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@linseedling.bsky.social rocks it again w/ a #scienterrific crossover nonfic/ #graphicnovel w/ her comics-style & realistic-enough details illustrations. Fab facts. Great example of how modern illustrator-driven nonfic is so highly engaging vs trad photoreal/text block books
@linseedling.bsky.social rocks it again w/ a #scienterrific crossover nonfic/ #graphicnovel w/ her comics-style & realistic-enough details illustrations. Fab facts. Great example of how modern illustrator-driven nonfic is so highly engaging vs trad photoreal/text block books
October 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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#scienterrific nonfic for kids is equally informative/intriguing for adults.
The in-depth (75 pages; rather than typical 32 for this trim size) Scientists in the Field series is stellar.
Just learned the best way to know what coyotes are eating is to snip a whisker and analyze chemical signatures.
The in-depth (75 pages; rather than typical 32 for this trim size) Scientists in the Field series is stellar.
Just learned the best way to know what coyotes are eating is to snip a whisker and analyze chemical signatures.
February 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Doing some reminiscence posting last day or so about #KidsLoveNonfiction types of book recs—what I call #scienterrific—while also processing new orders…
Just working on @katemessner.bsky.social Over/Under volumes we didn’t have. Such strong work. Lyrical info, extensive backmatter, makes me…
Just working on @katemessner.bsky.social Over/Under volumes we didn’t have. Such strong work. Lyrical info, extensive backmatter, makes me…
November 2, 2024 at 8:36 PM
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Going to make it a goal of mine to continue using my #scienterrific hashtag here any time I see really amazing nonfiction #kidlit because #KidsLoveNonfiction and the offerings just keep getting better and better in terms of art, photography, creative formats, knowledge sharing and backmatter.
Going to make it a goal of mine to continue using my #scienterrific hashtag here any time I see really amazing nonfiction #kidlit because #KidsLoveNonfiction and the offerings just keep getting better and better in terms of art, photography, creative formats, knowledge sharing and backmatter.
November 2, 2024 at 4:58 PM
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November 1, 2024 at 11:47 PM
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Adding more #scienterrific books:
Tapir Scientist is part of the stellar/thorough Scientists in the Field series; Shape Search is a great nature-walk-and-catalogue provocation; Mysterious Marvellous Octopus has so many photographic examples of the vast varieties of the creature.
Check-outs assured!
Tapir Scientist is part of the stellar/thorough Scientists in the Field series; Shape Search is a great nature-walk-and-catalogue provocation; Mysterious Marvellous Octopus has so many photographic examples of the vast varieties of the creature.
Check-outs assured!
December 8, 2024 at 2:19 AM
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It really was, even more than expected. This crew was so INTO it. They were recording a ton of stuff on their t-charts, discussing thoughtfully, calling others over to see their discoveries…and then I set them up with the perfect #scienterrific debrief book for the afternoon.
May 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Beguiling #scienterrific read! Seems simple initially? Nope. Deep.
Short lines, but thought-provoking lyrical text (“A skull speaks in arches and ridges and caverns of bone”) w/ who-am-I text hints and guess-then-flip hints to go w/ skulls (“I was the seeker of sweetness”).
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Beguiling #scienterrific read! Seems simple initially? Nope. Deep.
Short lines, but thought-provoking lyrical text (“A skull speaks in arches and ridges and caverns of bone”) w/ who-am-I text hints and guess-then-flip hints to go w/ skulls (“I was the seeker of sweetness”).
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April 13, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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More re: #OversizeBooks (also #scienterrific)
+ info re:
special extra processing/strengthening needed to help them last longer in your col’n.
Skyscrapers book will be tricky to cover.
Anyone else have recs for fave larger trim size, larger format books that kids love?
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More re: #OversizeBooks (also #scienterrific)
+ info re:
special extra processing/strengthening needed to help them last longer in your col’n.
Skyscrapers book will be tricky to cover.
Anyone else have recs for fave larger trim size, larger format books that kids love?
