Books We Like

This is an ongoing list of books that we consider to be the cream of the crop!


MATH
Murderous Maths series - Kjartan Poskitt
Theoni Pappas books, including
    - Penrose the Mathematical Cat 
    - The Further Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat
    - The Joy of Mathematics
    - Fractals, Googols, and other Mathematical Tales
G is for Googol - David Schwartz 
The Number Devil - Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Cindy Neuschwander and Wayne Geehan books, including
    - Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi
    - Sir Cumference and the Isle of Immeter
    - Sir Cumference and the Sword and the Cone
    - Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland
    - Sir Cumference and All the King's Tens
    - Sir Cumference and the First Round Table
Numberlies - Colin and Jacqui Hawkins

SCIENCE
Horrible Science series - Nick Arnold 
Q is for Quark - David Schwartz
1,2,3, Infinity - George Gamow
The Joy of Chemistry - Cathy Cobb and Monty L. Fetterolf
The Periodic Kingdom - Peter W. Adkins

ENGLISH/VOCABULARY/READING
The Absolutely Awful Alphabet - Mordicai Gerstein
 
HISTORY/BIOGRAPHIES/GEOGRAPHY 
Horrible Geography series- Anita Ganeri
Horribly Famous series (was Dead Famous) - Alan MacDonald
Horrible History series- Terry Deary

REFERENCE
Upside-Down Brilliance - Linda Kreger Silverman
The Educated Child - William J. Bennett