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
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
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
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
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
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 ]
Amazing Bionic Animals and a Peek at Marine Science
In these dark times, I sometimes turn to cute animal videos and GIFs for a quick smile. Don't judge; it's actually a science-based approach! And of all of the cute, fluffy animal videos, nothing tugs at my heart like adorable animals with prosthetics. So when a publisher reached out to me with their fall titles (affiliate links ahead), I practically melted when I came across Unstoppable: True Stories of Amazing Bionic Animals. Stories of Bionic ... [ Read More ]