Wouldn't it be great if there were a physics book that showed you how things work instead of telling you how? Finally, with Head First Physics, there is. This comprehensive book takes the stress out of learning mechanics and practical physics by providing a fun and engaging experience, especially for students who "just don't get it." Head First Physics offers a format that's rich in visuals and full of activities, including pictures, illustrations, puzzles, stories, and quizzes -- a mixed-media style proven to stimulate learning and retention. One look will convince you: This isn't mere theory, this is physics brought to life through real-world scenarios, simple experiments, and hypothetical projects. Head First Physics is perfect for anyone who's intrigued by how things work in the natural world. You'll quickly discover that physics isn't a dry subject. It's all about the world we live in, encompassing everything from falling objects and speeding cars, to conservation of energy and gravity and weightlessness, and orbital behavior. This book: 
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<li>Helps you think like a physicist so you can understand why things really work the way they do</li> <li>Gives you relevant examples so you can fully grasp the principles before moving on to more complex concepts</li> <li>Designed to be used as a supplement study guide for the College Board's Advanced Placement Physics B Exam</li> <li>Introduces principles for the purpose of solving real-world problems, not memorization</li> <li>Teaches you how to measure, observe, calculate -- and yes -- how to do the math</li> <li>Covers scientific notation, SI units, vectors, motion, momentum conservation, Newton's Laws, energy conservation, weight and mass, gravitation and orbits, circular motion and simple harmonic motion, and much more</li> </ul>
If "Myth Busters" and other TV programs make you curious about our physical world -- or if you're a student forced to take a physics course -- now you can pursue the subject without the dread of boredom or the fear that it will be over your head. Head First Physics comes to the rescue with an innovative, engaging, and inspirational way to learn physics!

Head First Physics: A learner's companion to mechanics and practical physics (AP Physics B - Advanced Placement)

Children's Books

Lang, Heather

Science, Nature & How It Works

O'Reilly Media

In 1950, Kathryn Johnston wanted to play Little League, but an unwritten rule kept girls from trying out. So she cut off her hair and tried out as a boy under the nickname "Tubby." She made the team―and changed Little League Baseball forever. An inspiring and suspenseful story about what it means to want something so badly you'll break the rules to do it―and how breaking the rules can lead to change.

Anybody's Game: Kathryn Johnston, the First Girl to Play Little League Baseball (She Made History)

Biographies

Albert Whitman & Company

Review\nThe Best Children's Books of the Year 2019, Bank Street College\n"Lang tells the tale in a direct and sympathetic manner, without maudlin sentimentality or anger, instead stressing Kathryn's love of baseball and her strength of character."―Kirkus Reviews\n"Readers will admire [Kathryn's] grit and determination―particularly when she demands that her mother cut off her long braids so she can try out for Little League as 'a boy.'"―Publishers Weekly\n"In this picture book biography, Lang doesn't leave baseball lovers stranded on base as game-related terminology is sprinkled throughout. Puglesi’s digital artwork adds depth to the text, showing strong emotions on the characters’ faces and containing fun hidden gems, especially for Yankees fans (notice the magazines and posters). The text works nicely with the illustrations and would make for a good one-on-one read."―School Library Journal\nThe Best Children's Books of the Year 2019, Bank Street College\nIn 1950, girls didn't play baseball––until Kathryn Johnston changed Little League.\nIn 1950, Kathryn Johnston wanted to play Little League baseball, but an unwritten "rule" kept girls from trying out. So she cut off her hair and tried out as a boy under the nickname "Tubby." She made the team―and changed Little League forever. This is a story about wanting to do something so badly, you're willing to break the rules, and how breaking those rules can lead to change.

Nominee: 2017 Amelia Bloomer List, Early Readers Nonfiction Before Eugenie Clark's groundbreaking research, most people thought sharks were vicious, blood-thirsty killers. From the first time she saw a shark in an aquarium, Japanese-American Eugenie was enthralled. Instead of frightening and ferocious eating machines, she saw sleek, graceful fish gliding through the water. After she became a scientistan unexpected career path for a woman in the 1940sshe began taking research dives and training sharks, earning her the nickname "The Shark Lady."

Swimming with Sharks: The Daring Discoveries of Eugenie Clark

Who says girls can’t be cowboys? Lucille Mulhall wasn’t like most girls in the 1890s. She didn’t give a lick about sewing or cooking or becoming a lady. Lucille had her heart set on roping and riding. At a time when most women couldn’t vote or own property, Lucille never let society’s expectations or the dangers of roping and riding stop her from pursuing her passion. Traveling around the country, she broke records and thrilled crowds with her daring acts. Soon cowboys, ranch hands, and folks all over the world cheered for the feisty and fearless girl cowboy.

