Plumfield Kids: Archimedes and the Door of Science by Jeanne Bendick

Plumfield Kids Review - Greta, age 13

I don’t care for math or the history of most mathematicians. When I started this book for the first time, I expected a dry history of a man I didn’t necessarily care for who liked something I didn’t. I was wrong. Before I even finished the first chapter, I was captivated. Instead of being a dry history book, Archimedes and the Door of Science by Jeanne Bendick is alive and interesting. It is interactive with countless illustrations. From chapter four, Archimedes and His Lever, to about chapter twelve, The War Machines of Archimedes, there is at least one illustration on almost every page. A lot of them are diagrams explaining what you are reading.

Reading about Archimedes was fascinating! I learned to care about Archimedes--not only the man--but what he did for science and math.