Nifty Non-fiction!

Some stories are true but so fantastical that they sound more like fiction! Join us in-store as we celebrate non-fiction picture books that will have you and your young ones amazed.

We're thrilled to welcome GALIA BERNSTEIN, illustrator of The Escape Artist: A True Story of Octopus Adventure, CHRIS EASTLAND, co-author of ZooBorns: When I'm Big, RICHARD HO, author of A Rock Is Born: An Epic Journey Through Time, and EMILY ARNOLD MCCULLY, author and illustrator of The Eclipse of 1919: How Einstein's Theory of General Relativity Changed Our World. 

From the way a rock changes over millions of years to the amazing tale of how an eclipse changed science forever -- these are fascinating reads that will surprise and delight you!

The Escape Artist: A True Story of Octopus Adventure illustrated by GALIA BERNSTEIN

A rock. A pot. Some sand. A light. And those same four walls, day in and day out. Inky the octopus has only ever known his tank at the aquarium in New Zealand. Understimulated and craving answers, he watches the people walk by and wonders where they go—until one fateful day when the lock on his tank is left unlatched. Inky escapes, and miraculously makes his way into a drainpipe and out to the ocean.

ZooBorns: When I'm Big co-written by CHRIS EASTLAND

Your favorite baby animals from the ZooBorns book series and blog are growing up! With real-life photos, see how these adorable zoo babies change as they get big.

As the brand-new ZooBorns babies become all grown up, their fur changes color, spots and stripes come and go, and horns grow in. But one thing stays the same: they are as adorable as ever!

Featuring cute-as-can-be animal photos, zippy text, and a fact-filled glossary, animal enthusiasts will fall in love with ZooBorns young and old.

A Rock Is Born: An Epic Journey Through Time written by RICHARD HO

Over one hundred million years ago, on the side of a volcano....a rock is born.

Eroded by mud, melted by lava, compressed by water -- as time passes, the rock changes. Read along as the rock and the world around it are shaped and reshaped by the many forces of nature, and as, eventually, a new rock is born!

The Eclipse of 1919: How Einstein's Theory of General Relativity Changed Our World by EMILY ARNOLD MCCULLY

Einstein imagined gravity as what happens when objects bend the space and time around them -- but this theory couldn’t be perceived in the everyday world. To test it, he needed to see if the sun’s gravity bent the light from a star. And the only way to do that was to photograph a total solar eclipse. This is the story of that photograph.

Sunday, September 7th at 3pm at Our 17th St Store!