Tag: Bushel and Peck Books

Exoplanets, STEM that reaches wide from elementary to high

Exoplanets: A Guide to the Worlds Outside our Solar System is illustrated wonderment at the planets that reside in another neighborhood.

Somehow or another, Exoplanets: A Guide to the Worlds Outside our Solar System snuck past my review radar. Oh it landed in our office, but it gravitated towards our reference books and not in the ‘new’ books to review area. Exoplanets prematurely made its way into our ‘forever’ book stack, instead of the working book column that gets cycled through and written up. It certainly would’ve helped had we read Exoplanets when it was initially released because at that time we were planning our 2023 Dragon Con interviews. At that event we chatted with a handful of scientists researching conditions on various planets and the propulsion methods that astronauts would use to get there. Even though Exoplanets is an illustrated book, a medium that’s stereotypically thought of as a children’s book; it’s testament to the equally correct belief that just because the book is intended for children, it can reach far beyond its target audience.

Space, the frontier is calling you.

The True West, an illustrated reference book on unsung old west heroes

Another great title to The True West would be The Forgotten West, but that one has more letters and it wouldn’t have been as succinct. Its brevity is one reason why students will be attracted to the book. The cover to The True West really invites people to discover some of the forgotten, rarely mentioned or unsung folks who tamed that era of history. Also, the manner in which the cover for The True West is laid out gives the book an adventure-waiting-to-happens vibe. It shows Annie Oakley, Bill Pickett, and Deadwood Dick, three old-west icons that most people know, but who share a characteristic that some might not have realized or thought about.

The True West is an approachable reference book that tells tales of the old west that elementary kids only think that they know.
Non-fiction that kids will find fascinating
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