Scientists Like Me - Stories, Advice, and Inspiration from 25 Trailblazers With

"Biographical profiles of a diverse collection of historic and contemporary scientists, along with science experiments to try at home"-- Provided by publisher.

About the author

JaNay Brown-Wood, PhD, is an award-winning children’s author, poet, educator, scholar, and a former professor of Early Childhood Education and Child Development. Her first children’s book Imani’s Moon won the NAESP Children’s Book of the Year Award and was featured on Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show and Storytime with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and her second book. Grandma’s Tiny House: A Counting Story!. received a starred review from Publishers Weekly and won the CELI Read Aloud Book Award. JaNay is also the author of the popular picture book series Where in the Garden (Peachtree Publishing), four Chicken Soup for the Soul Babies/Kids books, Crayola’s Follow That Line! Magic at Your Fingertips (Running Press Kids, 2022), the Harriet Tubman Little Golden Book Biography, the Simone Biles Little Golden Book Biography. and the New York Times bestselling book Why Not You? (Penguin/Random House) on which she collaborated with Ciara and Russell Wilson. You can learn more about her at www.janaybrownwood.com.

Summary

The perfect gift for any kid interested in science, SCIENTISTS LIKE ME offers engaging profiles of twenty-five diverse scientists in fields ranging from physics to medicine to programming, paired with hands-on activities that let young readers jump right into the work.

Product details

• Authors: JaNay Brown-Wood, The Kamin Science Center, Kamin Science Center, Janay/ Uro Kamin Science Center (COR)/ Brown-Wood, Workman Publishing
• Assisted by: Kristen Uroda (Illustration)
• Publisher: Workman Publishing
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 05.08.2025
• EAN: 9781523516780
• ISBN: 978-1-5235-1678-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; JUVENILE NONFICTION / School & Education, People & places (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / General, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Information resources, Libraries, museums, schools (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage: Social issues / topics