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Elizabeth Pagel-Hogan

    Elizabeth Pagel-Hogan crafts fiction and non-fiction for both magazines and educational publishers. Her writing blends engaging narratives with practical content, drawing from her multifaceted interests. She brings a distinctive voice to her work, making it accessible and enriching for a wide audience. Her approach thoughtfully combines creativity with everyday life.

    Gadget Disasters: Learning from Bad Ideas
    Medical Mishaps: Learning from Bad Ideas
    Quest for the Unicorn's Horn
    Ocean Plastics Problem
    SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY OF LEONARDO DA VINC
    So You Want to Be President of the United States
    • 2022

      NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students Winner, 2022 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection Award, Fall 2022 These 15 women work with animals on land, air, and sea. Corina Newsome is saving seaside sparrows while Michelle LaRue uses satellites to study Antarctic birds. Lizzy Lowe takes on what many fear in researching spiders, and Erin Ashe lives out the dream of many studying dolphins and whales. Kristen Hecht chases the elusive hellbender amphibian while Enikö Kubinyi uses robots to get information on wolf pups. These women are working on issues that intersect with biodiversity, species conservation, biology, and more. They stand out for their work in their fields and are also dedicated to science communication to share their knowledge with others. They challenge the assumptions of who a scientist is and what a scientist looks like. These diverse, modern women are pushing the boundaries of their scientific fields while empowering others to pursue their dreams.

      Animal Allies
    • 2022
    • 2021

      Explore some of the world's greatest gadget disasters up close! Find out how each gadget failed, what went wrong with its design or manufacture, and what programmers learned from their mistakes.

      Gadget Disasters
    • 2021

      Quest for the Unicorn's Horn

      • 32 pages
      • 2 hours of reading

      A taste for sweets (and for adventure) leads Michael on a fantastic quest to retrieve a unicorn horn. Will he make it out of Sweetlandia with his sugar-coated prize, or wash out in a fudgy wave of failure? Find out more in this graphic novel!

      Quest for the Unicorn's Horn
    • 2021

      This title introduces readers to vehicles and equipment used by the US Special Operations Forces, from Navy SEAL rebreathers to Green Beret "War Pigs." The title features informative sidebars, exciting photos, a fast facts summary, a glossary, and an index. Kids Core is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company.

      US Special Operations Forces Equipment and Vehicles
    • 2021

      See some of the world's most messed-up medical mishaps at a microscopic level. Find out how each procedure, tool or operation failed, the basic science that was missed and what doctors learned from their mistakes.

      Medical Mishaps
    • 2021

      Mermaid Midfielders

      • 32 pages
      • 2 hours of reading

      Meg has fab football skills on land. But when a mermaid midfielder offers her a chance to play under the sea, she can't resist. Will Meganbecome the next undersea football star?

      Mermaid Midfielders
    • 2021

      Even Fairies Bake Mistakes

      • 32 pages
      • 2 hours of reading

      Dill is a fairy who loves to bake. His recipes are tried-and-tested. His flavours are spot on. There's only one problem: everything he bakes is a disaster! Will his new friend, Ada, help Dill win the Fairyland Baking Contest? Or will Dill's latest creations turn out to be big, burned mistakes? Find out in this graphic novel!

      Even Fairies Bake Mistakes
    • 2020

      See some of the world's most messed-up medical mishaps at a microscopic level. Find out how each procedure, tool, or surgery failed, the basic science that was missed, and what doctors learned from their mistakes.

      Medical Mishaps: Learning from Bad Ideas