Archimedes Notebook

 Every now and then I come across a book that is more than a book. This one turns into a catapult - at least part of it does! That makes it ...

 Our library's Summer Reading theme was "color your world" and one of the activities that kids could do was create spin art. I...

Smash, Crash, Topple, Roll!: The Inventive Rube Goldberg―A Life in Comics, Contraptions, and Six Simple Machines  by Catherine Thimmesh; ill...

There are so many ways to write nonfiction! I love that poets are exploring science, and finding different ways to talk about such things as...

Recreational soccer is in full swing now. So are the local school teams. And after a fantastic World Cup season, some kids have soccer o...

Science With Peeps began one year after Easter when the kids discovered that, though they loved marshmallows, they had not eaten the peeps. ...

Geese started flying north overhead a couple weeks ago! So I figured it's time to share some new books that feature birds. themes: non...

Tomorrow is Multicultural Children's Book Day . So I'm taking the opportunity to share a novel that includes not only a diversit...