About this item
Valorie Fisher takes infographics to a new level with bright, colorful visuals that are perfect for young, inquisitive minds. Her eye-catching mix of photographs and illustrations compels readers to dive in and explore how things work -- from paper airplanes to straws, crayons to kites, pencils to boats. This book will answer questions kids have long wanted answers to, and go on to answer questions they didn't even know they had! Do you know why your shadow changes shape throughout the day? Do you know how a whistle makes that trilling sound? How about why a rubber ball bounces? All of these questions and more are explained in this exciting book, the first of two in the Now You Know series. With the growing focus on STEM for this early age group, Now You Know How It Works is perfectly timed to reach that early reader and instill a love of STEM from day one.
About the Author
Valorie Fisher is the creator of Now You Know How it Works, Now You Know What You Eat, Everything I Need To Know Before I Turn Five, I Can Do It Myself, How High Can a Dinosaur Count? , Ellsworth's Extraordinary Electric Ears and My Big Brother and My Big Sister (both Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award winners) . She is the illustrator of The Fantastic 5 &10¢ Store by J. Patrick Lewis and the Moxy Maxwell series of books by Peggy Gifford.REVIEWS "a great mix of elegance and goofiness" and "guaranteed fun" wrote School Library Journal in two starred reviews"sassy" starred review Publisher's Weekly"oozes with fun" Booklist"gives her tableaux a sugared quality; you feel vaguely that you ought to be able to pluck the objects off the page and eat them." Wall Street JournalFor more of her "elegance and goofiness" visit valoriefisher.comAWARDSMy Big Brother, Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award, 2003My Big Sister, Association of Booksellers for Children Best Book for Children 2003 My Big Sister, Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award, 2004Ellsworth's Extraordinary Electric Ears, Child Magazine Best Books of the Year, 2004Ellsworth's Extraordinary Electric Ears, Nick Jr. Best Books of the Year, 2004 My Big Sister, Parenting Magazine Best Books of the Year, 2004 Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little, Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2007Everything I Need To Know Before I'm Five, Publishers Weekly Best Children's Picture Book of 2011EXHIBITIONSThe Original Art: Celebrating the Fine Art of Children's Book Illustration, 2004Society of Illustrators, New York, NYChildren Should Be Seen: The Image of the Child in American Picture-Book ArtKatonah Museum of Art, Katonah NY July 1 - October 21, 2007The Eric Carle Museum, Amherst, MA Nov. 15, 2007 -March 9, 2008Los Angles Public Library, Los Angles, CA October 4, 2008 - Jan.11, 2009 For more of her "elegance and goofiness" visit http://blog.valoriefisher.com/
