Children and Teens

2010 Summer Favorites - Science

SCIENCE

Older Than the Stars (Hardcover)

By Karen C. Fox, Nancy Davis
$15.95
ISBN-13: 9781570917875
Availability: Not currently in the store – Usually ships in 1-5 days
Published: Charlesbridge Publishing, 2/2010
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"You are OLDER THAN THE STARS, you are as old as the universe itself," begins Karen C. Fox's picture-book history of the universe.  The cumulative poem emphasizes the connection between life on earth today and the tiny particles that made the Big Bang.  Each page adds a new line to the poem and details a new step from the creation of atoms to the development of the planets to the evolution of life on Earth.  Ages 5-8.  DMC

How the World Works: A Hands-On Guide to Our Amazing Planet (Hardcover)

By Beverley Young, Christian Dorion
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9780763648015
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Templar, 2/2010

Children will be drawn to the pop-up, pull-tab, turn-the-wheel gizmos that teach them HOW THE WORLD WORKS (Candlewick, $17.99), but they will continue to pore over this book for the wealth of information it presents. Christiane Dorion puts the modern problem of global climate change in context by explaining the science of our planet from its formation through our Earth’s constant evolution.  Ages 6-10.  DDL

For Good Measure: The Ways We Say How Much, How Far, How Heavy, How Big, How Old (Hardcover)

By Ken Robbins
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9781596433441
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Flash Point, 3/2010

Why do we measure distance in feet?  How far is a light-year?  How big is a ton?  FOR GOOD MEASURE (Roaring Brook Press, $17.99) answers all of these questions and more.  You will learn everything from why we measure diamonds in carats to how the day got its name.  Ken Robbins's conversational style, familiar examples, and crisp photographs illuminate the language of science and math for curious, fact-loving minds.  Ages 7-10.  DMC

Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age (Hardcover)

By Cheryl Bardoe
$18.95
ISBN-13: 9780810984134
Availability: Not currently in the store – Usually ships in 1-5 days
Published: Harry N. Abrams, 3/2010
Imagine being ten years old and discovering a woolly mammoth baby frozen in the snow.  So begins Cheryl Bardoe’s fascinating book about the study of MAMMOTHS AND MASTODONS (Abrams, $18.95).  From the information today’s elephants can teach us about mammoths to everything we can learn about an individual mammoth’s life just by cutting open its tusks, this up-to-date book is packed full of new discoveries and details about the lives and history of mammoths. Bardoe has created a wonderfully colorful and accessible book that is sure to please any child hoping to learn more about these extinct creatures.  Ages 9-12.  AJK