Friday, December 12, 2014

Nonfiction

Junk Drawer Physics:50 Awesome Experiments That Don't Cost a Thing - Bobby Mercer
A children's instructional book on how to use readily available materials to turn the house into a science lab Physics teacher Bobby Mercer provides readers with more than 50 great hands-on experiments that can be performed for just pennies, or less. Turn a plastic cup into a pinhole camera using waxed paper, a rubber band, and a thumbtack. Build a swinging wave machine using a series of washers suspended on strings from a yardstick.

Nonfiction Picture Books
Nest - Jorey Hurley
A simple depiction of a year in the life of a bird.

Eye to Eye: How Animals See the World - Steve Jenkins
Profiles a series of animals with unusual eyes and explains how such animals use their uniquely evolved eyes to gain essential information about the biological world.


Who Was Here? Discovering Wild Animal Tracks - Mia Posada
Study the picture and read the clues to figure which animal left each set of tracks.

Malala: A Brave Girl From Pakistan/Iqbal: A Brave Boy from Pakistan - Jeanette Winter
A picture-book biography of two young Pakistani heroes--Malala Yousafzai and Iqbal Masih.

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