Month: February 2019

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Math Magic

My new Focus on STEM column: Math Magic is in the February Quick Tips for Schools and Libraries newsletter.

Booktalk: Make math fun and approachable with these pattern- and comparison-based projects.

Snippet: With only 28 days, February is the shortest month of the year–and halfway through it comes Valentine’s Day. After you teach the littlest ones to fold that red paper in half (using symmetry and scissors) to make a valentine, add a few more mathematics tricks to your repertoire. With these new books, activities, and tricks, mathematics can also be math-magic!?

Click here to see the six #kidlit math books and ten mathematics tricks in Math Magic.

It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

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A Valentine for Frankenstein

A Valentine for Frankenstein
by Leslie Kimmelman (Author) and Timothy Banks (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Frankenstein isn’t your typical monster. For starters, he only has one head, just two eyes, and no tail. And worst of all, he’s sort of nice! Frankenstein quickly realizes his friendly behavior is out of place at the Valentine’s Day Bash.

There’s one monster, though, who likes that Frankenstein is different. Can Frankenstein figure out the identity of his secret valentine? And can the other monsters finally accept Frankenstein for the monster that he is?

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