Search for a Mysterious Mushroom: Pick Your Path

By Andy Chou Musser and Amy Seto Forrester

A new and exciting addition to the Science Explorers series, offering a fresh pick-your-path STEM adventure for emerging readers

Get ready to join an expedition to remote tropical forests in search of a mysterious mushroom called Amparoina spinosissima. This rare, spiny wonder is not easy to find, but you can help Choose a location and all the tools and equipment you'll need for your search. Be careful--not every path leads where you expect, but you'll see and learn amazing things whichever you pick.

Emerging readers will be enticed by the colorful comic-paneled images and action-packed text as they choose the path their expedition will follow and visit new habitats across the globe.

A GROWING SERIES: The first book in the series, Search for a Giant Squid, was named a Best Book of the Year by the New York Public Library, a Good Housekeeping Kids' Book Award winner, and more. In its starred review, Booklist hailed it as "immensely engaging" and said, "This reader packs an informational punch."

SPARKS INTEREST IN STEM: This introduction to the work of a mycologist--a scientist who studies fungi--lets readers dip their toes into the career of this specialized research scientist as well as the other team members it takes to lead a successful expedition.

ENTERTAINS WHILE IT EDUCATES: Each possible path leads to a different outcome, so readers learn new facts about scientific expeditions and ecosystems as they explore rainforests in search of an elusive tiny fungi.

COMIC BOOK APPEAL: The bright, graphic-paneled imagery will entice kids drawn to comic books, while also making the abundance of information accessible even for the most reluctant reader.

INCLUSIVE APPROACH: Research shows children need to "see it to be it." The images in the book showcase a broader range of inclusivity than many STEM titles allowing all reaxers to envision themselves undertaking a career science.

Perfect for:

Emerging readers with an interest in STEM, forests, and fungi Excellent resource for teachers, librarians, and homeschool educators to explore science, travel, and career topicsFans of other pick-your-path type books, National Geographic kids' books, and the Magic Tree House and Who Would Win book seriesBirthday, holiday, or summer break gift for boys and girls who love adventure books and stories about the mysteries of the natural world

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1797213946
• ISBN13: 9781797213941
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 100 Pages
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.8" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4