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I Just Keep Wondering
by, Jill Swenson
May 21, 2019

Larry Scheckel’s new book, I Just Keep Wondering: 121 Questions and Answers About Science and Stuff, was released by Tumblehome Learning earlier this month.  This is the third in his I Always Wondered Series. Tumblehome Learning is a leading publisher of science books for children. Their books inspire readers to learn more about nature and the world around them. They help kids imagine themselves as… [Read More]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Larry Scheckel, science, Tumblehome Learning
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I Always Wondered About That
by, Jill Swenson
November 14, 2017

On December 1, Tumblehome Learning will release of Larry Scheckel’s new book, I Always Wondered About That: 101 Questions about Science and Other Stuff. Entertaining and educational, this book applies science to phenomena that are part of our everyday lives with questions and answers that appeal both to science nerds and those who struggled through high school chemistry class. Hypothetical, irreverent, and quirky questions—the kind… [Read More]

Filed Under: Larry Scheckel, physics, science, time travel, Tomah Teacher of the Year, Tumblehome Learning, Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers
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Spielman Book Launch in Ithaca, NY
by, Jill Swenson
August 1, 2017

Linda J. Spielman gave a presentation at the Nevins Center in the Cornell University Botanic Garden on July 16 at an event which celebrated the launch of her new book, A Field Guide to Tracking Mammals in the Northeast (Countryman Press/W.W. Norton). This wasn’t like any other book launch I’ve ever been to and I mean that in a good way. Cornell University provided eight… [Read More]

Filed Under: A Field Guide to Tracking Mammals in the Northeast, Cornell University, Countryman Press, evidence, Linda J. Spielman, science, tracking
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Q&A with Larry Scheckel AKA Dr. Science
by, Jill Swenson
January 31, 2017

Larry Scheckel’s I Always Wondered About That will be published by Tumblehome Learning in Fall 2017. This new book has 101 scientific answers to questions you ponder while driving, mowing the lawn, or watching a beautiful sunset. Jill Swenson: When did you first become excited about science? Larry Scheckel: We did not have a television set when I was a kid on the farm in… [Read More]

Filed Under: I Always Wondered About That, Larry Scheckel, science, Seneca Seasons, time travel, Tumblehome Learning
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Capstone to publish Oscar and the Amazing Gravity Repellent by Tina L. Peterson
by, Jill Swenson
February 14, 2014

Tina L. Peterson’s debut novel OSCAR AND THE AMAZING GRAVITY REPELLENT, about an intrepid third-grader who takes on bullies and other forces of nature with the help of a magical potion, to Alison Deering at Capstone, in a nice deal by Jill Swenson of Swenson Book Development, February 11, 2014.  Tina L. Peterson has been fighting gravity her whole life. She was never any good at… [Read More]

Filed Under: Asha Benarjee, Capstone, middle-grade fiction, Oscar and the Amazing Gravity Repellent, science, Tina L. Peterson
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