Archimedes Notebook

Look at this - two books about trees, both published by Millbrook Press this month. One about a living tree, one about a dead tree, but with...

 It's been a rainy spring here in the northeast - and some mornings are still on the cold side. (Snow, anyone?) But spring flowers are s...

A couple of books came out last month and I think they’re perfect for spring. Odd Bugs: Meet Nature’s Weirdest Insects  by Laura Gehl; illus...

 One of the things I try to do wherever I am is to find a bit of wild. Even if - especially if - I'm in an urban area. So the other day ...

When I was a kid, one of my favorite books was my dad’s college geology text. I loved the drawings of dinosaur fossils and the renderings of...