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Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. S.T.E.M. studies are the blocks that our children need to build on now for their success in the future. Literature and art add dimension and beauty. Here are some new books that, like Rhoobart’s heart in Spare Parts, bring these subjects to life.
The Plan is part graphic novel, part word game, part bittersweet family story. There’s a biplane, the Mighty Comet, parked in the barnyard of May’s Depression Era home. What happened to the pilot? The curious young heroine, along with her handy Pa and a very talented dog, devises a plan to restore and fly it. This story works on several levels as father and daughter execute their plan together to turn their mourning into flying.
The Plan by Alison Paul, illustrated by Barbara Lehman (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015) Ages 5–8.
Ed Emberley has been illustrating children’s books for over 50 years. His latest collaboration with his daughter, Rebecca, is Spare Parts: the story of Rhoobart the Robot who, like the Tin Man of Oz, is in need of a working heart. A new heart might be found at the Spare Parts Mart, or not; ...