Author & Illustrator Profile
Mike Lowery
3 Books
Mike Lowery is a creator whose books are packed with humor, fascinating facts, comics-style drawings, and playful details. He writes and illustrates the adventurous Bug Scouts series and the highly visual Everything Awesome nonfiction books. His energetic artwork brings popular chapter books to life, including his illustrations for the Mac B., Kid Spy series and How to Be a T. Rex. He uses his dynamic, doodle-filled style to make science, history, and silly situations engaging for young readers.
Books in "Everything Awesome"
Dig into the past
Get ready to uncover the ultimate collection of wild, wacky, and weird facts about prehistoric beasts. This madcap field guide takes you on a hilarious journey through the age of dinosaurs, packed with energetic comics, timeline adventures, and laugh-out-loud jokes.
Why it pulls you in
If you obsess over massive monsters and ancient history, this guide bridges the gap between a dense encyclopedia and a fun comic book. The bright artwork and fresh framing devices make learning about fossils and massive reptiles feel like a playground adventure.
What you will discover
You will find absolutely everything you ever wanted to know about dinosaurs. From tiny prehistoric creatures to towering giants, pack this guide in your backpack and become the ultimate dinosaur expert.
6-8 Years
9-12 Years
128 Pages
Blast off into the vast universe to discover everything you ever wanted to know about outer space! Have you ever wondered why the surface of the sun is hot enough to make diamonds boil, or why one year on Neptune takes 165 Earth years? You might even be surprised to learn that space is thought to smell exactly like burnt steak. This comprehensive and hilarious guide takes you on an out-of-this-world adventure through the cosmos. Packed with weird, wacky, and wild facts, it covers everything from orbiting planets to exploding supernovas. The bright comic-style artwork and laugh-out-loud jokes make complex space travel and astronomy easy to understand and totally thrilling. Pack this madcap field guide in your backpack and become the ultimate galaxy expert!
6-8 Years
9-12 Years
125 Pages
Dive deep into the ocean to explore the ultimate guide to sharks and unbelievable underwater creatures! Did you know that a shark can be as tiny as a yellow banana or as massive as a city bus? Or that giant squids have unblinking eyes the exact size of your dinner plates? This hilarious and packed deep-dive takes you right to the ocean floor to uncover a wealth of wild, weird, and truly wacky facts. Filled to the brim with energetic comics, incredible maps, and side-splitting jokes, this book makes learning marine biology an absolute blast. Whether you want to know why clownfish wear special snot armor or how many thousands of teeth a whale shark has, pack this madcap field guide in your backpack and become the ultimate ocean expert!
6-8 Years
9-12 Years
123 Pages
