Sterling Books

8 little planets with the sun at the center, each one wishing it were a little bit better... Old slow Neptune felt he was behind. 165 years to circ...

Prepare to be amazed! Inside the covers of this incredible, colorful collection are hundreds of the world’ s most powerful optical illusions. They’...

Bats and birds that look like faces, skulls that pop up on anything white, three donkeys with three ears between them, and, walls that disappear - ...

Age range 3 & upThe youngest astronomers can go forth and journey into outer space in this fun, basic introduction to the solar system. The uni...

No longer need you search through second-hand bookstores for a scarce, used copy of this grandfather of all anatomy books. It is here in this unabr...

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little StarI know exactly what you are.Opaque ball of hot dense gas,million times our planet's mass,looking small because you're ...

Here is the essential guide to philosophy, an authoritative yet fun reference book and timeline on the compilation of human knowledge. Both art and...

Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales collects more than two hundred tales set down by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the early decades of the nineteenth centur...

Spark creative conversations about celestial beings with this clever parody from the #1 science author for kids!There was a black hole that swallow...

Discover the stories of the heavens and our understanding of them in this beautiful book. Generously illustrated with star charts and pictures from...

100 Breakthroughs That Changed the WorldIn 1869 Dmitri Mendeleev presented the world with the Periodic Table. It contained 63 elements, many more t...

Here is the essential guide to biology, an authoritative reference book and timeline that examines how we have uncovered the secrets of life—the mo...

Its not really hard to count up to ten - touch the holes with your fingers and you'll see that you can! ONE shiny green frog, grinning with delight...

Hans Christian Andersen is one of the world's most popular storytellers, and his fairy tales are among the best-loved works of literature. Readers ...

In this oversized illustrated lift-the-flap board book, toddlers embark on a journey through space. They'll visit the moon, the International Space...

Here is the essential guide to the human brain, an authoritative reference book and timeline that examines the three pounds of matter inside our he...

Scandinavians of the Viking Age explored the mysteries of life through their sagas. Folklorist Helene Adeline Guerber brings to life the gods and g...

Get our your microscope and take a close-up look at a tiny world! This book by two award-winning science authors shows you how. Looking at little t...

Everything that Lewis Carroll ever published in book form appears in this volume. In addition, at least ten of the shorter pieces have never appear...

Are you a supergenius? These varied and challenging logic puzzles will reveal the truth! Each one tests your mental reasoning skills in a different...

Following the hugely successful The Science Book and The Math Book comes a richly illustrated chronology of physics, containing 250 short entries. ...

Originally published in 1994, The Little Red Yellow Black Book has established itself as the perfect starting point for those who want to learn abo...

Not every prehistoric creature is a dinosaur! Long, long ago, many strange beasts roamed the Earth, and this delightful picture book, based on the ...

This colourful and cheerful atlas book will introduce young readers to planet Earth's different continents and countries and their famous landmark...

Following his hugely successful The Math Book and The Physics Book, Clifford Pickover now chronicles the advancement of medicine in 250 entertainin...

Age range 10+*Shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards 2020: Children's*The highly-anticipated junior version of Bruce Pascoe’s multi award-winning bo...

Here is the essential guide to engineering, an authoritative reference book and timeline about how technology has given shape to our civilization. ...

A fascinating look at the world's most numerous inhabitants, illustrated with stunning images from the American Museum of Natural History's Rare Bo...

From Apatosaurus to Zupaysaurus, the 26 dinosaur friends in this oversized board book will enchant preschoolers and help them learn their ABCs. Dev...

From Sterling's hugely popular Milestones series comes this stunningly illustrated book. What could be more fascinating than the workings of the hu...

Looking deep into space, by definition, means looking back in time — and the Hubble Space Telescope can look very far back, including at stars, neb...

This definitive guide takes the mystery out of appreciating, buying and selling gemstones. It covers everything from the romance and history of mor...

This colourful and cheerful atlas book will introduce young readers to planet Earth's different continents and countries and their animal species....

This is the latest in the bestselling Sterling Milestones series. It provides a detailed look at 250 milestones in the discipline of Engineering. I...

Are we alone in the Universe? Where did the Moon come from? How do we know what stars are made of? Could there really be a future in asteroid minin...

Galaxy tells the rich scientific story of the evolution and our observation of galaxies.Written by an active researcher in the field, Galaxy: Mappi...