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Girls and Math

Posted in book world news on July 22, 2008 by crankylibrarian

How to Survive Middle-School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail Math Doesn’t Suck: How to Survive Middle-School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail by Danica McKellar



As the mathphobic daughter-in-law and sister-in-law of several male mathematicians, this breezy yet tremendously helpful book made me sit up and take notice. A reminder that there are many ways to teach and to learn.

Read more about Danica, her forthcoming book Kiss My Math and her work to promote math for girls here.

Listen to an interview with her on NPR: Danica McKellar’s Mathematical Theorem

Y.A. and O.K.

Posted in book world news on July 22, 2008 by crankylibrarian

Thought provoking essay from author Margo Robb on the pitfalls of having one’s novel damned with the dreaded “young adult” label…