The Original Cowgirl: The Wild Adventures of Lucille Mulhall

Albert Whitman & Co.

This book shares an abundance of delightful discoveries. As a viewer-reader, you can't be sure where the journey will take you next. At one moment you're intrigued by a green vista that's next to a close-up of a bird on a patch of parched earth. Turn the page and you're caught up in the white flow of a waterfall. You never know where you'll end up as you travel through There's This Place I Know ... It could be in the Swiss Alps or above Parisian rooftops or on the Maine coast or just on a front porch that entices you with a checkered tablecloth. But this book offers much more than photographs. These photos are inseparable from the people who chose them to illustrate spots in the world-their worlds-so vital to their lives. That human connection deepens the significance of the pictures. They invite us into places where the external is the internal and allow us to experience both.

There's This Place I Know ...

Travel

Hix, H. L.

Pictorial

Serving House Books

Swimming with Sharks (2019 Av2 Fiction)

Av2 by Weigl

Raising babies in the wild is a mighty big job, but these super animal dads are up to the task! Packed with cool facts in a fun comics format. It's wild out there for baby animals, but nature's superdads can handle it all. A great horned owl dad brings home tasty prey to his nest, while a sandgrouse dad carries precious water on his feathers across the desert for his thirsty chicks. Wolf dads love a game of tug-of-war with their rambunctious pups, glass frog dads protect their eggs from predators with powerful kicks, and kiwi dads sit on their eggs for eighty days, keeping them safe and warm. And did you know that giant water bug dads can tote a whopping 150 eggs on their backs while doing push-ups? The team behind Supermoms! delivers another humorous and fascinating look into wild parenting, highlighting how superdads from seahorses to gorillas feed, protect, nurture, and even incubate their babies. The comics-panel format, with its lively art and cheeky comments from offspring, makes for an engaging read. Back matter includes bonus super facts about each animal and recommendations for more children's books, websites, and episodes to explore.

Superdads!: Animal Heroes

Harper, Jamie

Animals

Candlewick

In comics-style panels full of facts and humor, this lively picture book investigates the amazing lengths animal mothers go to in caring for their young.\nAn emperor penguin mom treks up to fifty miles to bring food to her hungry chick. A toothy American alligator carefully carries hatchlings in her mouth, shuttling them safely to the water. A piping plover uses her best acting skills to feign an injury, luring predators away from her offspring. Whether building elaborate burrows, forgoing food for months on end to feed their cubs, toting hundreds of spiderlings on their backs, conducting patient swimming lessons, or fearlessly kicking away hyenas, mothers in the animal kingdom—whatever their species—give it their all (and then some!) to keep their little ones safe, fed, and ready to face the world on their own. This first book in a young series on animal science includes in its back matter a look at the “super” qualities of some of the animals and offers a collection of resources for budding naturalists.

Supermoms!: Animal Heroes

Here is a story of perseverance and unwavering ambition that follows Alice Coachman on her journey from rural Georgia, where she overcame adversity both as a woman and as a black athlete, to her triumph in Wembly Stadium in the 1948 London Olympics. When Alice Coachman was a girl, most white people wouldn't even shake her hand. Yet when the King of England placed an Olympic medal around her neck, he extended his hand to Alice in congratulations. Standing on a podium in London's Wembley Stadium, Alice was a long way from the fields of Georgia where she ran barefoot as a child. With a record-breaking leap, she had become the first African-American woman to win an Olympic gold medal. This inspirational picture book is perfect to celebrate Women's History Month or to share any day of the year.

Queen of the Track: Alice Coachman, Olympic High-Jump Champion

Astra Young Readers

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Head First Physics: A learner's companion to mechanics and practical physics (AP Physics B - Advanced Placement)

Anybody's Game: Kathryn Johnston, the First Girl to Play Little League Baseball (She Made History)

Anybody's Game: Kathryn Johnston, the First Girl to Play Little League Baseball (She Made History)

Swimming with Sharks: The Daring Discoveries of Eugenie Clark

The Original Cowgirl: The Wild Adventures of Lucille Mulhall

There's This Place I Know ...

Swimming with Sharks (2019 Av2 Fiction)

Superdads!: Animal Heroes

Supermoms!: Animal Heroes

Queen of the Track: Alice Coachman, Olympic High-Jump Champion