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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, both through my writing, and through speaking at schools and conferences. I also write science articles for magazines, especially Smithsonian, and to do the research I've made exciting trips to some of the more remote corners of several continents. I've been to Africa to study hippos, to South America to visit an indigenous tribe living in the rain forest, and to far northern Scotland to track illegal egg collectors. But I still love the land outside my door in northern California, and the same distant stars that inspired me years ago.

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"One dollar is worth as much as FOUR QUARTERS or TEN DIMES or TWENTY NICKELS or ONE HUNDRED PENNIES," Marvelosissimo explains, and we witness all the coins, crowding the page. How many and how high a stack is $100 in pennies? Ten thousand of them, in a stack 50-feet high, teeter precariously near a phenomenal airport where the gates are reached via tightrope. Next, Marvelosissimo takes readers to the Bank--a huge edifice complete with red carpets, carved slogans ("Save" and "Be Wise"), and frog attendants--where he explains the concepts of interest and bank loans. Grown-up text brings up the rear of the book, providing additional information on banks, interest and compound interest, checking accounts, loans, and income tax. Throughout, Kellogg's illustrations--highly detailed with silly objects, people, and animals--will keep kids' attention, but the pictures never detract from Schwartz's message that "enjoying your work is more important than money," and "making money means making choices." (Ages 4 to 8) --Ericka Lutz

]]> 36666 4.05 346 90 1989 298022 1883672589 9781883672584 6 <![CDATA[G Is for Googol: A Math Alphabet Book]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223675994m/298022.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223675994s/298022.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/298022.G_Is_for_Googol_A_Math_Alphabet_Book 4.45 20 B is for Binary, F is for Fibonacci, P is for Probability...even a small sample begins to give you the idea that this is a math book unlike any other. Ranging freely from exponents to light-years to numbers found in nature, this smorgasbord of math concepts and trivia makes a perfect classroom companion or gift book for the budding young mathematician at home. Even the most reluctant math student will be drawn in by the author's trademark wit, Marissa Moss's quirky illustrations and funny captions, and the answers revealed in W is for "When are we ever gonna use this stuff, anyway?"

]]> 36666 4.05 346 90 13597 3.96 2497 166 1998 730915 0060848065 9780060848064 2 <![CDATA[Millions to Measure]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177773293m/730915.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177773293s/730915.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/730915.Millions_to_Measure 3.79 19 There are millions of things to measure . . . and almost as many ways to measure them!

Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician is back -- and ready to explore the invention of length, weight, and volume measurements. After that, with another wave of his wand, the wizard introduces the world of metrics and makes it easy to understand the basic pattern of meters, liters, and grams. With Steven Kellogg's playful and delightfully detailed illustrations, measuring has never been such a blast!

]]> 36666 4.05 346 90 2003 1789853 0439676126 9780439676120 5 <![CDATA[If Dogs Were Dinosaurs]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188381299m/1789853.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188381299s/1789853.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1789853.If_Dogs_Were_Dinosaurs 3.80 10 36666 4.05 346 90 348401 3.85 7802 563 2005 64985 1582460213 9781582460215 1 <![CDATA[Q Is for Quark: A Science Alphabet Book]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170625845m/64985.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170625845s/64985.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64985.Q_Is_for_Quark_A_Science_Alphabet_Book 4.25 8 36666 4.05 346 90 2001 1016555 0440411777 9780440411772 0 <![CDATA[On Beyond a Million: An Amazing Math Journey]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180262020m/1016555.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180262020s/1016555.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1016555.On_Beyond_a_Million_An_Amazing_Math_Journey 3.86 7 36666 4.05 346 90 1999 6697515 1582462836 9781582462837 2 <![CDATA[Where Else in the Wild?]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6697515-where-else-in-the-wild 4.25 4 36666 4.05 346 90 818513 4.32 31 17 562198 4.17 35 18 2009