Who Was Jane Goodall? What She Actually Figured Out
She was twenty-six, she had no science degree, and she sat in a forest until the animals stopped caring she was there. Then one of them stripped a twig and...
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Who Was Isaac Newton? The Prism and the Apple
The apple is the part your child will remember. The prism is the part that will teach them what proof looks like, and it is sitting right there in the...
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Whale Done: Why a Dead Whale Explodes
A dead whale is a sealed container full of bacteria that have not stopped working. Everything else about the opening of this book follows from that one sentence.
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Tyrannosaurus Wrecks: Nobody Ever Watched a T. rex
Every single fact about a T. rex is an inference. Nobody watched one. That is the idea hiding inside a stolen skull mystery, and it is bigger than the dinosaur.
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Poached: Why a Koala Is Worth Stealing
Nobody steals a koala because koalas are lovely. Somebody steals one because almost nobody on earth can keep one alive, and difficulty is a price.
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Panda-Monium: Nobody Actually Owns a Panda
The truck backs in, the doors come open, and the crate is empty. Everything that happens after that is driven by what a panda is worth, which turns out to...
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