Infinity and Me
by Kate Hosford
illustrated by Gabi Swiatkowska
CarolRhoda, 2012
I was excited to see this book, since I have the bare beginnings of an infinity-related?picture book manuscript in a drawer. I can’t get anywhere with it! So I was eager to see how Hosford worked with it.
This is a lovely picture book in which a little girl, Uma, looks for a definition of infinity. It’s a combination of metaphors (like music that goes in a circle) and momentous questions (“But if there’s no school before recess, and no school after recess, is it really recess anymore?”).?It’s a combination of the vast and the specific (why hasn’t anyone noticed Uma’s shiny new red shoes?).?Like kids, this book asks both profound and silly questions, and I think this will really strike a chord with readers.
An author’s note at the end gives kids more background and encourages them to come up with new ways to imagine infinity.
(Review copy of Infinity and Me furnished by author.)
My youngest just asked for books about black holes, and I think I will grab her this one too! Thanks for the review!
Do it:>) And I hope you’ll get A Black Hole Is Not a Hole, which I reviewed a while back. Awesome book. (Not sure how old your youngest is, but even if she’s younger than the Black Hole age range, you should read it and show her the pictures and read her the best bits. It’s full of great stuff.)
My youngest just asked for books about black holes, and I think I will grab her this one too! Thanks for the review!
Do it:>) And I hope you’ll get A Black Hole Is Not a Hole, which I reviewed a while back. Awesome book. (Not sure how old your youngest is, but even if she’s younger than the Black Hole age range, you should read it and show her the pictures and read her the best bits. It’s full of great stuff.)