Ruth Redford

Take a journey inside the body—as an alien! Hop aboard a flying saucer and travel alongside your alien guides who are on a mission to understand the wonders of human body systems. High-impact graphic art explores the circulatory system, the digestive system, the skeletal system, and more. Lively text introduces concepts such as what the body is made of and...

Age range 8 to 12 Backed by the experts at Mayo Clinic, Period. is the no-nonsense guide kids and caregivers alike can trust to navigate menstruation. Periods. Every person who menstruates has a different relationship with their 'Aunt Flow': some good, and some...not so good. This 4-colour graphic novel guide embraces all the icky, sticky, and confusing aspects of the...

Push, pull and slide the tabs to meet the animals at the Busy Zoo! Make the giraffes' heads pop out of the trees, spray the baby elephant with water, watch the monkey acrobatics and feed the penguins. Children will love playing with this bright and colourful board book with a gentle rhyme and wonderful illustrations by Rebecca Finn, which is...

Before the development of a vaccine, the deadly disease of measles was common. Marnie and her trusty AI sidekick, Glitch, set out to learn more about the story of measles. How is it treated and prevented? How did scientists discover its cause and develop a vaccine? As usual, Maisie goes a little above and beyond and learns everything there is...

In the early 1900s, everyone from scientists to sanitation workers was trying to crack a true medical mystery—who was spreading typhoid fever in the community of Mamaroneck, New York? All signs pointed to domestic worker Mary Mallon, but could she spread the disease without showing symptoms herself? Marnie and her trusted AI sidekick, Glitch, are on the case, following the...