Archimedes Notebook

Picture books depend on the combination of text and illustration to tell the story. You know what else does that? Graphic novels. Today I’m ...

  Pine Cone Regrown: How One Species Thrives After Fire  by Elisa Boxer; illus. by  Kevin and Kristen Howdeshell  32 pages; ages 5-8 Sleepin...

The Blue Jays That Grew a Forest  by Lynn Street; illus. by Anne Hunter  48 pages; ages 4-8 ‎Peachtree/Margaret Quinlin Books, 2025 theme : ...

  When a Tree Falls: Nurse Logs and Their Incredible Forest Power  by Kirsten Pendreigh; illus. by Elke Boschinger  44 pages; ages 6-9 Chron...

Devastating wildfires have been in the news all summer, from Canada to Hawai’i, too often with deadly consequences for people and wildlife l...

 theme: nature, STEAM, observation This month I’m reviewing books that explore different habitats and biomes. Today we’re off to the woods....

If you can’t get out for a walk in the woods, then check out these “armchair” forest walks. One takes you high into the tree tops, the oth...

The Lost Forest  by Phyllis Root; illus. by Betsy Bowen 40 pages; ages 4 - 9 Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2019 theme: maps, forests, wild...

This has been a crazy winter. One day it's in the 50s (Fahrenheit) and the next it's 16. Or 4 degrees which, with windchills, starts...

I love it when I'm reading a novel and find that the author has a passion for animals, nature, math - and has incorporated STEM into the...

Because of an Acorn by Lola Schaefer and Adam Schaefer; illus. by Frann Preston-Gannon 36 pages; ages 3-6 Chronicle Books, 2016 I lov...

Squirrels Leap, Squirrels Sleep by April Pulley Sayre; illus. by Steve Jenkins 40 pages; ages 4-8 Henry Holt and Co, 2016 themes...

Beetle Busters: A Rogue Insect and the People who Track It (Scientists in the Field) by Loree Griffin Burns; photos by Ellen Harasim...