Dream Big, Little Scientists
By Michelle Schaub
Illustrated by Alice Potter
2/18/20
Charlesbridge
Twelve kids. A dozen bedtimes. Endless sweet ways to say goodnight with science!
Spark curiosity and exploration with this innovative bedtime story for budding scientists that introduces eleven branches of science. From astronomy to physics to chemistry to geology, this STEM picture book will help kids get excited to explore. Includes further information about each branch of science.
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In Dream Big, Little Scientists, little readers will meet 12 diverse little scientists, each excited about a different branch of science, as they set off to sleep.
Dream Big, Little Scientists joyously celebrates the fascinating world of science through Michelle Schaub’s soothing and fun rhyming text and Alice Potter’s engaging illustrations. Through quick, clever rhymes, Schaub briefly, yet captivatingly, touches on each cool branch of science. And, each branch is further explained in easily understood language, at the back of the book. Potter further explores the world of science with detailed, colorful illustrations of each child’s unique bedrooms, each decorated around their chosen branch of science, including portraits of famous scientists in that field. Little readers will love discovering each neat detail found in the rooms.
Bursting with STEM goodness, lyrical text, and fun pictures, the delightful Dream Big, Little Scientists will get readers excited about science and inspire their imaginations, curiosity, and minds!
Michelle Schaub is an award-winning children’s author and veteran teacher. Her book Fresh-Picked Poetry: A Day at the Farmers’ Market won the 2018 Growing Good Kids Award and 2019 Northern Lights Book Award. She is the author of Finding Treasure: A Collection of Collections and Dream Big, Little Scientists. Her poems appear in several anthologies, including The Poetry Anthology for Celebrations and Great Morning! Poems for School Leaders to Read Aloud. Michelle speaks at conferences on the power of poetry to boost literacy and shares ways to use poetry in the classroom on her blog POETRY BOOST, www.michelleschaub.blogspot.com.
Alice Potter is a children's illustrator and pattern designer based in London, UK.
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I can't wait to study each layout and see how the little scientists have decorated their rooms. This book sounds unique and so much fun.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this fabulous review. I love that you said DREAM BIG LITTLE SCIENTISTS is "bursting with STEM goodness!"
ReplyDeleteVery cute. Love the artwork.
ReplyDeleteThis one looks so cute. And science is a definite bonus.
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds wonderful for readers of all ages. I look forward to sharing this book with my grandchildren.
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