Book Reviews
Though the American Museum of Natural History's Pterosaurs: Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs exhibit closed a few weeks ago, those of us who missed it can learn about these fascinating animals with the associated app (2014).The first section, "What Is a Pterosaur?," introduces this prehistoric creature, which lived for...
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Editionby William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer; illus. by Anna HymasIntermediate, Middle School Dial 294 pp.2/15 978-0-8037-4080-8 $16.99 gAs a young boy growing up in Malawi, William Kamkwamba believed in — and was fearful of — magic. As he got a bit older,...
Spinlight Studio's Geography Drive Arcade app (2013) quizzes users on their United States geography knowledge in an engaging way. The app has six sections:Study Map: This streamlined map of the U.S. shows the states color-coded by region, with all fifty capitals marked and labeled. Tap each state to go in-depth,...
Draw What You See: The Life and Art of Benny Andrewsby Kathleen Benson; illus. with paintings by Benny AndrewsPrimary, Intermediate Clarion 32 pp.1/15 978-0-544-10487-7 $16.99Benson opens in New Orleans in 2005, where Benny Andrews traveled after Hurricane Katrina to teach children “to use art to express their feelings about what...
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights Marchby Lynda Blackmon Lowery, as told to Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley; illus. by PJ LoughranMiddle School, High School Dial 128 pp.1/15 978-0-8037-4123-2 $19.99 gLowery offers a revealing look at a childhood spent in the...
Unbroken: An Olympian’s Journey from
Airman to Castaway to Captiveby Laura Hillenbrand;
adapted by the authorMiddle School, High School Delacorte 292 pp.11/14 978-0-385-74251-1 $19.99Library ed. 978-0-375-99062-5 $22.99 ge-book ed. 978-0-307-97565-2 $10.99With media attention focused on the July 2014 death of Louis Zamperini, and Angelina Jolie’s upcoming movie detailing his WWII...
The Next Wave: The Quest to Harness the Power of
the Oceans [Scientists in the Field]by Elizabeth RuschIntermediate, Middle School Houghton 79 pp.10/14 978-0-544-09999-9 $18.99This entry in the excellent Scientists in the Field series describes a critical engineering challenge: the efficient capture of the energy produced by ocean waves and...
Last week's edition of Nonfiction Notes offered several recommended books about medicine and the human body (plus books on social change, how things work, indigenous cultures, and geography/cartography). Another resource, Tinybop's The Human Body app (2013), introduces the human body and its systems through exploratory play.Begin by selecting from four...
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurusby Jen Bryant; illus. by Melissa SweetPrimary Eerdmans 48 pp.9/14 978-0-8028-5385-1 $17.50Apt language and ingenious imagery combine to tell the life story of Peter Mark Roget, creator of the thesaurus. A solitary, though not unhappy, child, Roget spends his time keeping lists and ordering...
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