Another "meh". I get it, and it might be wonderfully effective on stage, but as a picture book, I wasn't wowed. In fact, I'm kind of creeped out by the elephant on the cover. Lithgow appeals to me enormously as an actor, not so much as a writer.Library copy
Kulikov's illustrations are a great complement to this fanciful story about eccentric inventor Lodner Phillips.
Krull makes Isaac Newton human and his discoveries understandable to someone who isn't a science geek. Krull shows readers Newton in all his genius and pettiness. Students will enjoy learning about his experiments using himself as his own guinea pig and will enjoy hearing about his arguments with ot...
Fascinating descriptions of a fascinating man--the original Renaissance Man--Leonardo da Vinci. I think the descriptions paint a picture that middle schoolers can understand and learn from. The breadth of da Vinci's curiosity was amazing. From art to anatomy to hydraulics to optics to paleontology, ...