Juvenile Nonfiction / Technology Books

In 1947, an aircraft that was rumored to be a spaceship crashed in New Mexico. On the 50th anniversary of the incident, a former Pentagon official reveals the truth behind the crash in Roswell.

Ms. Fizzle is teaching her class about electricity, so she takes them on a magic school bus trip through the town's power lines. The students learn a lot about electricity: how it is generated and how electric currents create heat, light, and motion in such household objects as toasters and televisions. Pen-and-ink, watercolor, colored pencil, and gouache illustrations accompany the text.

A nonfiction picture book account of all the work and people involved in building a wood-frame house. Readers will be introduced to the work of architects, surveyors, carpenters, plumbers, and the many others who construct houses. Color illustrations accompany the text.

An overview of the history and future of space travel. Topics discussed include the Hubble Space Telescope, the Mir space station, and a day in the life of an astronaut in outer space. Illustrated with color photographs.

Detailed, cut-away illustrations show 11 heavy-duty earth moving machines, inside and out. This title is part of the "Look Inside Cross-Sections" series.