Lerner Publisher Services Spring 2025: Cheriton, Hungry Tomato, Ruby Tuesday

If your shelves need a series nonfiction update, you’ve come to the right place. This list is packed full of STEM topics for elementary through upper grades, covering everything from outer space and high-tech inventions to the animal kingdom and plant life. Enjoy perusing these Spring 2025 releases from several of our esteemed publishing partners: Cheriton Children’s Books, Hungry Tomato, and Ruby Tuesday Books!

Dealing with Disorders and Disease

6-Book Series
Interest Level: Grades 5-12
This detailed and insightful series will provide readers with a thorough understanding of diseases and disorders that affect many young people, and it is also an invaluable source of information for people who live with the conditions.

Mission: Space Science

6-Book Series
Interest Level: Grades 4-9
An incredible journey through the universe, a fascinating exploration of space science, and empowering STEM space missions for readers to complete—this series has it all! This is a must-have set for the next generation of space scientists.

How High-Tech Changed the World

6-Book Series
Interest Level: Grades 4-9
Our world has been transformed by amazing high-tech inventions, but how do these incredible technologies work, who invented them, and how have they changed the way we live? This series explains all!

Political Systems in Action

6-Book Series
Interest Level: Grades 4-9
This fascinating series explores the world’s key political systems, how they worked in the past, how they work today, and the people behind the politics. Discover political systems in action.

Hair-Raising Predators

4-Book Series
Interest Level: Grades 2-5
Dive into this high-interest series exploring the world’s most extreme predators! With impressive imagery, jaw-dropping facts, and a 1-10 deadliest scale, this series is a real page-turner for curious kids.

Critter Kingdom

6-Book Series
Interest Level: Grades 2-5
Dive into the world of critters and discover what they do all day! From bees pollinating plants to beetles keeping soil rich in nutrients, discover and celebrate the secret—and very important—lives of these tiny creatures.

Investigating Earth

4-Book Series
Interest Level: Grades 2-5
Travel deep into the Earth and unearth secrets hidden beneath our feet, from rocks and fossils to gemstones and minerals! With incredible facts, photographs, and hands-on activities, this fascinating series is perfect for budding rock detectives.

World’s Top Tens

4-Book Series
Interest Level: Grades 2-4
Dive into a world of jaw-dropping extremes! Prepare to be amazed as you uncover our planet’s most impressive record-breakers, from the fastest bird to the slowest plane, the biggest food fight to the longest car, and so much more!

Science Essentials

4-Book Series
Interest Level: Grades 3-6
Take an in-depth look at some key science topics—from the human body to animal life cycles! This fresh approach encourages young scientists to ask questions and answer them by investigating. These books are full of factual tidbits and beautiful imagery!

FUNdamental Hands-On Science

4-Book Series
Interest Level: Grades 2-5
Every spread in these high-interest science books includes an investigation, experiment, or hands-on activity. Instead of just reading about these curricular topics, students will work step by step to discover the science for themselves.