Three books dealing with math at various levels (and if you’re looking for a book for yourself, why not check out One to Nine: The Inner Life of Numbers by Andrew Hodges?
- You Can, Toucan, Math: Word Problem-Solving Fun by David A. Adler with illustrations by Edward Miller
- Math Dictionary for Kids: The Essential Guide to Math Terms, Strategies, and Tables by Theresa R. Fitzgerald
- The Usborne Illustrated Dictionary of Math by Tori Large with illustrations by Adam Constantine
These two are huge books, with even larger fold-out illustrations, and they are sure to be a hit with kids who cannot get enough of trains, planes, automobiles, dump trucks, etc.
- Heavy Equipment: Up Close by Andra S. Abramson
- Fighter Planes: Up Close by Andra S. Abramson
As you may know, we have a small selection of children’s books in Spanish. To that, we now add one bilingual story book and a well-done introduction to Cinco de Mayo. That holiday is a long way off, of course, but you can dream about it during the long, cold winter months.
- Colors! Colores! by Lujan Jorge with illustrations by Piet Grobler
- Cinco de Mayo: Celebrating the Traditions of Mexico by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith with photographs by Migdale Lawrence
Hidden back at the end of the juvenile stacks are the juvenile biographies, many of which you may remember from your youth: Amelia Earhart, Kansas Girl or Patrick Henry, Boy Spokesman. I keep these out of nostalgia, but we also have new biographies coming in. Here’s a selection with something for every age and interest:
- The Great Adventure: Theodore Roosevelt and the Rise of Modern America by Albert Marrin
- Ain’t Nothing But a Man: A Historian’s Quest to Find the Real John Henry by Scott Reynolds Nelson and Marc Aronson
- Dangerous Woman: The Graphic Biography of Emma Goldman by Sharon Rudahl
- Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai by Claire A. Nivola
- Before John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane by Carole Boston Weatherford with illustrations by Sean Qualls
- The Light of the World: The Life of Jesus Christ for Children by Katherine Paterson with illustrations by Francois Roca
Science and Nature, from parasites to dinosaurs:
- Sisters and Brothers: Sibling Relationships in the Animal World by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
- When Fish Got Feet, Sharks Got Teeth, and Bugs Began to Swim: A Cartoon Prehistory of Life Long Before Dinosaurs by Hannah Bonner
- Weird Weather: Everything You Didn’t Know About Climate Change but Probably Should Find Out by Kate Evans
- Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-To-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages by Thomas R. Holtz Jr. with illustrations by Luis V. Rey
- Ape by Martin Jenkins with illustrations by Vicky White
- Wild Cats: Past and Present by John E. Becker with illustrations by Mark Hallett
- The Wolves Are Back by Jean Craighead George with illustrations by Wendell Minor
- What’s Eating You?: Parasites — the Inside Story by Nicola Davies with illustrations by Neal Layton
- Deadly Invaders: Marburg Virus, Bird Flu, and Other Emerging Viruses by Denise Grady
- The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming by Laurie David and Cambria Gordon
Two books of tales, one full of short selections and one of longer retellings:
- One Voice, Please: Favorite Read-Aloud Stories by Sam McBratney with illustrations by Ayto Russell
- The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling with illustrations by Charles Vess
And a grab bag of history and culture:
- Pompeii by Liz Sonneborn
- Palenque by Debora Kops
- Eyewitness Islam by Philip Wilkinson
- Pretty in Print: Questioning Magazines by Stergios Botzakis
- A People’s History of American Empire: A Graphic Adaptation by Howard Zinn, Paul Buhle, and Mike Konopacki
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