Bedtime Science

Join your child on a journey through magical realms as they drift off into a peaceful slumber. Meet a friendly polar bear who will guide you through a snow-covered wonderland, swim with mermaids in a sparkling underwater kingdom, and attend an underground garden party with a ladybug and a friendly mouse.

Lleva a tus pequeños de viaje a una tierra llena de arco iris resplandecientes y suaves brisas, donde los unicornios bailan graciosamente bajo el cielo iluminado por la luna.Mientras las estrellas titilan, únete a los bonitos unicornios y a sus mágicos amigos en sus encantadoras aventuras: ¡desde explorar praderas secretas hasta resolver enigmas y conocer caprichosas criaturas, estas cautivadoras historias encenderán la imaginación de los más pequeños y los llevarán a un profundo y reparador sueño!

Rex had always known that he was an intelligent dog. He was very proud of the fact that he could count to 100. He could read some words if they were not too long. He was also the very best at fetching the newspaper for his people. He loved his people. Adam and Sally were his two favorites. They played with him every day. They would throw a ball as far as they could, and Rex would run and grab it in his mouth. If he were exceptionally fast, he would catch the ball in the air. Rex was proud of that too. As far as good dogs went, Rex was one of the best.

In the year 2085, Benny Love is pretty used to surviving on what he and his family can scavenge on Earth. But when he wins a scholarship for a life-changing trip to visit the Lunar Taj, the first-ever resort on the moon, Benny thinks he finally has a chance to give his family a better life. Benny can't wait to fly his very own Space Runner, practice reverse bungee jumping, and explore craters on the dark side of the moon.

Set in New Mexico and California, the novel features three teens who fall through a cave at Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico while on a field trip. They are plunged into a frightening parallel universe - seven weeks in the past, in which their "normal" worlds of family and high school remain the same...except for the fact that no medicine exists and when people die in the street they are picked up and disposed of.

It was just your typical, run-of-the-mill scout field trip - that is, until Kit spotted an object from space plummeting to Earth.

Nathan has been locked in his room ever since "it" started growing back. They’re going to come for him soon, so he’s got precious little time to tell us what is happening.

Michael Morn might be a villain, but he's really not a bad guy. When you live in New Liberty, known as the City without a Super, there are only two kinds of people: Those who turn to crime and those who suffer. Michael and his adoptive father spend their days building boxes - special devices with mysterious abilities - which they sell to the mob at a price. With Michael's "gift" and his dad's ingenuity, they find a way to get by. They provide for each other, they look out for each other, and they'd never betray each other.

T-Bin has been traveling through space for years to deposit its passengers on a new planet, to give them a new life. But now, mere days from arrival, Tanner can’t shake the feeling that there’s a more sinister plot at work.

This new book is an introduction for young listeners to the timeless and constant battle waged between good and evil. In this fascinating and humorous tale, Alex Fonteyn shows in a Christian spirit and also in simple terms for children to understand, what is sin and what is virtue. The author has purposely chosen to set the action in a 'once upon a time' frame where time and the location do not really matter.

An artist takes us through his day, from his own particular perspective. A short story from Guys Read: Other Worlds, edited by Jon Scieszka.

First they were given AutoLaces, then NanoGyroWheels, then FissionSoles and TurboBrain...and then they took over the world. But can they keep it?

Jessamine Luxton has lived all her sixteen years in an isolated cottage near Alnwick Castle, with little company apart from the plants in her garden. Her father, Thomas, a feared and respected apothecary, has taught her much about the incredible powers of plants: that even the most innocent-looking weed can cure - or kill.

Spark has stolen her brother’s armor and his sword, and now she’s looking for a job. But this job is going to bring much more than she bargained for, and even her wits might not be enough to save her. A short story from Guys Read: Other Worlds, edited by Jon Scieszka.

Greetings. The fictional narrative enclosed within this archaic auto-entertainment device is offered for immediate consumption as a temporary diversion to your unremarkable life. Hey. This is a really cool story about our trip to the future. You're gonna love it because we're in it and it's got aliens and it's awesome.

Josh and Tony aren’t any great shakes on the basketball court - but with the fate of the planet on the line, they’re going to have to step up.

In Artie Kingfisher’s world, wizards named Merlin, fire-breathing dragons, and swords called Excalibur exist only in legends and lore - until the day his video game Otherworld springs to life. You are special, Arthur, Says the mysterious message in his game. In one week’s time you will come to me at the it. Cryptic clues lead Artie to a strange place called the Invisible Tower, where he discovers that nothing in his life is as it seems.

Born into a world with only seven days to live, Sim faces the same choice everyone does: How will he spend them? Is there something greater to hope for? A short story from Guys Read: Other Worlds, edited by Jon Scieszka.

Join Solus, the Lonely Alien, on his journey through the stars and universe in search of a new home. Explore the entire Solar System through interesting facts on what makes each planet so special.

In Modern Families, Joshua Gamson brings us extraordinary family creation tales - his own included - that illuminate this changing world of contemporary kinship. Combining personal memoir and ethnographic storytelling, Modern Families tells a variety of unconventional family-creation tales - adoption and assisted reproduction, gay and straight parents, coupled and single, and multi-parent families - set against the social, legal, and economic contexts in which they were made.