Review - Infinity and Me
What do you do when a child begins to ask big questions about Life, the Universe, and Everything? Especially when that child is too young to get the humor behind the answer, “42”? One of the fascinations the younglings in my life often have is about the concept of infinity. Is ‘infinity’ a number? How can you visualize or imagine what it means to go on, and on, and on, and on? Believe it or not, this is a very common early pondering for many little ones with scientific or mathematical leanings. Infinity and Me by Kate Hosford , Gabi Swiatkowska (Illustrator) Hardcover, 32 pages Published October 2012 by Lerner Publishing Group (first published June 1st 2012) ISBN 0761367268 (ISBN13: 9780761367260) (received as part of the Junior Library Guild's monthly shipment at my school) Infinity and Me is an excellent picture book to read with those youngsters, allowing them to explore the concept with a little girl named Uma. She begins her journey by staring up at the stars a...