Technology Fiction

"The person you are trying to call is unavailable at this time. Please try your call again later." The name Miriam means "bitter", and Miri always thought she was well-named. She went through life phoning in relationships with one inappropriate man after the other, and never really connecting with any of them. Following an impossible call, she begins playing tag with the ultimate unavailable guy...and again...and again...Will Miri get over her hang-ups and give this smooth operator a chance? Or will the emotional long distance be too big a charge to pay?

This dazzling poetry collection bubbles with excitement and creativity, capturing the sheer joy of the natural world. Discover parades of beast-doodles, preposterous penguins, talking blossoms, playful birds, humble fleas and a host of other exotic and everyday creatures who jump off the page and into our hearts. Thought-provoking and delightfully original, Cherry Moon will encourage children of every age to explore the power, enchantment and wonderfulness of poetry and nature.

Herr Lehmann ist ein Gartenzwerg. Doch er ist kein gewöhnlicher Zwerg, denn er kann sprechen und sein sehnlichster Wunsch ist es, seine griesgrämige Besitzerin, Frau Sauertopf, glücklich zu machen. Das gelingt jedoch nur, wenn ihr interessante und abenteuerliche Geschichten aus aller Welt erzählt werden. Doch leider kommt niemand zu Frau Sauertopf, um ihr solche Geschichten zu erzählen. Also fasst Herr Lehmann den Plan, sich heimlich im Koffer von Herrn Reisegern zu verstecken, um in der weiten Welt Geschichten zu sammeln.

In this exciting follow-up to How Mother Nature Flowered the Fields, Mother Nature finds herself faced with an even bigger problem, as the population on Earth begins to show signs of a future predicament. Scientists are looking for other places besides Earth for mankind to live. They have recently discovered that water may have existed on the surface of Mars, and that the water may have gone below the surface.

Host of the popular television show Corwin’s Quest, author Jeff Corwin offers this second installment of his Junior Explorer series, The Great Alaska Adventure. Here Corwin proves that fun can be found right around the corner, as young adventurers discover the wonderful, exciting terrain and wildlife of Alaska.

See what pulls and pushes can do through several examples of forces and motion in everyday life. Pair this nonfiction title with its fiction companion book, Milo and the Ball.

Explore concepts of living and nonliving things during a walk in the woods, including birds, stones, stones, streams, and trees. Pair this nonfiction title with its fiction companion book, In the Garden.

Discover the variety of animals that live in the rain forest, including frogs, jaguars, monkeys, parrots, and sloths. Pair this nonfiction title with its fiction companion book, Up the Tree.

What sorts of animals live in the forest? You'll hear about squirrels, birds, butterflies, rabbits, skunks, and snakes. Pair this nonfiction title with its fiction companion book, A Good Nut.

Dive beneath the waves to meet the crabs, fish, turtles, whales, and seaweed that live in the ocean habitat. Pair this nonfiction title with its fiction companion book, The Fish.

What roams through grassland habitats? Discover bison, elephants, giraffes, kangaroos, lions, and zebra. Pair this nonfiction title with its fiction companion book, My Baby Elephant.

A level two reader audiobook that describes Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, one of the first inventors of the microscope. The audiobook provides biographical information and also discusses his findings.

Take a voyage to the red planet! This book presents cutting-edge information about travelling to Mars and dives into related STEM topics will thrill readers interested in Earth's most famous planetary neighbor!

Late in 2013, snowy owls started showing up in places no one expected to find them - including Florida. What had caused so many of these majestic birds to leave their Arctic home and fly to southern Canada and the United States? Scientists quickly began working to find out. Author Sandra Markle brings together firsthand reports from the scientists involved along with stunning photographs of the owls to explain this rare event, known as an irruption.

African lions are powerful hunters. Newborn cubs are born with their eyes tightly closed. Their eyes open at about a week old. Lion cubs grow up in a group called a pride. Cubs learn how to hunt by watching the adults. How do baby lions grow and change? Listen to this book to find out!

Short-nosed sea snakes and blue iguanas are two examples of endangered reptiles. Few of them exist in the wild. Other reptiles have already gone extinct. What hurts these animals? What can you do to help? Listen to this audiobook to find out!

Energy Fun Land. It is a new, simple and fun way to learn about energy. It is an introductory series to energy concepts. This audiobook has been written and designed to stimulate the aforementioned age groups to start questioning (what’s energy) by providing introductory environment of types of energy. However; this audiobook will not indulge in depth into these terms.

In autumn, a strong wind blows flower seeds high in the air and carries them far across the land. One by one, many of the seeds are lost — burned by the sun, fallen into the ocean, eaten by a bird.

The Princess with Rose Colored Hair is a children's book full of hope and wonder. The princess longs to marry the sweet, lowly English man from the village. Her father does not approve. She must find a way out of the castle. If only she could go in a disguise and marry her sweet, true love.

Have you been wanting to know more about the significant impact black women had on the world? The Woman Who Invented Weaving is a fascinating audiobook that contains a catalog of several notable inventors and inventions by black women, which include the invention of the bathroom tissue holder, pastry fork, and ironing board, among others.