My Amazing Body Machine: A Colorful Visual Guide to How Your Body Works | Book Review
A key contribution to supporting STEM education, My Amazing Body Machine introduces children to the complexity and ingenuity of their own bodies.
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How Machines Work: Zoo Break!, by David Macaulay | Book Review
Parents want a book that strikes the right balance between fact and fun for new science learners. How Machines Work: Zoo Break! does just that. Highly recommended.
Annie Aardvark, Mathematician, by Suzie Olsen | Dedicated Review
With full-color digital illustrations and large font, preschool-aged children will readily engage with this math/STEM primer, Annie Aardvark, Mathematician, by Suzie Olsen.
Eric Bower Discusses ‘The Magnificent Flying Baron Estate’
The Magnificent Flying Baron Estate is a Western at heart with some steampunk influences. Find out what inspired Eric Bower to write the novel.
The Magnificent Flying Baron Estate, by Eric Bower | Dedicated Review
Beginning with the table of contents that hosts the creatively named chapters—such as “I Felt Like a Marshmallow Wrapped in a Doily”—The Magnificent Flying Baron Estate is an entertaining middle grade novel set in 1891 in the wild west.
How Storytelling with Maps Can Play a Surprisingly Important Role in STEM Education
In Mapping My Day, the narrator, Flora, takes us through her day, drawing a map or diagram for everything that happens.
Win a Raspberry Pi Computer and DK Raspberry Pi Projects Workbook
Enter to win a copy of DK Workbooks: Raspberry Pi Projects Workbook and a Raspberry Pi computer. Giveaway begins March 6, 2017, at 12:01 A.M. PST and ends April 6, 2017, at 11:59 P.M. PST.
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Disgusting Critters Series, by Elise Gravel | Book Series Review
In this exciting new series of non-fiction books, children are taken on an adventure from a bug’s-eye-view.
Mermaid Tales: Twist and Shout, by Debbie Dadey | Book Giveaway
Enter to win an autographed copy of Mermaid Tales: Twist and Shout, by Debbie Dadey, and a Mermaid Tales t-shirt! Giveaway begins August 18, 2016, at 12:01 A.M. PST and ends September 18, 2016, at 11:59 P.M. PST.
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Terminal, by Kathy Reichs and Brendan Reichs | Book Review
The Morris Island gang is back in Terminal, the fifth and final full installment of Kathy and Brendan Reichs’ NY Times Bestselling Virals series.
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