Women in STEAM Burleigh, Robert Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor Illustrated by Raúl Colón Gr. K–3, 4–6 40 pp. Simon/Wiseman 2016 Trade ISBN 978-1-4814-1600-9 Ebook ISBN 978-1-4814-1601-6 Conkling, Winifred Radioactive!: How Irène Curie & Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science & Changed the World Middle school, high school 227 pp. […]
Books mentioned in the March 2017 issue of Nonfiction Notes from the Horn Book
Collective biographies
Esbaum, Jill Little Kids First Big Book of Who Gr. K–3 128 pp. National Geographic First Big Books series. This colorful, oversize book features concise but engaging bios of some of the world’s most well-known artists, inventors, scientists, explorers, and human-rights leaders. Information about each individual is presented in accessible language geared at young readers, […]
Spring into poetry
Bodden, Valerie Finding the Rhyme in a Poem Illustrated by Monique Felix Gr. K–3 24 pp. Creative Education Bodden, Valerie Picturing Words in a Poem Illustrated by Monique Felix Gr. K–3 24 pp. Creative Education Bodden, Valerie Poking Fun in a Poem Illustrated by Etienne Delessert Gr. K–3 24 pp. Creative Education Bodden, Valerie Who […]
Kids and computing
Anniss, Matt Make a Podcast! Gr. 4–6 32 pp. Arcturus Anniss, Matt Start a Blog! Gr. 4–6 32 pp. Arcturus Find Your Talent series. General directions, some of which seems like common sense, guide readers through creating a web presence. Anecdotal snippets about already established and popular sites add interest to the occasionally contradictory text […]
Environmental activism
Drummond, Allan Green City: How One Community Survived a Tornado and Rebuilt for a Sustainable Future Gr. K–3 40 pp. Farrar/Foster On May 4, 2007, a tornado leveled Greensburg, Kansas. The citizens who stayed decided to rebuild a community as environmentally sound as possible. Drummond creates a first-person narrator from a composite of experiences “meant […]
Women in STEAM
Burleigh, Robert Solving the Puzzle Under the Sea: Marie Tharp Maps the Ocean Floor Gr. K–3, 4–6 40 pp. Simon/Wiseman Illustrated by Raúl Colón. This book spotlights groundbreaking scientist Marie Tharp, the oceanographic cartographer whose mapping of the Atlantic seafloor yielded key evidence confirming the theory of continental drift. Tharp holds the narrative reins here, […]