National Geographic

Filled with beautiful imagery of wildlife and landscapes from all 63 U.S. national parks, this Art of Coloring book from National Geographic is the perfect creative escape and a great gift for nature enthusiasts, hikers, explorers, and more!

Travel back in time to unlock the secrets of the dinosaurs with these 12 fascinating true tales of prehistoric life. Join National Geographic on an expedition into the past to explore kids' favorite topic: dinosaurs! These dino-mite true tales are all the ideal length to be read aloud in five minutes, making them perfect for story time, bedtime, or anytime.

Kids who want to know everything about everything need the National Geographic Kids Almanac 2025! It's packed with incredible photos, tons of fun facts, crafts, activities, exclusive National Geographic Explorer interviews, and fascinating features about animals, science, nature, and more.

From National Geographic Kids and the team that created the national bestseller 50 States, 5,000 Ideas comes 50 States, 5,000 Facts. This engaging treasure trove of trivia boasts interesting tidbits about the United States and is perfect for trivia buffs, history lovers and fact-finders.

Fully updated and revised-with 100 brand new excursions, this 2nd edition of The 10 Best of Everything National Parks is an idea-filled guidebook that highlights top-tier adventures across the U.S. National Park System.

Fully updated throughout and featuring all-new destinations, this second edition of National Geographic's Sacred Places of a Lifetime is an inspirational guide that highlights 500 of the world's most spiritual places, from the Sacred Valley of the Inca in Peru to Egypt’s Mount Sinai.

This charming reference introduces young readers to the wider world by exploring languages, landscapes, weather, animals, capital cities, mountains, deserts, and more.  More than 100 colorful photos are paired with kid-friendly and age-appropriate maps along with basic facts about each continent. 

The best-selling Weird But True! World returns for its third edition—weirder than ever and with tons of new, true, unbelievable oddities for 2025 … and beyond!

Meet a chef who cooks pizza over an active volcano in Guatemala. Visit a bridge in Hungary that was repaired with LEGO bricks. And get to know the world's smelliest frog.

Design a truly unique vacation with 100 intriguing alternatives to more predictable, expensive and overcrowded destinations. These days, many of the world's most beloved places have become expensive and overcrowded, making their celebrated allure that much harder to enjoy. National Geographic's Here Not There helps you create a more robust, off-the-beaten path vacation by revealing 100 alternative destinations to the standard travel playbook—as well as expert tips on when to visit, where to eat, what to see and where to stay. Both surprising and inspiring, Here Not There offers readers a chance to think beyond our typical borders and discover undreamed-of destinations.

From the biggest to the smallest, the fiercest to the cutest, this science-packed, photo-filled encyclopedia from National Geographic Kids has everything you want to know about these amazing, warm-blooded creatures. From the colossal blue whale to the tiny pygmy shrew, plus lions, hippos, polar bears, sea otters, quokkas, orangutans, dolphins and more, there are 200-plus mammals featured in this colorful encyclopedia.

The second edition of this lavishly illustrated travel planner is fully updated and revised with 500 of the world's most memorable driving experiences, including more than 20 new drives. From legendary Highway 1 in California to Japan's famous Irohazaka Winding Road, this ultimate travel guide includes routes through spectacular landscapes, ideas for quick getaways, leisurely journeys and side trips, plus full-color maps and revelations of secret worlds beyond Google Maps.

Compiled from the favorite trips of National Geographic's legendary travel writers, Drives of a Lifetime spans the globe to reveal the best celebrated and lesser-known road trips on the planet. Some are legendary long-distance odysseys; others are easy day trips close to home, taking you down charming local byways. All will inspire you to pack up the car and hit the road.

When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt is a riveting paperback by celebrated Egyptologist Kara Cooney that explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cleopatra, and shines a piercing light on perceptions of powerful women today.

This new updated and expanded edition of 5,000 Awesome Facts (About Everything!) treats kids to brain candy and eye candy all rolled into one treasure trove of fascinating facts on super, sensational topics that kids love. Who knew that there were so many sweet things to learn about chocolate or that a dozen delicious details about peanut butter would show up on a page with a few splotches of jelly to whet our appetites?

Keep turning and a terrifyingly toothy shark tells you all about himself, while other spreads lay out tons of tips on toys and games, mysteries of history, robots and reptiles, sports and spies, wacky words, and so much more! A visual feast of colorful photographs surrounded by swirling, tipping, expanding and climbing bits of information in a high-energy design, this book will satisfy both the casual browser and the truly fact obsessed. 

Introducing the dino dictionary every little explorer needs. Filled with stunning illustrations and photographs, this engaging and educational book is sure to inspire budding paleontologists with great big words every dino-crazy kiddo will love.

Perfect for cuddle time, bedtime or any time, National Geographic Kids 5-Minute Baby Animal Stories is a collection of quick little stories that are sure to create great, big delight for your child. Accompanied by full color photos, it features sweet true stories about baby manatee and baby wombat rescues, how panda cubs, penguin chicks and other animal babies grow up and more. Destined to be enjoyed over and over again, this nonfiction treasure will engage and enchant your favorite baby of all.

Remarkable new discoveries affirm the octopus as one of nature's most intelligent and complex animals in Secrets of the Octopus. Written by Sy Montgomery, the beloved author of the international bestseller The Soul of an Octopus, and enhanced with vivid National Geographic photography, this new book brings us closer than ever to these elusive creatures.

Discover your next great adventure in this beautifully illustrated guide to the world's best travel destinations. From the ultimate hiking trails to the most scenic train rides, the most stunning coral reefs to the most epic mountain retreats, you'll find 1,000 exceptional destinations to add to your travel bucket list.

This witty, irreverent paperback by Karen Karbo explores the legacies of 30 extraordinary women—from Frida Kahlo to Liz Taylor to Nora Ephron—who give inspiration and instruction.

A sequel to the best-selling 50 States, 5,000 Ideas. From a vineyard route through Northwest wine country to a winter wonderland on Alberta's Icefields Parkway, this informative travel guide offers epic sights, good bites, and pure fun.

In this one-of-a-kind illustrated collection from National Geographic, discover 100 after-dark adventures around the world. From kayaking Puerto Rico's bioluminescent bay to performing Mass in Caribbean Carnivals to chasing the aurora borealis in Canada's northern provinces, 100 Nights of a Lifetime will get you excited about your next vacation.

From the years of design and manufacturing through launch and deployment to the extraordinary images and the new science they inform, Infinite Cosmos showcases the revelations coming from the James Webb Space Telescope. It features the sharpest planetary vistas and the deepest views of the cosmos humankind has ever seen.