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Kathleen Zoehfeld

Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld is an award-winning author of more than 70 books for children. Her titles include What Lives in a Shell?, winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Best Children's Science Picture Book award; What Is the World Made Of?, a Children's Book-of-the-Month Club main selection; and What's Alive?, also named an AAAS Best Children's Science Picture Book.
National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Science
National Geographic Kids Chapters: Adventure Cat!
National Geographic Kids Chapters: Monster Fish!
Prehistoric Mammals (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 2)
National Geographic Kids Chapters: The Whale Who Won Hearts
Rocks and Minerals (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 2)
Dinosaurs (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 1)

Books

National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Science
National Geographic Kids Chapters: Adventure Cat!
National Geographic Kids Chapters: Monster Fish!
Prehistoric Mammals (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 2)
National Geographic Kids Chapters: The Whale Who Won Hearts
Rocks and Minerals (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 2)
Dinosaurs (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 1)

Three Penguin Random House Authors Win Pulitzer Prizes

On Monday, May 5, three Penguin Random House authors were honored with a Pulitzer Prize. Established in 1917, the Pulitzer Prizes are the most prestigious awards in American letters. To date, PRH has 143 Pulitzer Prize winners, including William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Josh Steinbeck, Ron Chernow, Anne Applebaum, Colson Whitehead, and many more. Take a look at our 2025 Pulitzer Prize

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