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By: Jenny Miller,
on 9/5/2011
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Basher Basics and Science, created by Basher, written by Dan Green or Mary Budzik, Kingfisher, $12.99-14.99 (hardbacks), $7.99-8.99 (paperbacks), ages 9-12, 64 pages. Get the scoop on algebra, grammar and more right from the source in Basher's hip reference series. In every book, terms speak on their own behalf, defining who they are and what they do. Take Function: "I'm an operator, a hustler, and a mathematical string puller. I work the numbers, taking one value and chaining it into another." Each has its own unique way of getting its message across. Listen to Square Root, a self-proclaimed scamp, the mathematical opposite of square. "I swing from my tail over a number to undo a Square's multiplication." Then with every definition comes a playful graphic: a plump, happy figure that acts out what a given term is. For instance, Heart loves a good workout (he pumps nonstop), so he wears a sweat band. He's also at the center of things, so in either hand, he holds arrow flags. One directs blood to the lungs to get more oxygen, the other sends it into the body for cells to lap it up. This is one of those series that can turn things around for a child and make it all make sense. There's even a folded poster in the back cover to pull a subject together. The series is now up to 9 books. Here are the latest: Grammar:The Bill of Rights, Algebra & Geometry: Anything But Square!, Music: Hit the Right Note, and Human Body: A Book With Guts. Then check out Basher's website here for free games.
Feel the Force! (Super Science), written by Tom Adams, illustrations by Thomas Flintham, Templar, $18.99, ages 7-11, 20 pages. Released Sept. 13! Kids use forces of their own making to learn about the forces of physics in this wonderful interactive pop-up book. Readers pull, push, flip, turn and lift tabs to learn about air resistance, upthrust, pressure and more, and get to watch 3-D paper models rise off the page as they explore the roles of gravity, shadows and electricity. On a two-page spread about pressure, a mustachioed illusionist rises from the page on a bed on paper nails; then with the pull of a tab, readers re
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By: Jenny Miller,
on 9/5/2011
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