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The Librarian Who Measured the Earth

10 best books like The Librarian Who Measured the Earth (Kathryn Lasky): Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei, Pyramid, The Egyptian Cinderella, A Rock Is Lively, Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain, One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale, Of Numbers and Stars: The Story of Hypatia, How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?, Marguerite Makes a Book, The Mystery of the Periodic Table

Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei
AuthorPeter Sís
ISBN0374470278
"If they had seen what we see, they would have judged as we judge." -- Galileo Galilei

In every age there are courageous people who break with tradition to explore new ideas and challenge accepted truths. Galileo Galilei was just such a man--a genius--and the first to turn the telescope to the...
Pyramid
AuthorDavid Macaulay
ISBN0395321212
Pyramid is another of David Macaulay’s popular children’s books published in the 1970s, all of which I think are still in print.



The books feature black and white drawings, occupying most of a page (sometimes spread over two pages) of the large format (12 ½" x p 3/8") hardbound...
The Egyptian Cinderella
AuthorShirley Climo
ISBN0064432793
"Climo has woven this ancient tale, a mixture of fact and myth, with clarity and eloquence. The beauty of the language is set off to perfection by Heller's arresting illustrations. A stunning combination of fluent prose and exquisitely wrought illustrations that makes] a winner for story hours, as...
A Rock Is Lively
AuthorDianna Hutts Aston
ISBN1452106452
From the award-winning creators of An Egg Is Quiet, A Seed Is Sleepy, and A Butterfly Is Patient comes a gorgeous and informative introduction to the fascinating world of rocks. From dazzling blue lapis lazuli to volcanic snowflake obsidian, an incredible variety of rocks are showcased in all their...
Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain
AuthorCheryl Bardoe
ISBN0316394289
The true story of eighteenth-century mathematician Sophie Germain, who solved the unsolvable to achieve her dream.

When her parents took away her candles to keep their young daughter from studying math...nothing stopped Sophie. When a professor discovered that the homework sent to him...
One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale
AuthorDemi


I have read many books by world-renowned children’s book author, Demi, but I have not gotten around to reviewing any of Demi’s books yet. “One Grain of Rice” is the first book by Demi that I am reviewing and it is a folktale from India that is about a young woman named Rani who tries to trick...
Of Numbers and Stars: The Story of Hypatia
AuthorD. Anne Love
ISBN0823416216
I feel very divided in reviewing this book, and torn between giving it three and four stars.

Things I like: This kid-friendly version of the story of Hypatia, a girl born Alexandria in the fourth century CE in a time when girls are not supposed to study philosophy or mathematics or science. But,...
How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?
AuthorMargaret McNamara
ISBN0375840141
For curious kids, this explores skip counting and estimation in a fun pumpkin-themed classroom experiment. "How many seeds are in a pumpkin?" Mr. Tiffin asks his class as they gather around the big, medium, and small pumpkins on his desk. Robert, the biggest kid, guesses that the largest one has a million...
Marguerite Makes a Book
AuthorBruce Robertson
Now in many ways Bruce Robertson's Marguerite Makes a Book does a truly wonderful job with both meticulous detail and engagement showing and demonstrating how a hand-painted (illuminated) Mediaeval book is (or more to the point how such a tome generally was) created, was made (and indeed also why these...
The Mystery of the Periodic Table
AuthorBenjamin Wiker
Leads the reader on a delightful and absorbing journey through the ages, on the trail of the elements of the Periodic Table as we know them today. He introduces the young reader to people like Von Helmont, Boyle, Stahl, Priestly, Cavendish, Lavoisier, and many others, all incredibly diverse in personality...
Mathematicians Are People, Too: Stories from the Lives of Great Mathematicians, Volume 1
AuthorLuetta Reimer
ISBN0866515097
Ah but we're missing the subtitle! The full title is: Mathematicians Are People, Too: Stories from the Lives of Great Mathematicians.

My parents are in that group of retired folk that go into public schools and read stories to children - of course, it helps that mom was a teacher for something...
Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci
AuthorJoseph D'Agnese
ISBN0805063056
As a young boy in medieval Italy, Leonardo Fibonacci thought about numbers day and night. He was such a daydreamer that people called him a blockhead.

When Leonardo grew up and traveled the world, he was inspired by the numbers used in different countries. Then he realized that many things in...
Cleopatra
AuthorDiane Stanley
ISBN0688154808
Cleopatra is a partial biography picture book written and illustrated by Diane Stanley and Peter Vennema. The book begins with Cleopatra at age 18, when she was crowned Queen of Egypt in 51 BC. The book covers her struggle for power against the advisors of her young brother, the King. Cleopatra allied...
Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs
AuthorJames Rumford
To a child, the future is a magnificent dream. For Jean-Francois Champollion, the dream was to sail up the Nile in Egypt and uncover the secrets of the past. In 1802, when Champollion was eleven years old, he vowed to be the first person to read Egypt's ancient hieroglyphs. He faced great challenges over...
Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille
AuthorJen Bryant
ISBN0449813371
An inspiring picture-book biography of Louis Braille—a blind boy so determined to read that he invented his own alphabet.
 
Louis Braille was just five years old when he lost his sight. He was a clever boy, determined to live like everyone else, and what he wanted more than anything was to...
Introverted Mom: Your Guide to More Calm, Less Guilt, and Quiet Joy
AuthorJamie C. Martin
ISBN0310354978
Motherhood is beautiful; motherhood is hard. All moms understand this paradoxical truth. Yet introverted mothers face unique challenges. When our quiet nature collides with our often loud role, frustration and guilt result. We wonder why motherhood feels at odds with our personality, and in our...
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