Can one family celebrate the New Year twice, following two different traditions? In Two New Years, a multicultural family with Chinese and Jewish heritage celebrates Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, in the fall and Lunar New Year in the spring. The book was inspired by author Richard Ho’s own multicultural family.
Have you ever imagined that colors could sing, dance, or whisper through nature? Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors is a picture book written in poetry, taking readers on a journey through spring, summer, autumn, and winter through vivid and expressive images of color. In short, rhythmic,...
Do you believe that improving by just one percent every day could make you almost 37 times better after one year? Atomic Habits by James Clear is a book about the power of small habits. According to the author, tiny changes, repeated consistently every day, add up to remarkable results.
In the last twenty years, has the share of people living in extreme poverty almost doubled, stayed about the same, or almost halved? The correct answer is that it has almost halved – yet only a small number of people choose it. In Factfulness, Swedish doctor and public health professor Hans Rosling,...
Have you ever met a family that is noisy, messy, and unbelievably mischievous?
Meet The Scallywags – a wild wolf family who seem to turn everything into chaos wherever they go. Things go too far when they ruin a group photo of the woodland animals,...
In traditional folktales, trolls are often portrayed as huge, ugly, and frightening creatures. But they also have weaknesses – and sometimes, even a child can find a way to outsmart them. Seven Ways to Trick a Troll is a collection of seven folktales about trolls, each revealing a different weakness of these mysterious creatures....
Are we truly alone in the vast cosmos? "Where Are the Aliens?: The Search for Life Beyond Earth" by DK and the Smithsonian Institution invites you on a quest to answer humanity’s ultimate question. Through vivid astronomical visuals, the book introduces the Fermi Paradox and the Drake Equation,...
Welcome to a journey into nature’s most dazzling mysteries with "Living Light: Conserving Bioluminescent Plants and Animals," brought to you by DK and the Smithsonian Institution. The moment you open its pages, a mesmerizing world of cold light unveils itself.
Exploring the world doesn't always require traveling to distant places—sometimes the most fascinating discoveries are right under our feet or in a quiet corner of the school garden! The Observologist by Giselle Clarkson is a unique, witty, and charming handbook that guides students on how to launch "very small scientific expeditions" right in their everyday surroundings.
The natural world is full of wonders and mysteries waiting to be discovered by young learners. Explanatorium of Nature (published by DK in association with the Smithsonian Institution) offers students an up-close, detailed, and vivid look at the world around us through breathtaking, crystal-clear photography.