Bøger af Daniel Kirk

There's nothing quite like riding the school bus-the fun, the games, the jostling and the jockeying for the best seat. But this bus ride turns even wilder when Tommy brings his pet hamster for show-and-tell and Hammy escapes from his cage. Tommy and his friends join forces to track down the lively little critter, and Hammy leads them in a hide-and-seek romp through the busload of rowdy kids. Daniel Kirk's bright, eye-catching illustrations are the perfect medium to bring these rambunctious bus riders and their little furball friend to life.

Curious squirrel Curie observes a baby bird flying and is eager to try too, but when everyone tells her that squirrels cannot fly, she is determined to prove them wrong by conducting her own experiments with the help of her big brother Newton. Includes author's notes and glossary.

Honk Honk! Beep Beep!Father and child rise early for a trip to watch the sunrise on the mountaintop. Along the way they meet many friendly faces, some headed the same direction, and others in their own vehicles-big rigs, bulldozers and trains--with their own places to go and things to do. Nothing beats the start of a brand new day, especially when there are many vehicles to spot along the way. With a simple, playful text and boldly colored, toy-like illustrations, Daniel Kirk captures the fun of a special drive.

Sam, the Library Mouse, and his friend Sarah's adventures continue. When they wake to find the library under construction they go in search for a place to live. They build a variety of houses: a castle, an igloo, a yurt, even a geodesic dome--but none feel like home. Finally the renovation of the library is complete and they can move back home.

Daniel Kirk introduced kids to writing in his bestselling Library Mouse series—now he tackles STEAM!ScienceTechnologyEngineeringArtMath When an apple falls on his head, Newton the squirrel begins to wonder how the world works. Listening in on a lesson about the force of gravity, he decides to try his own experiments with the help of his sister, Curie. Learning to make simple machines, they discover that science is for everyone—even squirrels. And when a birds’ nest falls out of a nearby tree, only Newton and Curie, using their inventions and quick scientific thinking, can save the day! This always inquisitive and resourceful pair solves real-life problems and has fun along the way. This latest from bestselling author Daniel Kirk is a light introduction to the principles of STEAM, which is taught in schools.

Spring is in the air! Bear, Bird, and Mouse are all excited that winter snows are melting away, but their friend Rabbit is not. There are too many things about winter that Rabbit adores, and spring just seems to spell trouble. His friends offer an abundance of reasons to love spring and the changing seasons, but will Rabbit listen? Daniel Kirk has written a lively and humorous tale with the gentle message that change can be fun.

This lyrical picture book from the bestselling author/illustrator of the Little Mouse series encourages children to be kind to all the animals of the world. Kirk's loving and hopeful verse blesses and gives warm wishes to farm animals, house pets, wild animals, and other creatures. Full color.

This book introduces BlastSim - a physics-based simulation platform to model and simulate suicide bombing events. The BlastSim software is designed to test, analyze, and validate the results of different explosive and injury model combinations under various conditions with different sets of parameters, such as explosive and crowd formation characteristics, blockage and human shielding effects, fragmentation and shrapnel, and the bomber's position in 2- and 3-dimensional environments. The suicide bombing event can also be re-created for forensic analysis. The number of fatalities and injured after a suicide bombing event can be predicted using this software with 91% accuracy. The assessment of an explosion's effect on a crowd can lead to better management of disasters, triage of patients, locating blast victims under the debris, development of protective gear, and safe distance recommendations to reduce casualties.

The third installment of Sam the library mouse, this time focusing on research

A small creature offers his big voice for aspiring authors everywhereEvery child can be a writerand Library Mouse shows them how! Beloved childrens books author and illustrator Daniel Kirk wonderfully brings to life the story of Sam, a library mouse. Sams home was in a little hole in the wall in the childrens reference books section, and he thought that life was very good indeed. For Sam loved to read. He read picture books and chapter books, biographies and poetry, and ghost stories and mysteries. Sam read so much that finally one day he decided to write books himself! Sam shared his books with other library visitors by placing them on a bookshelf at night. Until there came the time that people wanted to meet this talented author. Whatever was Sam to do? The joy of reading, writing, and sharing is brought to life in this warmhearted tale.F&P level: L F&P genre: F