What does it mean to be human? Not every middle grade novel tackles that question. The AI Incident doesn’t shy away from examining AI, robotics, learning, and being human. It does so with laughter, caring, and intrigue.
Educators across the country have been inspired by Rube Goldberg’s intricate, clever, engineering-based, but unlikely-to-be-made-in-real-life cartoons. Students are gathering to create their own Rube Goldberg machines, using everyday objects in fun and innovative ways to accomplish simple tasks with fun results. Just Like Rube Goldberg inspires all its readers with the details about Rube’s childhood and his trip into adulthood.… more
Warning: There’s a lot of enthusiasm ahead for these books!
Where Do Pants Go? Written by Rebecca Van Slyke, illustrated by Chris Robertson
Sterling Children’s Books, 2016
Well, this is just adorable … and I can already hear households throughout the English-speaking world chanting:
“Where do pants go?
On your arms? No.
On your neck? No.
No, no, no.
Pants go on your legs, that’s where pants go.”… more
by Vicki PalmquistWith a deft story and otherworldly art, Deborah Underwood and Meg Hunt bring us Interstellar Cinderella, a fresh and welcome take on the familiar fairy tale with a bit of Androcles and the Lion and The Jetsons thrown into the mix.
In this version, Cinderella loves fixing anything mechanical. She has her own set of special tools, all carefully drawn and named on the endpapers for the kids who love identifying things.… more