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I was processing two new Carnovsky books for the library today (the series is *wildly* popular at my school) and it reminded me of these little TikToks I’d made about these amazing books:
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AND, NOW they’ve added another cool feature…
I was processing two new Carnovsky books for the library today (the series is *wildly* popular at my school) and it reminded me of these little TikToks I’d made about these amazing books:
vm.tiktok.com/ZM6BhhtqN/
vm.tiktok.com/ZM6BhyE8b/
AND, NOW they’ve added another cool feature…
November 2, 2024 at 11:07 PM
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Reposting this book recs 🧵
with the emoji combo 📚👍
in order to get my #scienterrific book recommendations into the Kidlit/MGlit/YAlit Book Recs feed created by @debbieohi.com awhile back…
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with the emoji combo 📚👍
in order to get my #scienterrific book recommendations into the Kidlit/MGlit/YAlit Book Recs feed created by @debbieohi.com awhile back…
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Over in the imploding place, I used to tweet sometimes about really cool nonfiction books, using #scienterrific (portmanteau of scientific + terrific). Planning to bring that here & share past books threaded via comments.
More, re:
A Seed is the Start @mstewartscience.bsky.social
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More, re:
A Seed is the Start @mstewartscience.bsky.social
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November 14, 2024 at 3:01 AM
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This sounds like a #scienterrific Choose Your Own path book that will be a massive hit with kids who love our CYOA collection.
Thx for the book rec 📚👍
See also,
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#TLsky #Skybrarians
Thx for the book rec 📚👍
See also,
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#TLsky #Skybrarians
Today's review...'Choose Your Own Evolution' by Jules Howard, illustrated by Gordy Wright @nosycrowus.bsky.social Brilliant!
www.throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/choose-your-own-evolution
www.throughthebookshelf.com/reviews/choose-your-own-evolution
Choose Your Own Evolution — Through the Bookshelf
Using a ‘pick-your-own-path’ format, ‘Choose Your Own Evolution’ offers a really unique and engaging exploration of life on Earth. It is an incredibly engaging and accessible read!
www.throughthebookshelf.com
June 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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#ThisBookTheseReasons
New (to my library col’n)
#GraphicNovels 🧵
Survival Scout: Tsunami:
Funny, charming, totally #scienterrific discussion/illustration of tectonic plates, etc.
Great fit in with Science Comics in my GN section.
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#TLsky #SchoolLibrarians
New (to my library col’n)
#GraphicNovels 🧵
Survival Scout: Tsunami:
Funny, charming, totally #scienterrific discussion/illustration of tectonic plates, etc.
Great fit in with Science Comics in my GN section.
📚👍
#TLsky #SchoolLibrarians
December 10, 2024 at 8:06 PM
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A travelogue of a fantasy world without some 80 Days bet or other race against time. A story where love does not conquer all because there's nothing to conquer, no crisis or confusion, just love. Worldbuilding as wish-fulfillment, imagining how magic or scienterrific phlebotinum makes things better.
March 26, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Some real “Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria” Scienterrific stuff here.
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April 30, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Intriguing book, finished just now.
(Bonus: Glows in the dark, a satisfying gimmick.)
Although some topics in the #scienterrific examination of gross, weird, creepy reminded me of sections of other books I’ve read…maybe not everybody in my circle has read these other items in my see also pics?
(Bonus: Glows in the dark, a satisfying gimmick.)
Although some topics in the #scienterrific examination of gross, weird, creepy reminded me of sections of other books I’ve read…maybe not everybody in my circle has read these other items in my see also pics?
June 16, 2024 at 1:35 AM
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More #scienterrific books I’m reading/cataloguing/processing…
This one has gorgeous super-realistic paintings (but still w/ painterly style visible rather than fully photograph appearing) to go along w/ fascinating facts.
And that cover! Double spread, plus a #SecretCover!
Great backmatter too.
This one has gorgeous super-realistic paintings (but still w/ painterly style visible rather than fully photograph appearing) to go along w/ fascinating facts.
And that cover! Double spread, plus a #SecretCover!
Great backmatter too.
November 24, 2024 at 11:18 PM
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Here’s another #ThisBookThesesReasons post about an amazing #scienterrific Yuval Zommer book, a series in fact, an expandable accordion of a book.
