Mama Gone Geek
Calling On My Inner Science Nerd to Help Navigate the Ups and Downs of Parenthood
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- $17.99
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- $17.99
Publisher Description
Science is the ultimate parenting tool. After all, it’s really all about observing, asking questions, solving problems, making mistakes, and trying again and again and again—just like being a mom or dad! Come along with Lynn Brunelle as she initiates you into the joys of geek-style parenting. A proud geek mom herself—and an Emmy-winning writer for the show Bill Nye, the Science Guy—Lynn has had a love of science from the time she was a child. When she had her own kids, science became like a friend she could lean on for support, helping her make sense of the joy, pain, and uncertainty of parenting. Join her as she infuses her days with science, and shares it, in all its geeky wonder, with her kids.
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An Emmy Award winning writer for Bill Nye the Science Guy, Brunelle interweaves stories of raising her two young sons and suggestions for uncomplicated family science projects in this quirky and often hilarious compendium. The book takes readers on an exuberant journey that combines maternal highs and lows with the joys of being a born science "nerd." The author begins by describing her move with her sons and husband from Seattle to Bainbridge Island where she fruitlessly tried to combat house pests while still remaining "green." Calamities like lice (giving rise to visions of "medieval paupers"), power outages, and broken arms, and childhood rites like campouts and baseball games, are handled with equal deftness by this science-cum-humor writer, who can convey the awe and wonder of motherhood without sounding corny. Each essay includes a teachable moment (or two) and an activity, such as making a straw oboe, conjuring up homemade "quicksand," or constructing a lemon-battery-powered clock. A closing piece about jumping on the trampoline with her kids summarizes the author's bittersweet feelings about watching her boys grow up. Brunelle recreates the magic of everyday family life with a scientist's keen eye for detail and a parent's faultless ear for mother-son dialogue.
