All of my children's books encourage curiosity, creativity, & exploration of our world.

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Book cover of 'Ocean Speaks' featuring an illustration of a woman with glasses and red hair, holding a map underwater surrounded by seaweed, with the title and author names.
Book cover titled "The Girl Who Built an Ocean" with an illustration of a woman sitting in an underwater landscape surrounded by colorful coral, fish, and sketches of aquatic designs, holding a book and a pencil.
Book cover titled "Elements of Genius: Nikki Tesla and the Ferret-Proof Death Ray" by Jess Keating. It features an animated girl with brown, curly hair in a pink jacket, a ferret hanging upside down from a tree, and a small robot on a green pedestal.
Book cover for "Elements of Genius: Nikki Tesla and the Traitors of the Lost Spark" by Jess Keating, featuring a confident girl with brown hair, a purple jacket, standing among glowing yellow-green plants, with a curious cat leaping in the air, and a
Book cover titled "Elements of Genius" featuring a cartoon-style girl with brown hair, wearing a blue jacket, and a pink backpack. She is pointing at a small tower on a rock, with a ferret nearby. The cover also includes the text "Nikki Tesla and the
Book cover titled 'Bunbun & Bonbon: Captain Bun & Super Bonbon' by Jess Keating, featuring cartoon characters of a bunny with a cape and a superhero egg with a cape flying through a sky with clouds and stars.
Cover of a children's book titled 'Bunbun & Bombon' by Jess Keating, featuring a cartoon bunny and a purple, smiling, pebble-like friend in a colorful outdoor setting with trees, flowers, and bushes.
Colorful book cover titled "Bunbun & Bombon" by Jess Keating, featuring a white bunny lying on a pink-frosted donut with colorful sprinkles, a smiling unicorn with a rainbow horn, and yellow and green plant elements, set against a blue background wit
Book cover titled 'Big as a Giant Snail' with a hand holding a large snail.
Book cover titled 'What Makes a Monster?' featuring a creature with large ears, yellow eyes, pink nose, and a surprised expression.
Book cover titled "Gross as a Snot Otter" with a picture of a slimy, brown, otter-like creature on black background. Subtitle reads "Discovering the World's Most Disgusting Animals" by Jess Keating, with illustrations by David DeGrand.
Book cover titled 'Pink Is for Blobfish' featuring a picture of a blobfish with a pink, fuzzy texture and a dark background.
Book cover titled "Cute as an Axolotl" featuring a close-up photograph of an axolotl, with text indicating it's about discovering the world's most adorable animals.
Cover of the book titled 'How to Outfox Your Friends When You Don't Have a Clue' by Jess Keating, featuring cartoon animals and feet wearing colorful shoes against a nature background.
Book cover titled 'How to OutSwim a Shark Without a Snorkel' by Jess Keating, featuring illustrations of a shark and a snorkel on a blue background.
Book cover titled 'How to Outrun a Crocodile When Your Shoes Are Untied' by Jess Keating. The cover features a person standing with pink shoes, one of which has a loose shoelace, and a small crocodile on a red background.
Book cover titled 'Eat Your Rocks, Croc!'. Illustration of a crocodile with an open mouth showing teeth and a tongue, with a small animal, possibly a dog or raccoon, wearing a stethoscope and holding a flashlight, flying above the crocodile in a gras
Children's book cover titled 'Set Your Alarm, Sloth!' showing a sloth hanging from a branch, and a possum with a stethoscope and alarm clock. Bright yellow background with pink, purple, and brown elements.
Book cover titled 'Birdlore' featuring a girl with brown hair wearing yellow goggles surrounded by colorful birds and flowers.
Book cover titled 'Shark Lady' featuring an illustration of a woman scuba diving, touching a large shark in an underwater scene with fish and aquatic plants.

EXPLORE BY THEME

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Adventure, Science, Action, & Humour

Animals, Science, & Nature

Brilliant Women in STEM Fields

Graphic Novels for Young Readers

Fancypants Book Awards & Press

  • National Children's Choice Kid's Favorites Award Selection

  • Forest of Reading Blue Spruce Award Winner

  • Chickadee Award Winner

  • Beverly Cleary Children's Choice Award Winner

  • Named an Amazon Best Book of the Month

  • Named a Parents Magazine Best Children's Book of the Year

  • Selected for The New York Times Twelve Books for Feminist Boys and Girls

  • Washington State Towner Award Nominee List

  • Wyoming Buckaroo Book Award Master List

  • Surrey Schools' Narrative Nonfiction Book of the Year

  • Grand Canyon Reader Award Nominee

  • Named the national "Ambassador to Young People's Science and Nature Books" by Shelftalker (Publishers Weekly)

  • Illinois Monarch Award Master List (K-3 Readers' Choice)

  • The New York Times Twelve Books for Feminist Boys and Girls"

  • Global News / The Morning Show "Jess Keating on the importance of scientist Eugenie Clark"

  • Parents Magazine "Best Children's Books of the Year"

  • Best Children's Books of the Year List by the Bank Street College of Education

  • AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize Finalist in the Children's Science Picture Book

  • Canadian Sunburst Award Nominee for Excellence in Science Fiction and Fantasy

  • New York Public Library Best Book for Kids

  • NPR Shelf Discovery WCBE 90.5 FM

  • Texas 2x2 Reading List

  • Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award (SSYRA) Jr. List

  • Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award Nominee List

  • Kentucky Bluegrass Award Master List

  • Honor Book for the Jane Addams Children's Book Awards.

  • Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List

  • Junior Library Guild Selection

  • Rhode Island Children's Book Award Master List

  • OLIS Book Award Nominee

  • Ontario Library Association (OLA) Red Maple Award Nominee

  • Texas Lone Star Reading List

  • Mainiac Choice Award List (Maine)

  • South Carolina Children's Book Award Nominee List

  • Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Master List

  • Cocheco Readers' Award Nominee

  • Black-Eyed Susan Book Award Nominee

  • Ontario Library Association’s (OLA) Best Bets list under the Junior Non-Fiction

  • Rhode Island Children's Book Award Nomination List

  • New York State Reading List