STEAMed Magazine July 2016 | Page 39

MATH AT THE ART MUSEUM Need a classroom book that your students will love?  This book is a fantastic addition to any arts integration or art classroom!  The young boy in the story is suspicious when his father tells him there is math in his favorite artworks.  But through some hands-on activities (that your students can do right along with the boy in the story), the connections begin appearing.   FULL STEAM AHEAD: A CHILDREN’S BOOK We are HUGE fans of Peter and Paul Reynolds (infamous for the book, The Dot) and were so excited to find this book to use in the elementary classroom.  Inside, the two characters use STEAM to learn about the water cycle and to solve a problem going on with their flowers.  This is definitely something we’d recommend for any elementary class library.   YEAR OF YES I love Shonda Rhimes.  She’s smart, funny and an incredible writer.  So I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to share with you her book, The Year of Yes. What would happen if we all said YES to more opportunities and just saw where that took us?  That’s exactly what Shonda did and she chronicals it all in the new book.  It’s laugh-out-loud funny, but also an inspirational journey for all of us who aren’t perfect. THE MAGIC STRINGS OF FRANKIE PRESTO Sometimes, we just need a good fictional read.  This story from Mitch Albom shares how a young war orphan touches the world through his guitar playing. Even more remarkable is that the entire story is told from the voice of Music.   39