Kids Book Index
Irene Latham, illustrated by Amy Huntington
Irene Latham’s collection uses nonet poems to examine the number nine. Each poem has nine lines, with syllable counts that either build from one through nine or move downward from nine to one. The poems make their form part of their subject, using changing line lengths and syllable patterns to explore a single number. Charlesbridge published the book in 2020.
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Jerry Changed the Game!: How Engineer Jerry Lawson Revolutionized Video Games ForeverDon Tate, illustrated by Cherise HarrisThis biography follows Jerry Lawson, a childhood tinkerer who enjoyed springs, sprockets, and other gadgets. As an adult engineer in the 1970s, he applied his technical knowledge to video games. At the time, getting a new game meant buying another console, so Lawson worked to change that costly system while facing obstacles. The account presents these setbacks as part of his continuing effort.Grades 3–5On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Friend of Numbers: The Life of Mathematician Srinivasa RamanujanPriya Narayanan, illustrated by Satwik GadeThis biography follows Srinivasa Ramanujan, who grew up in southern India under British rule and became absorbed by patterns in numbers. He devoted himself to mathematical ideas, explored concepts, and attempted to publish his work. In 1914, at age twenty-six, he traveled to England to work with G. H. Hardy. Although Cambridge differed greatly from home, Ramanujan continued pursuing the questions and discoveries that mattered to him.Librarian Favorites — 3rd–5th GradeOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Brilliant Calculator: How Mathematician Edith Clarke Helped Electrify AmericaJan LowerLong before electronic calculators, Edith Clarke loved numbers, calculations, puzzles, and brainteasers. This picture-book biography follows her as she solves an electrical mystery and creates the first graphing calculator from paper. It also addresses the gender discrimination she faced in early-twentieth-century science and mathematics before she became the first woman electrical engineer in the United States.Nine to TwelveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details