Order library-bound or paperback books by downloading the proper order form:
Library Binding Order Form: PDF | XLS
Paperback Order Form: PDF | XLS
Ebook versions of all 12-Story Library books are also available via the Kindle Store and the iBookstore.
The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed 18-year-old pitching prospect Hai-Cheng Gong to a minor league contract. A product of Major League Baseball's Chinese Development Academy, Gong made his debut on the international stage with one scoreless outing for Team China at the…
On April 24, astronaut Peggy Whitson broke the record for most days in space by a US astronaut. Jeff Williams, the previous record holder, had a total of 534 days in space. By the end of her current mission, Whitson…
March 30 was the 150-year anniversary of the day the United States purchased Alaska. US Secretary of State William Seward signed a treaty with Russia. In it, he agreed to pay $7.2 million for Alaska. This was not a popular choice.…
New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge didn't waste any time establishing his major league clout. The 25-year-old set a record with a white-hot start in which he hit 13 home runs, the most ever for a rookie through 25 games to open a…
Second baseman Gift Ngoepe did more than make history as the first African-born player in Major League Baseball. He went right to work helping the Pittsburgh Pirates pull out a win. Ngoepe entered the game as part of a double switch in…
Thanks in part to celebrities and food bloggers, many people are talking about “clean eating.” At first, “clean eating” meant cutting back on processed food. People who followed this plan focused on cooking things from scratch and using natural ingredients. Some…
Many people believe that eating dairy increases the amount of mucus your body produces. They say that drinking milk when you have a cold will make you feel even more congested. But is this true? A team of researchers did…
No matter how it's done, breaking Oscar Robertson's 55-year-old triple-double record is an amazing achievement. But Russell Westbrook added a little something extra to the game in which he did it. Westbrook poured in 50 points to go along with…
James Baldwin was a famous American author. Although he died in 1987, his work about race relations in the United States remains influential today. Baldwin wrote novels, essays, and plays. Now, people can read some of his unpublished writing, too.…
Exploring the ocean and repairing underwater structures can be dangerous work. But scientists are designing robots that could do these jobs. One kind of robot looks like a snake. It would repair and inspect oil rigs. Its thin, flexible shape…