Leonardo Fibonacci and his Discovery (includes bullying)
October 14, 2024 4:12 pm Leave your thoughtsBiography of the boy who was once teased for being a blockhead and how he discovered what came to be known as the Fibonacci Sequence.
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LETTER ART
October 2, 2024 11:13 am Leave your thoughtsThere are shapes all around us—shapes that look like the letters of the alphabet. This book contains 120 pages of unique typographic illustration known as "Letter Art." This introduction to typographic design is the first of its kind, and promotes and improves letter recognition, observation, spelling, and design skills.
Life since the dawn of time
December 4, 2024 7:48 am Leave your thoughtsAre you ready for an exciting and dramatic story about how life began and developed on Planet Earth? Packed full of fascinating facts and funny illustrations, this is the perfect introduction to life on earth for even the youngest of readers.
Marco Polo, the Great Italian Explorer
February 3, 2025 7:34 pm Leave your thoughtsMany people say Marco Polo was the greatest explorer that ever lived, traveling 33,000 miles by land and sea from Venice, Italy, to what today is known as Beijing, China. His famous book, The Travels of Marco Polo, indicates that he was a man of extraordinary bravery, brilliance, and strength. With his uncle and father, he traveled across Turkey, Armenia, the Middle East, the rugged mountains of Afghanistan, and the hot Taklimakan Desert before finally reaching China in 1275.
MARY BLAIR (Disney’s artist) – storybook realism
October 9, 2024 7:47 am Leave your thoughtsEven as a child, Mary Blair loved color, and all she wanted to do was to make art. But becoming an artist wasn't easy. Her parents worked hard to provide her paper and paints, and Mary worked hard to enter contests and earn a spot at a school for the arts. She even had to work hard to find her place at the Walt Disney Studios.
Mary, her lab and the sheep (hint: clones) & Pippa and her peas (2 Books)
December 21, 2024 8:30 pm Leave your thoughtsMary is an enterprising young inventor. One day she realizes she has no friends, so she decides a pet will do the trick. But the pet Mary wants isn't one she can easily buy...so she makes one―and it's a sheep, of course! Soon Mary, her sheep, and her new invention gain her popularity and friends. But when she starts making sheep for her new friends, chaos abounds.
Maryam Mirzakhani
October 10, 2024 12:16 pm Leave your thoughtsMaryam loved school, especially her classes in reading and writing. But she did not like math. Numbers were nowhere near as interesting as the bold, adventurous characters she found in books. Until Maryam unexpectedly discovered a new genre of storytelling: In geometry, numbers became shapes, each with its own fascinating personality—making every equation a brilliant story waiting to be told.
Math Puzzles for Kids – 3 Books
October 20, 2024 2:11 pm Leave your thoughtsOver 100 pages of fun and engaging math coloring puzzles where students have to use their math skills to find the value of different symbols in each puzzle. The puzzles are organized by difficulty level: beginner, intermediate, and advanced and are perfect for students in grades 3-8 (ages 8 and up!). The symbols in the puzzles range from video games to rainbows and unicorns to cosmic cats! The book also includes multiplication table puzzles as well as bonus math riddles as well. Every page is a new opportunity for kids to develop their math skills and have some fun coloring too!
Me without You is like…sky without blue!
May 14, 2025 10:01 am Leave your thoughtsCelebrate love with endearing cartoons: "Me without you is like...sky without blue...hair without do...cow without moo." No matter the time or distance, it's always "me" and "you."
MISTAKES IN ART..?
October 2, 2024 6:44 am Leave your thoughtsOne eye was bigger than the other. That was a mistake. The weird frog-cat-cow thing? It made an excellent bush. And the inky smudges… they look as if they were always meant to be leaves floating gently across the sky. The biggest “mistakes” can be the source of the brightest ideas.
Nelson Mandela – anti-apartheid activist and former president of South Africa
February 3, 2025 7:52 pm Leave your thoughtsLittle Nelson's given name was Rolihlahla, which means 'troublemaker' in Xhosa, his native language. But his rebellious nature would lead him to become one of the world's most inspirational civil rights leaders and anti-apartheid revolutionaries. Despite the many years of imprisonment and adversity he faced, Nelson remained firm in his mission to end the racist system of apartheid in South Africa. His bravery and resilience was rewarded when he was released from prison and later voted in to become South Africa's first Black president
Noah Webster’s Biography
November 14, 2024 10:56 am Leave your thoughtsNoah Webster, famous for writing the first dictionary of the English language as spoken in the United States, was known in his day for his bold ideas and strong opinions about, well, everything. Spelling, politics, laws, you name it―he had something to say about it. He even commented on his own opinions! With a red pencil in hand, Noah often marked up work that he had already published.
Nobody sees the world like you
November 21, 2024 9:49 am Leave your thoughtsEach painting highlights the way in which the artist looked at the world in his or her own way. One look at the oversized details of her calla lilies convinces us that no one saw flowers like Georgia O’Keeffe. Artists express their own point of view. And nobody sees the world like you.
Philo, the inventor of TV
February 8, 2025 10:03 pm Leave your thoughtsPlowing a potato field in 1920, a 14-year-old farm boy from Idaho saw in the parallel rows of overturned earth a way to “make pictures fly through the air.” This boy was not a magician; he was a scientific genius and just eight years later he made his brainstorm in the potato field a reality by transmitting the world’s first television image. This fascinating picture-book biography of Philo Farnsworth covers his early interest in machines and electricity, leading up to how he put it all together in one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century. The author’s afterword discusses the lawsuit Farnsworth waged and won against RCA when his high school science teacher testified that Philo’s invention of television was years before RCA’s.
Photography Projects for kids
October 3, 2024 7:40 am Leave your thoughtsPhotography ideas for kids―to engage with the world through the camera. Playful and meaningful, this book is for young would-be photographers and those interested in expressing themselves creatively.
Poet e.e.cummings’ Biography
November 12, 2024 9:03 am Leave your thoughtsThis is a nonfiction picture book about the poet E.E. cummings. Here E.E.'s life is presented in a way that will make children curious about him and will lead them to play with words and ask plenty of questions as well. Lively and informative, the book also presents some of Cummings's most wonderful poems, integrating them seamlessly into the story to give the reader the music of his voice and a spirited, sensitive introduction to his poetry.
