Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci
Joseph D’Agnese, text
John O’Brien, illustrations
Henry Holt and Company, 2010
40 pp.
Age: 7+
Interests: math, history, science, biography, Middle Ages, Italy
Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci
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in Books, books 7+ Tags: biography, history, Italy, math, medieval history, science, scientists
So You Want to Be President?
10 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 6+ Tags: American history, biography, politics
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 2001
Judith St. George, text
David Small, illustrations
Philomel Books, 2000
52 pp.
Age: 6+
Interests: American history, politics, biography
Next: another presidential biography – Abraham Lincoln
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
08 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+ Tags: biography, circus, cities, New York, theatre
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 2004
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
by Mordicai Gerstein
Roaring Brook Press, 2003
34 pp.
Age: 5+
Interests: history, biography, street performers, New York, circus
Next: another book about tightrope walking – Mirette on the High Wire; another true story of daring – The Glorious Flight
The Glorious Flight
06 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+ Tags: airplanes, biography, France, history, inventions, scientists
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1984
The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Blériot
by Alice and Martin Provensen
The Viking Press, 1983
38 pp.
Age: 5+
Interests: history, biography, inventors, airplanes, France
Next: science/invention biography – Snowflake Bentley; more about France in this era – The Invention of Hugo Cabret; artistic style – look up works by Henri Rousseau
Snowflake Bentley
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in Books, books 5+ Tags: biography, nature, photography, science, scientists, snow, winter
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1999
By Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Illustrations by Mary Azarian
New York: Scholastic, 1998
30 pp.
Age: 5+
Interests: snowflakes, snow, biography, science, scientists, photography, nature
Also about W. A. Bentley: My Brother Loved Snowflakes by Mary Bahr
Abraham Lincoln
10 Mar 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 5+ Tags: American history, biography, country life, history, pioneer life, politics, war
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1940
Ingri & Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
New York: Doubleday, 1939
56pp
ages 5+
Interests: American history, politics, pioneer life
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