fun and engaging book tells the story of how a Danish carpenter and his family turned a desperate situation into the most popular toy in history. With full-color illustrations and lively text, and chock-full of interesting facts, Awesome Minds: The Inventors of LEGO® Toys is the perfect read for ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

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  • DK Readers L2: LEGO Friends: Let's Go Riding!

    Series Book 2 - DK Readers
    Go on a reading adventure with Mia, Emma, Andrea, Stephanie, and Olivia!Join the friends at Heartlake Stables and Riding School. Meet their favorite horses.Engaging topics and fun, interactive pages build reading skills in this Level 2 Reader - just right for children who are beginning to read on their own. A fun quiz at the end of the book helps to develop reading comprehension skills. Each title ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Make: Lego and Arduino Projects

    Projects for extending MINDSTORMS NXT with open-source electronics

    Make amazing robots and gadgets with two of today’s hottest DIY technologies. With this easy-to-follow guide, you’ll learn how to build devices with Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0, the Arduino prototyping platform, and some add-on components to bridge the two. Mindstorms alone lets you create incredible gadgets. Bring in Arduino for some jaw-dropping functionality—and open a whole new world of ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Anne Frank

    Young Diarist

    by Ruth Ashby ...
    Series series Childhood of World Figures
    In 1933, at the age of four, Anne Frank and her family fled from the Nazis in Germany and sought safe haven in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In 1940, when the Germans invaded the Netherlands, the Frank family once again feared for their lives. Like tens of thousands of Dutch Jews, the Franks went into hiding. They lived in several hidden rooms -- known as the "Secret Annex" -- above Mr. Frank's ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • The Industrial Revolution

    Investigate How Science and Technology Changed the World with 25 Projects

    by Carla Mooney ...
    Illustrated by Jenn Vaughn ...
    Series series Build It Yourself
    Imagine a world without brand-name products! Before the Industrial Revolution it was not possible to produce enough of the same item to have a brand, but in 100 years the world changed from make-your-own everything to a society of manufactured goods. The Industrial Revolution: Investigate How Science and Technology Changed the World introduces the dynamic individuals who led this revolution and ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How to Groom Your Horse or Pony

    by Gina Sanders ...
    Geared towards children in a relaxed instructional manner is this guide to grooming a horse or pony. Covered inside are the basics of catching a horse or pony, tying safely, and grooming. Types of brushes and their uses are discussed as well as how to pick hooves and maintain a bridle path. If you have a young child embarking upon a journey into the equestrian world, this short, to the point ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • JavaScript Robotics

    Building NodeBots with Johnny-Five, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and BeagleBone

    JavaScript Robotics is on the rise. Rick Waldron, the lead author of this book and creator of the Johnny-Five platform, is at the forefront of this movement. Johnny-Five is an open source JavaScript Arduino programming framework for robotics. This book brings together fifteen innovative programmers, each creating a unique Johnny-Five robot step-by-step, and offering tips and tricks along the way. ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • 101 Amazing Facts about Queen Victoria

    Did you know that Queen Victoria could speak five different languages? Or that her closest childhood friend was a King Charles spaniel by the name of Dash? What did she ask staff to do instead of knocking on her door? And how did she deliberately annoy Prime Minister William Gladstone? All of these facts and more can be found in this fantastic guide to the long-reigning monarch and Empress of ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wild Boy

    The Real Life of the Savage of Aveyron

    by Mary Losure ...
    Illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering ...
    What happens when society finds a wild boy alone in the woods and tries to civilize him? A true story from the author of The Fairy Ring.One day in 1798, woodsmen in southern France returned from the forest having captured a naked boy. He had been running wild, digging for food, and was covered with scars. In the village square, people gathered around, gaping and jabbering in words the boy didn’t ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Magician of Auschwitz

    by Kathy Kacer ...
    Illustrated by Gillian Newland ...
    Magic can be found in the darkest of places... It is the time of the Second World War, and Werner is a boy alone in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Separated from his family, he doesn?t have a friend in the world. He shares his bunk with a quiet man named Herr Levin, who seems too gentle for this terrible place. One night Werner is woken by the sound of prison guards yelling. But it?s not Werner ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Who Was Marie Antoinette?

    Illustrated by John O'Brien ...
    Series series Who Was?
    From the palaces of Austria to the mirrored halls of Versailles, Marie Antoinette led a charmed life. She was born into royalty in 1755 and married the future king of France at age 15. By 21 she ascended to the throne and enjoyed a lavish lifestyle of masquerade balls, sky-high wigs, and extravagant food. But her taste for excess ruffled many feathers. The poor people of France blamed Marie ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • 101 Amazing Facts about William and Kate

    ...and their children!

    Are you a big fan of the British Royal Family? Or do you want to find out everything there is to know about the future king, his wife and their children? If so, then this is the book for you! Contained within are over one hundred interesting facts about the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, from their younger years to their relationship and marriage, their wider families, fashion and much, much more. ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus