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At Blue Jasper Editions, we lift up young lives, one tale at a time. Our picture and chapter books highlight discoveries in science, history and the remarkable moments of everyday life—unforgettable turning points that reveal new ways of seeing the world. Books for each of you, because books change all of us.
Blue Jasper Editions launched in 2023 with a fiction/nonfiction set about nature: Forest Joy and Nature Explorers.
Forest Joy is for kids who love nature and need a break from screen time and stress. For fans of Margaret Wise Brown’s classic, Goodnight Moon; or Deborah Underwood’s Caldecott winner, Outside In. This lovingly illustrated book takes kids on an immersive forest bathing journey.
In Nature Explorers: Outdoor Activity Book for Kids, the forest school approach informs 100 STEAM activities to spark deep, fun learning across the arts and sciences. This one-of-a-kind outdoor activity book sharpens STEAM classroom skills, deepens connection to Mother Earth, and encourages self-reliance and playful exploration. A special section of mindfulness nature meditations helps kids relax and self-regulate. Download a free sample here.
In the classic bestseller, The Hugging Tree (published by Magination Press), a tiny seed lands on a rocky cliff, where trees never grow. The hugging tree perseveres and doesn’t give up, no matter how tough life gets—and is saved by the love and care of the sun, moon, sea and a boy who tends to the tree until it grows so big he can shelter in its shade. It was the success of The Hugging Tree that inspired Blue Jasper Editions!
Steam story hour
Our nonfiction picture book series
Our nonfiction picture book series, Steam Story Hour, is aimed at kids ages 6-10 andexplores epochal moments in the arts and sciences.
Premiering in fall 2024 is Fabel: The Dog Who Sniffed Ancient Time, the story of theworld’s first licensed archaeology dog. Fabel’s owner, archaeologist Sophie Vallulv, explains how he sniffed out 1,500 year old human skeletons and treasures buried deep underground on a Swedish island. The book explores history, archeology and the extraordinary science of smell, especially in dogs, with an appendix that offers summaries of other finds by archaeology dogs around the world, including Florida and also Tennessee.
OTHER BOOKS IN THE STEAM STORY HOUR SERIES INCLUDE...
THE STORY OF C. ELEGANS
A SUPER SMART WORM THAT
WON 3 NOBEL PRIZES
C. Elegans is the size of a comma but has the most famous brain on the planet, studied at over 500 laboratories around the world. We have learned so much about our own brains from this tiny but super powerful worm-brain. A quick amazing dive into the nervous system, our brain, all brains, and the world of microscopic worms
Fake!
How A Clever Forger Faked The
Discovery That the Earth Isn’t the
Center of the Universe
The story of how a famous forger faked pages in the great 17th century scientist Galileo’s most important book, where he described looking through his homemade telescope and realizing that the planets of our solar system orbit the sun. This discovery changed everything we know about our place in the universe. The forgery earned its famous fraudster millions of dollars, ending up under glass as a treasured collection in a university library. A quick dive into the science of our solar system, the genius of Galileo, and the amazing scientist who sleuthed out the fake only a few years ago, noticing tiny details like the wrong watermark and changes in handwriting style. Complete with authentic illustrations.
Treasure Fever
How A Famous French Shipwreck Shed
Light on America’s Origins
In 2016, a ‘treasure hunter’ discovered the most famous shipwreck in North America, La Trinite. The French ship, part of a fleet built in the 1500’s, was sent to America to battle Spain over rights to the “colony”. The Spanish and French fought a bloody battle, and La Trinite sunk off the coast of Florida. When it was discovered it set off an international battle about who had the rights to the vessel.The story allows us to look back at the infamous battle, and how the Spanish first settled America—long before pilgrims and Plymouth rock. A slice of American history, along with the fun of shipwrecks. Complete with authentic illustrations from recovered treasures, the ship manifest and more.
The Time Benders Trilogy
Our middle grade science/fantasy trilogy
Our middle grade science/fantasy trilogy, The Time Benders, showcases ten-year-old Flor Bernoulli and her twin brother James. They come from a long line of famous mathematicians, and their father disappeared while working on turning zero inside out. Did he vanish into nothingness, or is he hidden a prisoner inside zero? With the help of their favorite wizard and pie baker, Dr. Pi, they fold space, bend time, search for their father, make a new friend, and use Dr. Pi’s drawer of delicious sauces to trick their enemies and help their friends.