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Hungry for Engineering: Poems to Gnaw On
The newest addition to the series that includes Hungry for Math, Hungry for Science and Hungry for the Arts! Join Handy Randy, Spendosaur, and House Mouse, the hungriest engineers around, in Hungry for Poems to Gnaw On - another delectable book in the Hungry for…series!
Use wedges, inclined planes, pulleys, and screws to design, innovate, and construct a luxurious bug hotel, a long—and—fun marble run, and a mighty wind tower strong enough to blow you over the ocean. So set your table and get ready to build and problem-solve like never before with this feast of scrumptious, engineering poems.
Use wedges, inclined planes, pulleys, and screws to design, innovate, and construct a luxurious bug hotel, a long—and—fun marble run, and a mighty wind tower strong enough to blow you over the ocean. So set your table and get ready to build and problem-solve like never before with this feast of scrumptious, engineering poems.
32 pages, Hardcover
Published February 7, 2025
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About the author
Kari-Lynn Winters
38 books33 followersKari-Lynn Winters is an award-winning picture book author, playwright, and scholar who enjoys being in the classroom in any of these capacities. She holds a position at Brock University as a full professor of drama-in-education, dance-in-education, and literacy. Her graduate work, which was completed at the University of British Columbia, focused on combining the arts with reading and writing.
When Kari-Lynn began to write children’s picture book manuscripts and submit them to publishers about 22 years ago, people often shook their heads, advising her to write novels instead.
“It is so difficult to get picture books published in these times,” they said.
But Kari-Lynn persisted, continuing to collect, read, research, and write picture books. Her persistence paid off. Today, 31 books (picturebooks, poetry, non-fiction) that Kari-Lynn wrote have been accepted for publication. In addition, she has had academic chapters and articles about multimodality and student literacy published by Heinemann and in The Reading Teacher.
Kari-Lynn says the best thing about writing for children is that she can share silly ideas in funny and interactive ways and that she can talk to children about their own experiences as young authors.
When Kari-Lynn began to write children’s picture book manuscripts and submit them to publishers about 22 years ago, people often shook their heads, advising her to write novels instead.
“It is so difficult to get picture books published in these times,” they said.
But Kari-Lynn persisted, continuing to collect, read, research, and write picture books. Her persistence paid off. Today, 31 books (picturebooks, poetry, non-fiction) that Kari-Lynn wrote have been accepted for publication. In addition, she has had academic chapters and articles about multimodality and student literacy published by Heinemann and in The Reading Teacher.
Kari-Lynn says the best thing about writing for children is that she can share silly ideas in funny and interactive ways and that she can talk to children about their own experiences as young authors.
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March 4, 2025 This is another book from Kari-Lynn Winters, a radical departure from the ZOOM IN ON ZOMBIES book she also was part of. It is part of the STEAM-powered series, giving children ways and means to create unique science projects.
But what makes these books so much fun, are the illustrations and the poems, where children can be entertained while they learn, an unbeatable combination. And it is also the wide range of topics that will have young mind’s racing along to perfect what they view throughout the book.
There is a bug hotel one can build from twigs, leaves and cardboard to attract insects to come stay. But they warn it is not for aphids that destroy things. There are games one can makes with marbles, fasteners, materials that move differently, along with other games that give imaginations a boost.
The poems children can read along to as they learn, making the book one they will want to show their friends and challenge them as well.
But what makes these books so much fun, are the illustrations and the poems, where children can be entertained while they learn, an unbeatable combination. And it is also the wide range of topics that will have young mind’s racing along to perfect what they view throughout the book.
There is a bug hotel one can build from twigs, leaves and cardboard to attract insects to come stay. But they warn it is not for aphids that destroy things. There are games one can makes with marbles, fasteners, materials that move differently, along with other games that give imaginations a boost.
The poems children can read along to as they learn, making the book one they will want to show their friends and challenge them as well.
January 3, 2025
Poetry and STEM seem like an odd combination but in this delightful book of poetry it all comes together. Using everything from staples to gears to ramps and pulleys, fun engineers create rhymes and builds as they experiment with science.
November 1, 2025
Fun art and interesting poems!
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