The Next Scientist
The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of the World’s Great Scientists
$29.12
- Hardcover
60 pages
- Release Date
3 September 2024
Summary
How does a kid grow up to become a scientist? This enthralling nonfiction picture book explores the unexpected beginnings behind some of the most fascinating discoveries in scientific history.
Before the world’s great scientists were scientists, they were, in fact, doing all the things kids do:
- Taking things apart,
- Putting things together,
- Gazing up at the night sky,
- Drawing, imagining, building, and exploring.
Things that scient…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781452176963 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1452176965 |
| Author: | Kate Messner, Julia Kuo |
| Publisher: | Chronicle Books |
| Imprint: | Chronicle Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 60 |
| Release Date: | 3 September 2024 |
| Weight: | 292g |
| Dimensions: | 11mm x 305mm x 241mm |
| Audience Age: | 8-12 |
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Critics Review
“[An] inspirational picture book …Including figures iconic and lesser-known, this pep-talk-like work suggests that STEM careers might have seeds in childhood passions.” — Publishers Weekly
“Fascinating and captivating… An effective and generous book that encourages exploration, maker spaces, and tinkering.
The inclusion of names that are not often covered is a breath of fresh air.”
— School Library Journal, starred review
“[An] attractive, informative, and ambitious collective biography… Thoughtful curation results in representation of a wide range of identities, fields of study,
and challenges throughout the history of modern science.” — The Horn Book Magazine
“The inspirational tenor will assure young people that they, too, can follow suit, while the variety of subjects—sets this one apart from similar fare. A stirring invitation to join the great enterprise.” — Kirkus Reviews
Kate Messner
Kate Messner is a New York Times bestselling author of more than fifty books for young readers, including The Next President, the Over and Under series, the History Smashers series, and more. Kate is the recipient of the Empire State Award for excellence in literature for young people. Her science-themed picture books have been honored with the Green Earth Book Award, the Riverby Award for natural history writing, and have been finalists for the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru SB&F prize for excellence in science writing. A former middle school teacher, Kate splits her time between Lake Champlain and Florida’s Gulf Coast.
Julia Kuo is the author and illustrator of Let’s Do Everything and Nothing and the illustrator of I Am An American: The Wong Kim Ark Story, I Dream of Popo, and more. She also enjoys making editorial illustrations, which have appeared in publications like the New York Times, The Economist, and Vox Media.
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