Here are a few new books that caught my eye this week:
Froth!: the Science of Beer / Mark Denny
TP 577 D476 2009
This book explains the history, physics and chemistry of how beer is made in a scientifically sound but accessible way.
Manning Up: How the Rise of Women Has Turned Men into Boys / Kay S. Hymowitz
HQ 1090.3 H96 2011
This book examines the way young men have been affected by the social trend of delayed adulthood and an increasingly female-friendly economy.
American Born Chinese / Gene Luen Yang, color by Lark Pien
PZ 7 Y16 A44 2006
This graphic novel brings together the seemingly unrelated stories of Jin Wang (a bullied Chinese-American child), the Monkey King (the fabled ruler of all the monkeys who wants to be hailed as a god) and Danny ( a popular basketball player whose cousin, Chin-Kee, is the ultimate negative Chinese stereotype and is ruining Danny's life).
Russian Fairy Tales / retold by Gillian Avery, with illustrations by Ivan Bilibin
PZ 8 A927 R87 1995
This is a lushly illustrated collection of Russian fairy tales such as Vassilissa the Beautiful and the Witch Baba Yaga and Tsarevich Ivan, the Firebird and the Grey Wolf.
It's a Book / Lane Smith
PZ 7 S399 I87 2010 (Curriculum Library)
In this picture book, a monkey and a mouse explain the features and benefits of a book to a tech savvy jackass.
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