Mit Kids Press

In a bountiful book combining art and chemistry, a celebrated ink maker invites kids to become color wizards--by foraging and transforming natural materials to make their own paint and artistic...

This third book in the Extraordinary Animals series delves into the mind-bending world of amazing animal brains. Real-life animal brainiacs and the scientists who study them come to life in this...

Renowned physicist Alan Lightman, author of Ada and the Galaxies, turns his focus to light waves in a second story for children. There's only one gift Isabel wants for her sixth birthday: a way to...

Who created the N95 mask? Meet Dr. Wu Lien-teh, defeater of the Manchurian plague--in a story authored by his great-granddaughter, an emergency physician who relied on his life-saving invention...

"Mother and daughter coauthors, both descendants of their subject, trace the course of Wu's career. . . . Chockablock with timely themes and connections to recent world-shaking events." --Kirkus...

Painting a vivid portrait of the "father of neuroscience," this beautifully illustrated account of how Santiago Ramâon y Cajal shaped his scientific fate as an artist, which led to his discovery of...

In an exquisitely illustrated nonfiction picture book about the childhood and discoveries of the "father of neuroscience," science and art--together--work wonders. Santiago Ram?n y Cajal's father,...

In an exquisitely illustrated nonfiction picture book about the childhood and discoveries of the "father of neuroscience," science and art--together--work wonders. Santiago Ramón y Cajal's father,...

Discover the eye-opening story of the first woman student at MIT--a pioneering environmental chemist sure to inspire the next generation of female trailblazers in science. Ellen Swallow found a...

This lively peek into the amazing world of microbes, replete with a kid-pleasing ?ick? factor, is chock-full of facts, humor, and fun illustrations. Microbes are everywhere: outside, indoors, on your...