SCIENCE: Fascinating Facts You Never Knew About All Things Science!
ERIC HUANG (illus. Sam Caldwell)
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$12.99 paperback, available now
Rating: 5* of five
The Publisher Says: Everything you think you know will be proven wrong in this myth-busting guide to science, from chemistry to geology, engineering, astronomy and even technology.
Science is all about figuring out how things work. It means asking questions and conducting experiments to discover and test possible answers. Science affects every aspect of life, from what you’re wearing and what you had for breakfast, to the weather outside.
Through science, you can examine the smallest atoms to the largest galaxies – and get to know the universe just a little bit better. But how much do you really know about science?
For example, we all know that . . .
Misconceptions about our world are everywhere, but none of them are true! In Oh No They Aren't: Science myths are busted about science from chemistry to geology, engineering, astronomy and even technology.
In this fresh and funny guide learn about how our world works from atoms and molecules to volcanoes and solar systems, or even artificially intelligent robots. Stylishly designed and humorously illustrated by Sam Caldwell, Oh No They Aren't: Science brings important STEM topics to life for kids, uncovering how our world works and making science FUN accessible for everyone.
In the Oh No They Aren't . . . series popular misconceptions in science and nature are dispelled. Check out the Oh No They Didn't . . . companion series for hilarious history and popular culture myth-busting.
I RECEIVED A DRC FROM THE PUBLISHER VIA EDELWEISS+. THANK YOU.
My Review: Busting myths is an eternal pleasure to kids. They like knowing stuff you don't, or you pretend you don't if you're smart, and here's a kid's motherload of trivia to ask you "did you know...?" about.
As expected in this series, Author Huang and Artist Caldwell explain in fun, easy-to-digest pieces, the whys, whos, and hows of science as a method of understanding the world.
What makes these books so valuable to parents and other invested adults is the easy in of humor and vibrant art melding with kid-friendly questions-answered formatting. I've never known a kid who was not popping with questions about everything. No one can hope to keep up with the little natural-born scientists, wanting to know why and how and when about stuff we've forgotten decades before they were born.
Except, of course, dinosaurs:
Beats there a heart so dead to wonder as to be indifferent to these long-dead monsters of the Earth? (I already know the answer is "no" so no need to try to tell me otherwise.)
A wonderful way for you to see if your kid-giftee is interested enough in science to pursue it through schooling years.
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TRAILBLAZERS: Fascinating Facts You Never Knew About Amazing Trailblazers!
ERIC HUANG (illus. Sam Caldwell)
words & pictures (non-affiliate Bookshop.org link)
$12.99 paperback, available now
Rating: 5* of five
The Publisher Says: Learn about innovative figures past and present in this myth-busting guide to trailblazers—everything you think you know will be proven wrong!
Trailblazers have made extraordinary contributions throughout history.From inventing everyday household items we take for granted to breaking barriers in sports and medicine, their impact on the world is undeniable. But how much do you really know about the innovators who’ve shaped our world?
Everyone knows that…
In this fresh and funny guide written by Eric Huang, learn about inspiring innovators from all over the world and their influence on history and pop culture. Stylishly designed and humorously illustrated by Sam Caldwell, Oh No They Didn’t: Trailblazers makes learning fun with surprising facts and a playful, upbeat approach to nonfiction.
Oh No They Didn’t: Trailblazers is the perfect, inspiring guide for ALL young readers to learn about influential innovators, including parts of their stories that may have been left out of traditional history books or media. In this easy-to-read book, you’re sure to discover lesser-known pioneers who deserve to be celebrated, too!
I RECEIVED A DRC FROM THE PUBLISHER VIA EDELWEISS+. THANK YOU.
My Review: A lot of adulthood is about unlearning what "everybody knows" about stuff. Almost always the myths about leaders are not true, or are skewed, to present them in one kind of light. It can be pernicious; more often than not it's just inaccurate, sloppy, careless uninterest in pursuing facts.
Kids casting around for models of action, for examples of change-makers, often run into misinformation because The Culture℠ is hell-bent on perpetuating one narrative that might or might not include the truth about someone they do, or could, admire and emulate.
By choosing leaders and forerunners in different social movements, Author Huang offers the kid-reader a chance to see what areas of effort they might be interested in exploring more, and if nothing appeals, still demonstrating that there are always people who take up the torch to light the way for others to follow.
It's a life-changing message to receive. There's a wildly plastic moment in a kid's life where you can form life-changing and course-setting fascinations and commitments, and this book is aimed at that moment.
But equally valuably, showing a kid that the world can be changed by example is, in and of itself, a wonderful investment in their, thus in our, future.
We need more leaders in fields we've never even heard of; we need kids to grow up thinking for the whole world, and all in and on it. A book like this can help them get in tune with that huge idea.
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PRESIDENTS: Fascinating Facts You Never Knew About U.S. Presidents!
ERIC HUANG (illus. Sam Caldwell)
words & pictures (non-affiliate Bookshop.org link)
$12.99 paperback, available now
Rating: 5* of five
The Publisher Says: Do you know the Presidents of the United States? Well, OH NO YOU DON'T!
In this myth-busting guide to the Presidents of the United States, their Vice-Presidents, First Ladies, and presidential pets, everything you think you know will be proven wrong!
Do you know everything there is to know about the Presidents of the United States? OH NO YOU DON'T!
The people who have served as President of the United States of America are some of the most famous people on the planet. But how much do we really know about the presidents? We all know that...
These commonly held misconceptions about our Presidents are everywhere, but none of them are true! In Oh No They Didn't: Presidents, commonly held misconceptions about the Presidents, Vice-Presidents, First Ladies, and presidential pets are all dispelled. This myth-busting guide to the White House and everyone in it is an irreverent, fun, and enriching way to learn about US political figures and history.
Stylishly designed and humorously illustrated by Sam Caldwell, Oh No They Didn't: Presidents is a hugely entertaining and trendy take on US history for young readers. This myth-busting series makes history accessible to everyone, taking an alternative and gripping approach to teaching the true facts about the past. Dive in to learn what else you were taught in school that is completely WRONG!
In the Oh No They Didn't... series, popular misconceptions in history and culture are dispelled, busting myths about famous people and events of the past!
I RECEIVED A DRC FROM THE PUBLISHER VIA EDELWEISS+. THANK YOU.
My Review: The very existence of an office as powerful as the US presidency guarantees its occupants serious global fame while in office. Along with that comes the misinformation, mistakes, major misunderstandings, that come with fame.
The presidents...and first ladies...of the US over the past two hundred fifty years are not all included. The choices Author Huang and Artist Caldwell have made bust the most deep-rooted or best-known misinformed facts about these famous people.
It's an enjoyable way to learn about the honorable past of the US presidency.
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