Children\’s book author, educator, math & science lover

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David M

Schwartz

Children\’s book author, educator, math & science lover
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As a child, I was filled with a sense of awe as I contemplated the universe. The huge numbers of stars and their sizes and distances never failed to amaze me. With binoculars and magnifying glass, I also focused on closer subjects like birds, flowers, frogs and bugs.But science and math weren’t my only fascinations: I also loved bicycles, baseball, boats…and ice cream. Years later, on a clear spring night, I looked up at the sky and a shower of memories descended. I suddenly remembered my childhood awe at the wonders of space.That night I was inspired to write my first book,
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Children\’s book author, educator, math & science lover

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The ‘Ambassador for Math’ helps children make connections between math and their world. Here they explore the concept of proportion by ‘swallowing like a snake’, as in “If You Hopped Like a Frog.”

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Thrill Them with Math & Science

With the same energy, clarity and humor he uses in his books, David wows audiences at schools, libraries, and conferences. He travels the world as an “Ambassador for Math”. An accomplished storyteller and an innovator in presenting mathematical information in entertaining ways, he connects math and science with literature and daily life. Audiences laugh, learn and even scream with delight. Whether he is speaking to children, teachers, administrators or parents, David provides large doses of information and inspiration.

*NOTE: this phrase was used by Prof. Susan Turkel of Queens College in New York City.

David has a brochure describing his presentations. Please contact David, and he will be happy to send you one or more upon request.

EVERYONE IS STILL GOING WILD OVER. . .

Where ELSE in the Wild?
MORE Camouflaged Creatures Concealed and Revealed
Ear-tickling Poems by David M. Schwartz and Yael Schy
Eye-tricking Photos by Dwight Kuhn Tricycle Press, 2009 \"\"

Where ELSE in the Wild?

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Fun Stuff

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Math, Reading Science – they are everywhere and they are fun. Here I get to tell you about some of the “fun stuff” I know about and I invite you to participate. In “A Million Places to Read”, you get to share one of your favorite reading spots (we’d love to see a picture of you reading there!) and in “A Million Ways to Do Math”, you can show off a way that you have used math in everyday life (in sports, hobbies, around the house, in the car, etc.).

There are also links to some of my favorite web sites and videos. Please tell me about your own ‘faves’. I will check them out and if I like them, I’ll add them to this page.

So this is a page for everyone. You can make it fun for all!

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Counting to One MillionTable of ContentsCollecting One MillionIntroductionCreating One MillionCreate Your Own ‘Millionaire’s Club’Reproducible Data SheetsCalculating One MillionReading One Million

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The Next Big Thing

July 19, 2013•No Comments•

The Next Big Thing?  This “next big thing” is not a new social networking site or a wearable computer that cooks dinner when you get hungry. It is an author blog tour. A blog tour? A blog tour gives those on the tour a chance to meet different authors by way of their blogs. The Next Big Thing began in Australia. Each week a different author answers specific questions about his or her upcoming book. The answers are posted on the author’s blog. Then we get to tag another author (or two or three). On and on it goes. The …

Googol On!

January 27, 2013•No Comments•

I had just given an evening program for families at a school in Berkeley when a parent named Steven Birenbaum came up to tell me something remarkable. During the presentation I had introduced my book G Is for Googol: A Math Alphabet Book by projecting this inequality on the screen. (The slashed equal sign means “does not equal.”)

The Problem with Word Problems

September 24, 2012•No Comments•

Greetings from Lima, Peru. I’m here for a tour of three international schools (in Caracas, Lima and Santa Cruz, Bolivia). I had an experience in Caracas that I’ve had many times before in the USA and it has me thinking… and now blogging. On a screen, I showed a group of 2nd graders a page from one of my “Look Once, Look Again” books. The idea of that series is that you see a close-up photo of part of an animal (or plant) and text that hints about its identity. Then you turn the page to see the whole organism, …

The Little Darlings

June 27, 2012•No Comments•

I was going to call this post “Kill the Little Darlings.” It sounded oh so ghastly that I decided to drop the first part, but killing them is what this is about. Don’t worry, I’m talking words, not people. Years ago, someone told me that Somerset Maugham, the British novelist and playwright, had said, by way of advice to writers, “Murder the Little Darlings.” I’ve referred to this quote many times but always with the caveat that I have not able to confirm the source or the exact wording.

Saguaro by the Numbers. Maybe

May 27, 2012•No Comments•

I’m going to install a little window in my mind so you can see how it works. At least how it is working at this moment. It may not work in quite the same way at any future time. Here’s my promise: other than having decided on the overall idea, I have not planned the specifics of what I’m about to write. Instead, I will record my thought processes (if there are any) as they occur, to see if something interesting, useful or otherwise worthwhile happens. And if not, you’ll get to see that, too. Ready? Here’s the context. It …

New Hope for Old-Fashion Books

March 27, 2012•No Comments•

Exactly one month ago I received an email from my friend and colleague (and fellow East Bay resident), Marissa Moss. It began almost apologetically: “I know this probably comes out of thin air, but I’ve heard from so many talented writers and illustrators that they have problems getting contracts now from the major NY publishers who only want books with mass market appeal …” Sounds like an understatement in these days of publishing uncertainty (aka “crisis”) but I was hooked. Marissa is a versatile writer and illustrator of both fiction and non-fiction, full of ambition and creativity, who has enjoyed …


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