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David M. Schwartz

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The United States

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http://www.davidschwartz.com/

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Children's Books, Science

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As a child, I was filled with a sense of awe as I contemplated the universe. The huge numbers of stars and their sizes and distances never failed to amaze me. With binoculars and magnifying glass, I also focused on closer subjects like birds, flowers, frogs and bugs.

But science and math weren't my only fascinations: I also loved bicycles, baseball, boats…and ice cream. Years later, on a clear spring night, I looked up at the sky and a shower of memories descended. I suddenly remembered my childhood awe at the wonders of space.

That night I was inspired to write my first book, How Much Is a Million? Now, almost 50 books later, I spend much of my time finding unusual, whimsical ways to make math and science come alive for kids and teachers, b...more

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David M. Schwartz's Blog

David M. Schwartz isn't a Goodreads Author (yet), but he does have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from his feed.

Real World, Unreal School

When I walked into Masha Albrecht's geometry class at Berkeley High School last week, her students were holding hands. It wasn't budding romance. It was math. Before I explain, I have to tell you about Masha.

I met her when I was a senior at Cornell in the 1970s. I decided to do an independent study that involved working with students in an elementary school classroom and she was the most eage...

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Books by David M. Schwartz

Average rating: 4.02 · 1,736 ratings · 335 reviews · 68 distinct works

	How Much Is a Million? by David M. Schwartz, Steven Kellogg (Illustrator) 4.04 avg rating — 1,143 ratings — published 1985 — 11 editions	My rating:
	If You Hopped Like A Frog by David M. Schwartz, James Warhola (Illustrator), James Warhol A (Illustrations) 4.11 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Where in the Wild?: Camouflaged Creatures Concealed ... and Revealed by David M. Schwartz, Yael Schy, Dwight Kuhn (Photographer) 4.32 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	If You Made a Million by David M. Schwartz, Steven Kellogg (Illustrator) 3.82 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 1989 — 7 editions	My rating:
	G Is for Googol: A Math Alphabet Book by David M. Schwartz, Marissa Moss (Illustrator) 4.22 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Millions to Measure by David M. Schwartz, Steven Kellogg (Illustrations) 3.93 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Where Else in the Wild? by David M. Schwartz, Yael Schy, Dwight Kuhn (Photographer) 4.30 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	What in the Wild? by David M. Schwartz, Yael Schy, Dwight Kuhn (Photographer) 4.00 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:
	If Dogs Were Dinosaurs by David M. Schwartz, James Warhola (Illustrator) 3.70 avg rating — 27 ratings	My rating:
	On Beyond a Million: An Amazing Math Journey by David M. Schwartz, Paul Meisel (Illustrator) 3.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions	My rating: