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Who’s Raising the Kids?: Big Tech, Big Business, and the Lives of Children
Kids are having fewer and fewer experiences that are unmediated by corporations. Big business and big tech are training kids (and perhaps us all) to believe we need endless products Read more...
Posted by Sarah A. on September 28, 2023
Inventors and Scientific Pioneers
Be curious about the world around you! Celebrate Kid Inventors’ Day on January 17 with these books about inventors, inventions, and pioneering scientists – all great for reading aloud. Awesome Read more...
Posted by Kristi M. on January 13, 2022
A Century of Reading: The 2010s
Social media has evolved rapidly in the last decade, giving us new and innovative ways to communicate, learn, and entertain. Think Before You Like : Social Media’s Effect on Read more...
Posted by Sara A. on July 31, 2021
Women’s History Month: A Reading List for Children and Families
In honor of Women's History Month, we've selected titles focusing on the lives of women and girls throughout the past and into the present day. We hope these selections serve Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on March 8, 2021
The Cuckoo’s Egg
The year is 1986 and Cliff Stoll’s grant money has just run out. One day he was an astronomer, working in the Keck Observatory of the Lawrence Berkeley Labs, the Read more...
Posted by Adult Services on November 3, 2020
Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover
Curiosity is a Mars Rover. This special robot was created to explore the planet Mars’ surfaces while using its built in laboratory to test the rocks and minerals of the Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on September 17, 2020
Steam Train, Dream Train
A train moves steadily through the night heading for a station. Once it arrives a fantastical crew of animals load each car with freight. This train is more than just Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on April 16, 2020
Beauty and the Beak
A terrific family read-aloud, Beauty and the Beak is more than a true animal tale - it's a story of science, and what can happen when dedicated people work together Read more...
Posted by Kristi M. on October 5, 2019
Women Who Launched the Computer Age
In this, one of many books in a nonfiction series that follows industry trailblazers, Calkhoven gives an in depth introduction of the six women first involved in the ENIAC project Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on August 23, 2018
On the Road
On The Road is another addition to the series Let’s STEP Books to Grown On by Madeleine Deny. Young readers are introduced to familiar vehicles: a motorcycle, cop car, and Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on July 16, 2018
Mission To Pluto
This insider’s peek into NASA has a little suspense, a lot of excitement, and shows what is possible with a lot of hard work and big dreams. The only question Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on July 7, 2017
The Art of Tinkering
The Art of Tinkering is a comprehensive introduction to the practice and philosophy of making: create rather than consume, experiment fearlessly, and play with whatever you have on hand. It’s Read more...
Posted by Kerry B. on June 23, 2017