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February 28, 2021
Be an Archaeologist: Identify the Artifact!
Welcome to Sarah Albee, whose newest book digs into a favorite subject: archaeology!Have you ever dreamed of discovering long-lost treasure? Iknow I have—ever since I was a kid. So I wrote a book about people whostumbled across treasure by chance. It’s called Accidental Archaeologists:True Stories of Unexpected Discoveries.Each chapter begins with an unexpected discovery by a“regular
January 31, 2021
Opening the Road: Plan a Trip Using the Green Book
It's February and Black History Month. We welcome Keila V. Dawson, who has a brand-new book about a worthy topic. Let's hit the road.....OPENING THEROAD: VICTOR HUGO GREEN AND THE GREEN BOOK is the true story about the Green Book travel guides AfricanAmericans used during segregation and its creator, Victor Hugo Green.By the1930s, affordable cars and improved highways lured travelers to hit
January 2, 2021
It's Mayan! Make Marshmallow Constellations & Enjoy an Ancient Mayan Treat
This month, Hands-on-Books features Sherry Ellis, who not only writes for kids, but is a gifted violinist. Welcome back!
I’m happy to announce the release of my newest book, Bubba
and Squirt’s Mayan Adventure. It’s the second in my Bubba and Squirt series
and it’s fiction based on my research about Mayan history and culture.When Bubba and Squirt travel through the magic portal, they
find
I’m happy to announce the release of my newest book, Bubba
and Squirt’s Mayan Adventure. It’s the second in my Bubba and Squirt series
and it’s fiction based on my research about Mayan history and culture.When Bubba and Squirt travel through the magic portal, they
find
December 1, 2020
Make Some Paper!
by Brandon Marie Miller Cave walls. Clay tablets. Stone. Bone. Papyrus. Vellum (animal skin). For thousands of years people etched drawings and painted writings onto these materials. Then, about 2,000 years ago, a Chinese court official named Ts'ai made the first paper.
The process mashed tree bark, hemp, shredded rags, and water into a pulp. The liquid was pressed out, and what was left behind
The process mashed tree bark, hemp, shredded rags, and water into a pulp. The liquid was pressed out, and what was left behind
November 1, 2020
Get Outside and Get Inventing!
by guest-blogger Jennifer SwansonWant to find some amazing ways to use your imagination and explore things right from your window or in your own backyard? Awesome. Then this project is for you. First, answer this question. What do you get when you combine animals and engineering? Biomimicry, of course. Biomimicry is engineering inspired by nature. Engineers who work with biomimicry study how
October 5, 2020
The Essential Art of Asking Questions!
As those
who know me know, I like to randomly “chat people up.” In fact, doing so is a proven technique of
journalists who often like to get interviews going by asking easy questions
before they move onto serious ones. Which what I did when I talked my family,
friends, and others doing research for my new book Unveiled!
For my ghostly
research,, I acted like an historian. I went to historical
who know me know, I like to randomly “chat people up.” In fact, doing so is a proven technique of
journalists who often like to get interviews going by asking easy questions
before they move onto serious ones. Which what I did when I talked my family,
friends, and others doing research for my new book Unveiled!
For my ghostly
research,, I acted like an historian. I went to historical
August 31, 2020
Why Do We Do the Things We Do?
Welcome to Julie Rubini, whose dedication to children's literacy is well recognized across Ohio! Julie's new book is all about the teenage brain.....My latest
book, Psychology: Why We Smile, Strive and Sing explores the WHY behind
behavior and choices, written for teens. How cool is that?I wish I
had a book like this when I was a teenager. It would have helped me understand
all the different
book, Psychology: Why We Smile, Strive and Sing explores the WHY behind
behavior and choices, written for teens. How cool is that?I wish I
had a book like this when I was a teenager. It would have helped me understand
all the different
August 5, 2020
Revisiting Racism in Women's Suffrage. Plus: Pandemic projects
In
recent months, historians and the media have focused on racism in the women’s
suffrage movement. I wrote a book for young readers about suffrage back in
2012: Rightfully Ours: How Women Won the Vote. I asked myself, “Did I give
due diligence in writing about Black women who were suffragists?”
When authors
write books one after the other, we lose track of older
July 1, 2020
Mission to Pluto Update and Paper Spacecraft Model
By Mary Kay Carson
Get your mission update! My book, MISSION TO PLUTO: The First Visit to an Ice Dwarf and the Kuiper Belt is now out in paperback! The reprint includes an update on the mission's perfectly fabulous first-ever flyby of a Kuiper belt object (KBO).
Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth.
The plucky piano-size spacecraft made history again in January of 2019 when it navigated a
Get your mission update! My book, MISSION TO PLUTO: The First Visit to an Ice Dwarf and the Kuiper Belt is now out in paperback! The reprint includes an update on the mission's perfectly fabulous first-ever flyby of a Kuiper belt object (KBO).
Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth.
The plucky piano-size spacecraft made history again in January of 2019 when it navigated a
June 1, 2020
Solace in Nature
by Brandon Marie Miller
My usual blog posts discuss American history. Today, I feel more than ever the ache that we desperately need to learn our history, confront it, and do better. We face hard times. We are in the midst of a Pandemic. Millions of Americans have lost their jobs. We are also in a fight for justice and equality in our streets that has been going on for centuries. Why can't we
My usual blog posts discuss American history. Today, I feel more than ever the ache that we desperately need to learn our history, confront it, and do better. We face hard times. We are in the midst of a Pandemic. Millions of Americans have lost their jobs. We are also in a fight for justice and equality in our streets that has been going on for centuries. Why can't we
