Books - Educational

A is for... This beautiful book is full of mythical friends, new and old, who all want to help you explore the alphabet. Whether your little one is...

The world is full of wonderful words to learn so let's get started with prehistoric animals! Learn 100 prehistoric words the Smithsonian way! Curio...

Touch, read, and discover all about butterflies and moths with your toddler and Smithsonian Kids! Featuring special embossing to highlight fun fact...

In this colorful board book, every page is bursting with interesting animals and tons of things to discover! Curious readers will love meeting Feli...

A gorgeous nonfiction book for kids from bestselling artist and author Lisa Congdon! The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Elements leads young reade...

This book offers twice the fun. First, you can color twenty-three full-page illustrations of Penny, Mark, and Koko the clown as they go to exciting...

A comprehensive dictionary with over a thousand colour illustrations, over 10,000 entries and 25,000 straightforward definitions. Fully revised and...

This magnificent volume offers a rich visual tour of the planets in our solar system. More than 200 breathtaking photographs from the archives of N...

The award-winning duo of Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long team up again, this time creating a gorgeous look at the fascinating world of beetles. ...

From the award-winning creators of An Egg Is Quiet, A Seed Is Sleepy, and A Butterfly Is Patient comes a gorgeous and informative introduction to t...

Award-winning artist Sylvia Long and author Dianna Hutts Aston have teamed up again to create this gorgeous and informative introduction to seeds. ...

Trek into the wild heart of the rain forest. Discover a world teeming with life. Dense and humid and filled with secrets, rain forests are home to ...

Take a stunning journey to the ends of the earth through the colorful, fluid motion of Photicular® technology. A stunning phenomenon, Photicular te...

Meet the Original Superheroes. Before there was Iron Man, Captain America, Batman, Black Widow, Wonder Woman, Hulk, or Black Panther...there was In...

This book introduces kids to the creativity of stitching patchwork, appliqué, and quilts. Using dynamic how-to photos and step-by-step instructions...

The family field guide to America's presidents, now updated for 2017 and featuring the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. Fandex...

Bear bags, wilderness showers, and telling the temperature by counting the cricket chirps... Whether you're planning an over night in the backyard ...

EyeLike Stickers are the freshest, most vibrant sticker books on the market with 400 high-quality photographic stickers in each book. Age range: 4 ...

Cardboard is everywhere! For creative kids aged 9 to 14, it’s the perfect eco-friendly building material, and Cardboard Box Engineering is the perf...

Sharpen kids’ deductive reasoning skills with these challenging logic puzzles that feature popular STEM subjects. Each puzzle categorizes informati...

Pick up a pencil and sharpen your deductive reasoning skills with these challenging logic puzzles. Each Perplexor puzzle categorizes information an...

Pick up a pencil and sharpen your deductive reasoning skills with these challenging logic puzzles. Each Perplexor puzzle categorizes information an...

Sharpen kids’ deductive reasoning skills with these challenging logic puzzles that feature popular STEM subjects. Each puzzle categorizes informati...

Sharpen kids’ deductive reasoning skills with these challenging logic puzzles that feature popular STEM subjects. Each puzzle categorizes informati...

Sharpen kids’ deductive reasoning skills with these challenging logic puzzles that feature popular STEM subjects. Each puzzle categorizes informati...

Sharpen kids’ deductive reasoning skills with these challenging logic puzzles that feature popular STEM subjects. Each puzzle categorizes informati...

Chemistry? No problem! ThisBig Fat Notebookcovers everything you need to know during a year of high school chemistry class, breaking down one big b...

Geometry? No problem! This Big Fat Notebookcovers everything you need to know during a year of high school geometry class, breaking down one big ba...

Kids are crazy about bugs! And kids and parents are crazy about the Bug Book & Bug Bottle. Packed with activities and packaged in its own colle...

Fact-filled, fun-filled, as interesting to parents as it is to kids, the How Come? series is the trusted source for lively, clear answers to kids’ ...

THE BONES BOOK AND SKELETON is the extraordinary bestseller with over 1.75 million copies in print and a portfolio of accolades from reviewers: “A ...

Stop summer slide! Stay summer smart! For kids who just finished kindergarten, this Common Core–aligned workbook will get you back-to-school ready ...

It’s the revolutionary world history study guide just for middle school students from the brains behind Brain Quest.Everything You Need to Ace Worl...

It’s the revolutionary English language arts study guide just for middle school students from the brains behind Brain Quest. Everything You Need to...

It’s the revolutionary math study guide just for middle school students from the brains behind Brain Quest. Everything You Need to Ace Math . . . c...

The kids are taking over the kitchen! Deanna F. Cook presents more than 50 recipes designed for the cooking abilities and tastes of children ages 6...

Meet Stegosaurus and Stegoceras (the head banger). An airborne giant, Quetzalcoatlus, with a wingspan the size of a WWII fighter. The meat-eaters: ...

Come face to face with our vanishing wildlife. Using unique Photicular technology, Wild brings to vivid life the animals who are under threat of ex...

We live in a golden age of paleontological discovery—on average, we find one new dinosaur species per week. The most fascinating among them take th...

A New York Times bestseller, Ocean is like being on a dive. Using Photicular technology, each image is like a 3-D movie on the page, delivering a r...

New York Times bestseller!The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid is a thrilling expedition to 100 of the most surp...

Discover wonder.“A wanderlust-whetting cabinet of curiosities on paper.”—New York TimesInspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscurais...

This board book Marie introduces the youngest dreamers to this Nobel Prize–winning scientist. When Marie was young, she was unable to go to college...

This board book Maya introduces the youngest dreamers to the powerful speaker, writer, and civil rights activist. Maya Angelou spent much of her ch...

This board book Amelia introduces the youngest dreamers to the world-famous aviation pioneer. When Amelia was young, she liked to imagine she could...

Explore the night sky. Learn about space travel. Discover astronaut fun facts. Curiosity helps kids shine! The Smithsonian invites little ones to...