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Galaxy Girls Book Review

November 14, 2018 By Kim
Tagged With: book review, product review

Galaxy Girls Book

I'm thrilled to bring in an authentic voice to review Galaxy Girls: 50 Amazing Stories of Women in Space. Please welcome Miriam, a 10-year-old, book-obsessed writer, dancer, singer, actor, roller-blader, chef, and more. She lives with her parents, younger brother, and dog on the north side of Chicago. This review contains affiliate links. Galaxy Girls: 50 Amazing Stories of Women in Space Before I even turned to page one, the cover of Galaxy ... [ Read More ]

Rox’s Secret Code: Book Review

November 5, 2018 By Kim
Tagged With: book review, coding for kids, computer programming, programming

Rox's Secret Code

I was so intrigued by Rox's Secret Code (affiliate link), a cool new interactive picture book, that I wanted to tell you about it even before I passed it along to one of my young reviewers. The interactive piece will launch in early November, but you can get a peek at it in the video below. The book has an entire team behind it. It's the brainchild of Mara Lecocq, was written by Nathan Archambault, illustrated by Jessika Von Innerebner, and ... [ Read More ]

Pocket Guide to Dog Tricks Book Review

October 17, 2018 By Kim
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Kyra Sundance's Pocket Guide to Dog Tricks (affiliate link) might be too big to fit in an ordinary pocket, especially if you're a woman and all you get is those FAKE pockets!), but it's a handy size nonetheless. It's also much less intimidating than some of the thicker, standard-sized training books we've read since adopting Tesla almost six years ago. Admittedly, at nearly six years old, my brilliant dog has mastered a good number of the 101 ... [ Read More ]

STEAM Lab for Kids by Liz Heinecke

August 30, 2018 By Kim
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STEAM Lab for Kids book review

The Maker Mom's favorite dad-daughter review team is back with their review of Liz Heinecke's latest book, STEAM Lab for Kids: 52 Creative Hands-On Projects for Exploring Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (affiliate link). Our readers are fans of Liz's earlier books, Outdoor Science Lab for Kids and Kitchen Science Lab for Kids, so we had a feeling this one would win us over as well. Let's see what they had to say. STEAM Lab for ... [ Read More ]

The Dangerous Book for Boys, Coming to a Screen Near You

February 24, 2018 By Kim
Tagged With: book, book review, Maker Mom approved!, product review

Dangerous Book for Boys

I was just served up a Facebook ad for a most unexpected book-to-screen adaption: the Dangerous Book for Boys (affiliate link here and below) has been crafted into a series that will run on Amazon Prime. It might be interesting. It could inspire some exciting maker fun, but honestly, I'm still scratching my head over this odd news. The book is almost always better than the movie. I suspect that will be the case here, too. A thousand internet ... [ Read More ]

Great Maker Books for All Ages

December 7, 2017 By Kim
Tagged With: book review, books

Great books for Makers

Books make great gifts, and these books will help you and your kids make great stuff.  We found a great collection of new maker books that align with our mission to help parents raise awesome STEM-loving, Maker-friendly kids. Please note that many of these items were sent to us for review. This post contains affiliate links. The Best Maker Books of 2017 For the youngest of makers (and their parents, if they need help), Asia Citro offers up 150+ ... [ Read More ]

A World of Information: Book Review

November 20, 2017 By Kim
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World of Information Book

This post contains affiliate links. A big box arrived on my doorstep from Penguin Random House publishers. I knew I'd requested a book for review. Maybe a few of them? Hubs looked on as I opened it. We were amazed, and more than a bit disappointed, to find a just one book and a lot of bubble wrap inside. Granted, A World of Information is a large book, nearly 15 inches tall!, but still. Hubs is an information junkie and trivia buff. His ... [ Read More ]

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Kim headshot Summer 2012 I’m a Chicago-area mom of teen boys who is passionate about sharing ideas and resources to raise kids who love Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). I’m a blogger, vlogger, baker and maker, as well as the founder of #STEMchat. I also write about parenting gifted kids, girls in STEM and the Maker Movement. [Read More...]
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