I’ve never read as much non-fiction as fiction—even as a kid, I tended toward stories over history lessons (though I did love reading about science). But I’m finding that there are a lot of great non-fiction books that I do enjoy sharing with my kids—usually picture books based on true stories that can be prompts for further exploration.
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‘XKCD’ creator and ‘Thing Explainer’ author Randall Munroe has teamed up with Houghton Mifflin to liven up Chemistry and Physics textbooks this fall.
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This month’s selections include books on alternative and real-life history, Wonderland and werewolves, and teaching kids how to draw sharks!
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Despite preparing for the holiday season, the GeekMoms have still found time to do some serious reading.
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After the success of ‘What If?,’ xkcd creator Randall Munroe is back to explain some more things to you—without using any big words.
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Randall Munroe, creator of the brilliant xkcd webcomic, also answers hypothetical scientific questions on his What If? site. Munroe announced earlier today that he will be publishing a book based on the site. The book will include some revised versions of his favorites from the site, plus questions that he has collected over the years of “particularly neat questions.”
Continue ReadingAs Randall Munroe has so eloquently pointed out, our children need to understand the reality of dinosaurs. Over on Boing Boing, Cory Doctorow uncovered a video on YouTube of Australian school children being terrorized by a life-size dinosaur puppet. As …
Continue ReadingAs if we didn’t have enough random sites cluttering our bookmark bars, I submit another one for your reading intrigue. Randall Munroe has used simple stick figures to create one of the wittiest comic sites available. xkcd began as notebook doodles he didn’t want to lose to the ravages of time. A few scans, a […]
Continue ReadingAs reported back in September, the first dead-tree edition of beloved xkcd comic strip was released to fanfare by geeks worldwide. Readers immediately wondered what was up with the peculiar red text peppered throughout. Turns out, in typical Munroe-vian fashion, …
Continue ReadingEveryone’s favorite webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math and language is coming out for the ever-reliable dead-tree platform tomorrow. In other words, we’re finally getting our xkcd book. The book releases tomorrow, but not in bookstores; it’s only sold online. If …
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