Literature For Lunch-New Lunch Read Aloud-Archimedes and the Door of Science by Jeanne Bendick

This is capturing Daniel as the beginning chapters are a sort of narrative about Archimedes, the young boy. Archimedes and the Door of Science by Jeanne Bendick is our afternoon read aloud for now.

UPDATE: this is a great science book! we've discussed levers and got talking about oil & water when I realized we could do a quick experiment in the kitchen with oil and water!

Literature For Lunch-New Lunch Read Aloud-Discovering Nature's Laws-A Story About Isaac Newton by Laura Purdie Salas

I really like the Creative Minds Biographies. They are simple and easy to understand. This one is on Sir Issac Newton-fabulous!
I have to comment that reading these it getting A LITTLE WEIRD! When we read our first one about Gutenberg, we read it on his "death day" which I think was February 3rd! As I read, I looked up and said, "why, today is February 3rd"! Then when we read Germ Hunter about Pasteur, we read it on Feb 15th and there was some important date on THAT SAME DAY.
We read the one about Eastman and I don't remember any dates, but TODAY we finished Sir Isaac Newton and GUESS WHAT!!??!?! "On March 2, 1727, Newton traveled to London for a Royal Society meeting"!! TODAY is March 2nd AND Newton died on DANIEL'S BIRTHDAY! Fun!

Literature For Lunch-New Lunch Read Aloud-CLICK! A Story About George Eastman by Barbara Mitchell

We just read CLICK! A Story about George Eastman by Barbara Mitchell which was awesome!

Literature For Lunch-New Lunch Read Aloud-Germ Hunter-A Story About Louis Pasteur by Elaine Marie Alphin

Germ Hunter-A Story About Louis Pasteur by Elaine Marie Alphin was fantastic! We read the entire book in one afternoon and Daniel was RIVETED. He said, "let's read about some more scientists"! AND in the same way we read FINE PRINT on Gutenberg's death day Feb 3rd, there was something significant about Feb 15th in this book!