Tag Archives: science

Picturing Butterflies

Posted on May 1, 2018 by rosinskynatalie

A brand new, sumptuous picture book biography is my focus today. Its illustrations refreshed my winter-weary eyes, even as its crystal-clear language movingly revealed an exceptional woman, from girlhood through old age. And, whether by remarkable coincidence or fate, my … Continue reading →

Posted in biographies, picture books | Tagged 17th-century women, art history, butterfly metamorphosis, Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis, Don Larsson, entomology, Jeyaraney Kathirithamby, John Jacques Audubon, Joyce Sidman, Julie Paschkis, Kim Todd, Margarita Engle, Maria Merian, Maria Sibylla Merian: Artist/Scientist/Adventurer, naturalist, Peter Kuper, Ruins, Sarah B. Pomeroy, science, Scott Pakudaitis, Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian, Surinam, Susanna Centlivre, The Bassett Table, The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science, women artists, women scientists | Leave a comment

On Earth Day: Poetry Embracing Science

Posted on April 21, 2018 by rosinskynatalie

I was shocked—an editor had just told me that poetry had no place in science books! This young man had been assigned by the publisher to shepherd my completed work-for-hire, about watersheds for middle school readers, into print. The poetry … Continue reading →

Posted in articles | Tagged A Place in Space:: Ethics Aesthetics and Watersheds, Anna Dumont, Beckie Prange, Beth Krommes, Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow, Cathie, Cathie Felstead, Chris Brubeck, Christopher Wormell, Convergence, Damia Lewis, Dirt: The Scoop on Soil, e.e. cummings, Earth Day, Earthshake: Poems from the Ground Up, Frederica von Stade, Gary Snyder, J. Patrick Lewis, Joyce Sidman, Light: Shadows Mirrors and Rainbows, Lisa Westberg Peters, Matthew John, Patty Schlutt, picture books, poetry, River of Song, River of Words: Young Poets and Artists on the Nature of Things, Rocks: Hard Soft Smooth and Rough, science, Sheree Boyd, Song of the River Boatman and Other Pond Poems, Swan Song: Poems of Extinction, watersheds | Leave a comment

Trending–Heroes and Icons

Posted on September 1, 2017 by rosinskynatalie

“Popularity” changes and is rarely “one-size-fits-all.” We could see such trending last month in back-to-school clothing sales and, more significantly, the toppling of Confederate monuments that lionized slavery’s defenders. Heroism is time and culture-sensitive. This is equally true of the … Continue reading →

Posted in comic book collection, comics, graphic novels | Tagged aliens, Amy Reeder, Black Captain America, Brandon Montclare, Confederate monuments, diversity, Genius, girls in science, Hispanic Spiderman, Hulk, Huntington's Chorea, Huntington's Disease, icons, It's a Bird . . ., Kamala Khan, Lunella Lafayette, Marco Failla, Moon Boy and Devil Dinosaur, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Ms. Marvel, Natacha Bustos, outsiders, popular heroes, President Trump, Ray-Anthony Height, science, Steven T. Seagle, superheroes, Superman, Tamira Bonvillain, Teddy Kristiansen, the Thing, Travis Lanham | 1 Comment

Twenty-first Century Genius

Posted on November 1, 2016 by rosinskynatalie

Two graphic novelists were among the twenty-three creative people recently awarded an annual MacArthur “Genius” grant, with its hefty prize money. The MacArthur Foundation “celebrates and inspires the creative potential of individuals through no-strings-attached fellowships.” I was delighted to see that … Continue reading →

Posted in biographies, graphic novels, weather | Tagged atom bomb, biography, Brian Selznick, Century Girl: 100 Years in the Life of Doris Eaton Ellis, Century Girl: 100 Years in the Life of Doris Eaton Travis, climate change, collage, copper plate etching, cyanotype, dance, Doris Eaton Travis, Elicia Castaldi, Erik Drooker, Gene Luen Yang, history of science, Hollywood, Jennifer L. Holm, Last Living Star of the Ziegfe, Last Living Star of the Ziegfeld Follies, Lauren Redniss, Marie Curie, McArthur "Genius" award, memoir, Nobel Prize, nuclear medicine, nuclear power accidents, Ozge Samanci, Peter Kuper, Pierre Curie, Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie A Tale of Love and Fallout, radioactivity, radium, science, Shaun Tan, TED Talk, Thunder & LIghtning: Weather Past Present and Future, weather, World War I, World War II, Ziegfeld Follies | Leave a comment

Captaining America: Tales of Two Icons

Posted on July 2, 2013 by natalierosinsky

What could Captain America and Helen Keller possibly have in common? Read on . . . . As Independence Day approaches, movie theaters try to lure customers with patriotic blockbusters, or at least action-packed adventures, echoing the fight for freedom … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels | Tagged African American, African American soldiers, Annie Sullivan, Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller, Axel Alonso, Black soldiers, Boston, Captain America, Captain America: Truth, cartooning, cartoons, comic books, experimentation, Faith Bradley, graphic novels, Helen Keller, Helen Keller in Love, illustration, Isaiah Bradley, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Joseph Lambert, Kyle Baker, Latino, Man of Steel, Marvel Comics, Marvel Publications, Massachusetts, Miles Morales, Mohammed Ali, Nelson Mandela, Oscars, Perkins School for the Blind, Peter Parker, plagiarism, racism, realism, realistic, Robert Morales, Rosie Sutton, science, social justice, Spiderman, Spike Lee, Steve Rogers, Superman, The Frost Fairies, The Frost King, The Miracle Worker, Truth: Red White and Black, Tuskegee Sylphilis Experiment, William Gibson, YALSA Best Graphic Novel | Leave a comment