When Charlie was little he fell in love with the books called Fly Guy books but it’s been a while since Charlie has sat down and read anything. I was excited to find out abut a new children’s book called Oliver’s Great Big Universe Volcanoes Are Hot! Jorge Cham (Author, Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher). I received a copy of the book in exchange for this review and a spot in out Back to School Gift Guide. Also check out Also check out Oliver’s Great Big Universe
Oliver’s Great Big Universe Volcanoes Are Hot! is the perfect Middle Grade book for boys but girls can also relate to the story. If I was still #Homschooling Charlie full time I could have had Charlie read the book in his Reading Class but also in our Science Class.
The book is so funny and will keep you on your toes from page to page. Charlie and I loved the illustrations and learning that other kids have the same problems Charlie and his friends have faced. The story at times is like a diary and at other times a Graphic Novel. There is two books in the series and we will be reading the other book as well.
About the book:
“Mind-expanding and hilarious! I got smarter reading this!”—Jeff Kinney, author of the international bestselling series Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Earth Sciences meet Diary of a Wimpy Kid in Oliver’s Great Big Universe: Volcanoes Are Hot!, second in an original middle-grade fiction series that blends Science with narrative from bestselling author-artist Jorge Cham, the Emmy Award-nominated creator of PBS’s Elinor Wonders Why
After writing his first book, eleven-year-old Oliver is kind of a celebrity around school—no big deal. But when he gets caught in a cafeteria catastrophe, he quickly goes from being the “funny science kid” to one of the “Epic Barf Kids”, the result of too much explosive Cherry Pie in the lunchroom.
Oliver is desperate to restore his reputation—and winning the Science fair sounds like the perfect way for everyone to forget about the whole barf thing. There’s just one obstacle standing in his way: Ana Lía Quintero, who wins the Science fair every year.
Luckily, Oliver has the help of his geoscientist Aunt, even though she’s a little, um, quirky (scratch that: really quirky). If Oliver has any chance of defeating his archnemesis, he’ll have to learn all about volcanic burping and bacteria farts, how Earth’s layers are basically like Boba Tea, and how school cliques and the Solar System have a lot in common.
With laugh-out-loud humor from bestselling writer and the creator of PHD Comics Jorge Cham, Oliver’s Great Big Universe is a STEAM-themed, diary-style series following one kid who’s taking on the whole universe—if he can survive middle school first
Meet the Author:
Jorge Cham is the bestselling, Emmy Award–nominated creator of . . . many things: from the hit PBS show Elinor Wonders Why to the hit nonfiction book for adults called We Have No Idea, along with the hit podcast Daniel & Jorge Explain the Universe and the popular webcomic PHD Comics. He is, without a doubt, an expert on explaining things about the world in interesting and fun ways. He obtained his PhD in robotics from Stanford University and was an instructor and research associate at Caltech from 2003 to 2005. He is originally from Panama.
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Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
