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This new series of books featuring illustrations by popular artist Greg Paprocki is the perfect way to encourage your brilliant child’s interest in all facets of the educational STEAM curriculum: Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics. Your child will be enticed by the fun and surprising details revealed in Paprocki’s cool and colorful artwork on every page.
MakerLab: Buildings
Companion book to the Little Leonardo STEAM books featuring hands-on activities for young readers interested in building, construction, architecture, and design.
A collection of simple hands-on activities for young readers related to building, construction, architecture, and design. Activities include designing and building bridges, dams, and skyscrapers. These activities are designed to engage both the readers’ hands and minds, which helps them better understand and retain the knowledge gained from the activities. Part of the Little Leonardo series.
MakerLab: Space
More than 20 fun and engaging hands-on activities for young readers excited about astronauts, outer space, rockets, space exploration, and astronomy.
A collection of simple hands-on activities for young readers. Activities range from building a simple model to illustrate the vast scope of our solar system to a demonstration of the speed of light. These activities are designed to engage both the readers’ hands and minds, which helps them better understand and retain the knowledge gained from the activities.
MakerLab: Robots
More than 20 fun and engaging hands-on activities for young readers interested in robots, robotics, coding, and artificial intelligence.
Activities range from how to create code to make robots learn and perform basic tasks to building very simple robots from common household items. These activities are designed to engage both the readers’ hands and minds, which helps them better understand and retain the knowledge gained from the activities.
Technology
An introductory primer for kids focusing on the “T” portion of “STEAM”: the ever-changing area of Technology.
With original Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci as inspiration, this fascinating new volume in the Little Leonardo series introduces kids to the wonders of technology and the people who create it. Learn how nine fields of technology are present in nearly every aspect of our lives. From the invention of the wheel several thousand years ago to the increasing miniaturization of our computers, smartphones, and other electronic devices, we’ve always been looking for new ways technology can make our lives easier.
Math
An introductory primer for kids learning about the “M” in “STEAM” : Mathematics.
Math is the basic foundation upon which most of the other areas of STEAM rely. If a child aspires to be a scientist or an engineer or an architect, they need to first understand math. Little Leonardo’s Fascinating World of Math introduces many mathematical concepts in a context showing their interconnectedness with so many of the things in our everyday lives.
Arts
Beyond a STEM book for kids, this is an introductory primer to learn about the “A” in “STEAM” : The Arts.
Little Leonardo’s Fascinating World of the Arts is a great way to encourage kids' interests in all manner of artistic pursuits that they might aspire to. With a STEAM education, students receive a broader range of knowledge. This volume introduces children to the many different types of creative fields in the arts—including drawing and painting, music and dance, writing, design, architecture, and photography.
- A STEAM book for kids 4-8
- Grade level preschool-3
- Overview of the field of art
- Non-fiction picture book
- 24 fully color illustrated pages
Paleontology
Companion book to the Little Leonardo Fascinating World of series all about paleontologists and dinosaurs with hands-on activities for young readers.
Learn fun facts about dinosaurs and the scientists who study them, called paleontologists, with simple hands-on activities for young readers. Did you know that a dinosaur bone is a fossil? Or that the same bones that form your ear form the jaw bones in a Tyrannosaurus Rex? The activities, designed to engage both the readers’ hands and minds, include fossilizing a sponge, making origami dinosaur tracks, preserving toy bugs in gummy amber, and more. Little Leonardo’s Fascinating World of Paleontology acts as a hybrid of Little Leonardo’s Fascinating World of books and Little Leonardo’s MakerLab books, which are both part of the Little Leonardo series from Gibbs Smith.
Engineering
An introductory primer for kids focusing on the “E” portion of “STEAM” : engineering.
With original Renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci as inspiration, this exciting new volume in the Little Leonardo series introduces kids to many of the different types of engineering they can aspire to. Littles will learn how nine types of engineers design and build all sorts of things, from the tiny microcircuitry in your smartphone to large projects like dams and bridges that transform the very face of the planet.
Science
An introductory primer for kids learning about the “S” in “STEAM” : Science.
Little Leonardo’s Fascinating World of Science introduces kids to the vast and varied areas of science and the different types of scientists they can aspire to become. Whether it’s ancient dinosaur bones unearthed by paleontologists, anthropologists studying different cultures around the globe, or new planets discovered by astronomers, there’s bound to be something here any child will find fascinating and appealing.
Astronomy
Join author Sarafina Nance, a real-life astrophysicist and one of Forbes magazine "30 inspirational women," as she guides you through 22 fascinating pages of fun facts all about the universe. Get lost in captivating illustrations and text about that big wide-open space above us. Did you know that everything you can see, touch, taste, and smell is actually just a teeny tiny part of the Universe? Or that even though Earth has only 1 moon, Jupiter has 79 and Saturn has 82? Or did you know that there is a planet that’s made of diamond? Little Leonardo’s Fascinating World of Astronomy joins the Little Leonardo Fascinating World of series, illustrated by Greg Paprocki.
