Marc Aronson has written history and biography books for middle school children and young adults, including books about the secrets of Stonehenge, the sugar trade, and the life of John Henry. His biography of Sir Walter Raleigh won the...

Seymour Simon has written many science books for children. His work has been praised for explaining science in a way that is accurate, interesting, and accessible and has earned him a reputation as a trusted source of information for...

Tanya Lee Stone writes a little bit of everything - science, history, biography, poetry, and fiction - for kids and teens. She's written middle grades biographies of pioneering women in the NASA space program, Amelia Earhart, and Ella...

Children's author and illustrator Rosalyn Schanzer views history as series of grand adventures full of fascinating people - stories just waiting to be told. And she loves to tell them, bringing real-life characters like George Washington...

Sneed B. Collard III is the author of more than 30 children's books about science, nature, and the environment. With a background in biology, his book topics range from beaks to wings to cloud forests to animal dads. Collard encourages...

Vicki Cobb has published over 85 books for grades K-8 that explore physics, chemistry and biology, biographies, geography, and the human body. Her new Science Play series targets kids 3-5 years old, who are already natural scientists...

Mechanical engineer, U.S. Air Force pilot, decorated war veteran, graduate of MIT with a PhD in Astronautics, Gemini 12 and Apollo 11 astronaut, inventor, Presidential Medal of Freedom awardee, author of books for children, teens and...

Deborah Heiligman writes fiction and nonfiction for kids of all ages. She's published more than 26 books, exploring topics as diverse as religious celebrations around the world, babies, butterflies, honeybees, and a particularly charming...

In 2002, George Ancona received the Washington Post-Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award for work that "has contributed significantly to the quality of nonfiction for children." In this video interview, George Ancona talks about his...