More info and photos here:
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Note:
To incl unique books like this to survive in the col’n requires special processing—I’ll share later.
More info and photos here:
t.co/jpgRhRIeuU
Note:
To incl unique books like this to survive in the col’n requires special processing—I’ll share later.
November 2, 2024 at 4:47 PM
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Beetles are exceptionally cool and beautiful, as this #scienterrific book makes clear…
More info here:
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More info here:
t.co/oKZOB0MLuX
November 2, 2024 at 4:48 AM
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Reading/processing new arrival #Scienterrific books this afternoon…
Clever Crow:
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Corvids rawwk! Gorgeous art; quick facts; cool hidden fact that Flores crow egg pic in egg gallery pic was left blank as the bird is so rare, we don’t know what its eggs look like!?
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Clever Crow:
#ThisBookTheseReasons
Corvids rawwk! Gorgeous art; quick facts; cool hidden fact that Flores crow egg pic in egg gallery pic was left blank as the bird is so rare, we don’t know what its eggs look like!?
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April 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Check out these #scienterrific titles from Owen Davey via )always funky) @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social
Beautiful on display, always get snapped up.
Davey artwork/graphic design skills—so striking!
(paired w/ a stellar book designer, Sarah Crookes, too.
Info inside accessibly chunked & intriguing.
Beautiful on display, always get snapped up.
Davey artwork/graphic design skills—so striking!
(paired w/ a stellar book designer, Sarah Crookes, too.
Info inside accessibly chunked & intriguing.
February 26, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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By which I mean: it's absolutely magical garbage with scienterrific buzzwords so it doesn't sound like magic.
I'm pretty sure the transhuman potential in the setting ultimately traces back to A Wizard Did It in a distant and forgotten age.
I'm pretty sure the transhuman potential in the setting ultimately traces back to A Wizard Did It in a distant and forgotten age.
March 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Adding to my #scienterrific 🧵…
so many scientific/terrific reads below⬇️
Add some book recs?
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This one pairs sarcasm/silliness w/ celebration of unique structural & behavioural adaptations of some of the most intriguing critters in the world. Illustrated w/ engaging maximum cuteness.
#TLsky
so many scientific/terrific reads below⬇️
Add some book recs?
📚👍
This one pairs sarcasm/silliness w/ celebration of unique structural & behavioural adaptations of some of the most intriguing critters in the world. Illustrated w/ engaging maximum cuteness.
#TLsky
![Philip Bunting’s The Worlds Most [Wonderful is crossed out] Pointless* Animals.
The asterisk next to Pointless leads to a footnote: or are they?
The title is centred and around it in a circle are illustrations of some of the animals featured inside: jellyfish, groundhog, pink fairy mole, stick insect,axolotl, etc—each having a slightly snide caption; for example, under jellyfish, it says No brain, no heart.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:duqvrp37fjewl6n65n3p77mb/bafkreiguflsnlslsaz2unmbvy5m5tozar5wnf5otvkkcoiq4hslrpqv2dm@jpeg)
November 24, 2024 at 9:07 PM
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@katemessner.bsky.social’s books in the Over/Under series are always filled with a great cadence, a quiet and calm sense of connection, #scienterrific facts, plus great backmatter. This book follows that tradition.
As always Neal’s art holds a balance of soft, dreamlike edges and realistic details.
As always Neal’s art holds a balance of soft, dreamlike edges and realistic details.
July 11, 2024 at 11:27 PM
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November 2, 2024 at 7:31 PM
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Adding to my #scienterrific 🧵…
so many scientific/terrific reads below⬇️
Add some book recs?
📚👍
This one pairs sarcasm/silliness w/ celebration of unique structural & behavioural adaptations of some of the most intriguing critters in the world. Illustrated w/ engaging maximum cuteness.
#TLsky
so many scientific/terrific reads below⬇️
Add some book recs?
📚👍
This one pairs sarcasm/silliness w/ celebration of unique structural & behavioural adaptations of some of the most intriguing critters in the world. Illustrated w/ engaging maximum cuteness.
#TLsky
January 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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