Science in the Stacks


Science in the Stacks
Original Project Proposal

The Learning Landscapes of Museums and Libraries:
A talk given by Dr. David Carr

Exhibit Planning

Project Timeline

Press Releases

List of Final Exhibits

Final Project Evaluation


Participating Libraries
Fiske Free Library
Claremont, NH

Howe Library
Hanover, NH

Lathem Memorial Library
Thetford, VT

Lebanon Public Library
Lebanon, NH

Lyme Town Library
Lyme, NH

Norwich Public Library
Norwich, VT

Richards Free Library
Newport, NH

Tracy Memorial Library
New London, NH

Montshire Museum of Science


Project co-directors

Marlene McGonigle
Director of the Howe Library

David Goudy
Director of Montshire Museum of Science


Webmaster: Bob Raiselis


Bibliography for Quick as a Wink exhibit


Adult Non Fiction

Good Enough to Dream, Kahn

Once More Around the Park, Angell, 0-34536-737-5

The Armchair Book of Baseball, Thorn, 0-68418-482-6

How to Coach, Manage, and Play Little League Baseball

Fathers Playing Catch with Sons: Essays on Sport Mostly Baseball, Hall , 0-86547-168-1

Odd Moments in Baseball, Cohen, Joel, 0-590-37066-9

Baseball, Ward, 0-67940-459-7

The Sporting Life, Davis, Susan, Holt , 0-8050-4540-6

 

The Physics of Sports

The Physics of Baseball, Adair, Robert, Harper Row

Physics of Sports, Arment, Angelo

Memories of Summer:, Kahn, Hyperion, 0-78686-190-8

Casey at the Bat, Thayer, 0-69820-457-3

 

Juvenille Non Fiction

Teamates, HB Goldenblock, 0-15200-603-6

Pioneers of Baseball, Smith, Little Brown, 0-31680-156-9

Follow Your Dreams, Vaughn, Taylor , 0-87833-953-1

Up To The Plate -the all girls professional baseball league, Galt,Margot, 0-8225-3326-X

Eyewitness "Sports", DK 0-394-99616-x

Baseball is for Me, Dickmeyer, 0-82251-079-0

The Easy Baseball Book, Kalb, 0-39524-385-8

The Young Baseball Player, Smyth, DK , 0-78942-825-3

My Baseball Book, Gibbons, 0-68817-137-0

Science Explained, Ronan, Colin A., Henry Holt, 0-8050-2551-0

How the Body Works , Parker, Steve, Readers Digest, 0-895-77575-1

About Your Brain, Simon, Seymour, McGraw Hill, 0-07-057437-5

The Body Book, Stein, Sara, Workman, 0-89480-805-2

Magic School Bus Explores the Senses, Cole, Joanna

Keep Your Eye on the Ball-Curveballs, Knuckleballs +Fallicies of Baseball, Watts, 0-716-737175

The Strange Quantum World and You, Topp, 1-577-330-358

Sports Science for Young People, Barr, 0-486-265277

Converse All Star Baseball , 0-471-15991-3

The Young Baseball Player, DK Publishing , Smith, 0-78942-825-3

Boomerangs, Blades, Basketballs- The science of Sports, Creighton, Jayne

First Sport Science Series, Bundy, Nikki

 

Adult Biography

I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story, H Coll., 0-06016-321-6

Ball Four Plus Ball Five, Boulton, 0-81282-771-6

Cobb- A Biography, Stump, 0-94557-564-5

DiMaggio: An Illustrated Life, 0-80271-311-4

The Last Hero: The Life of Mickey Mantle, 0-68481-424-2

Great Time Coming: Life of Jackie Robinson, 0-67179-336-5

The Mick/Mickey Mantle with Herb Gluck, 0-38519-456-0

Yaz: Baseball, The Wall, and Me, Eshenazi, 0-38526-769-4

Iron Horse: Lou Gehrig in His Time, Robinson, 1-56054-133-4

Hitter: The Life and Turmoils of Ted Williams, 0-1593-100-3

Jackie Robinson: A Biography, Rampersad, 0-67944-495-5

Stengel, Creamer, S+S 0671224891

 

Juvenille Biography

Jim Abbot, Rolfe, Warner 0-31675-459-5

Pride of Puerto Rico, Walker, Harcourt 0-15200-562-5

Tony Conigliaro, Putnam

Joe DiMaggio, Schoor, 0-38512-291-8

Bo Jackson, Rolfe, 0-31675-457-9

Nolan Ryan, Rolfe, 0-31675-462-5

Roberto Clemente, Durham, 0-6891-364-3

Babe Ruth, One of Baseball's Greatest, Ruper, 0020421303

Babe Ruth One of Baseball's Greatest , Van Ripes, 0-020421303

 

Adult Fiction

The Natural, Malamud, 038720941

Be The One, Smith, 0-6795-096-3

Fear in Fenway, Evers, 0-68811-468-7

Play for Kingdom, Dyja, 0-15100-267-3

Snow in August, Hamill, 031634094

 

Juvenille Fiction

The Home Run Kid, Christopher

The Return of the Home Run Kid, Christopher, 0-31614-273-5

Wrongway Applebaum, 0-69820-610-X

The Trading Game, 0-39732-397-2

Baseball and Butterflies, Williams, 0-68809-489-9

Tuesdays Child , Baron, 0-68931-042-0

Hard Drive to Short, Christopher

Look Who's Playing 1st Base, Christopher

 

Young Adult Fiction

Safe at Second, Johnson, 0-39923-365-2

The Rookie Arrives, Dygard, 0-14034-112-9

Rookie of the Year, Tunis, 0-15268-880-3

The Young Pitcher, Brey, 0-68811-262-5

Heart of a Champion, Denker, 0-31618-166-8

Striking Out, Weaver, 0-06023-34708

The Great Pretenders, Haynes, McMullin, 0-02743-452-4

Catcher with a Glass Arm, Christopher, 0-3161-985-8

The Kid Who Only Hit Homers, Christopher

Look Who's Playing First Base, Christopher

Left Handed Short Stop, Giff, 0-44004-554-1

Baseball Fever, Hurwitz, 0-68800-711-2

Bobby Baseball, Smith, 0-38529-807

The Dog That Pitched a No Hitter, Christopher

Cam Jansen and the Baseball Mystery, Adler, 0-67088-481-2

Arthur Makes the Team, Brown, 0-31611-550-9

Jock and Jill, Lipstye, 0-06023-900-X

 

Early Readers/Picture Books

Play Ball Amelia Bedelia, Parish, Harper Row, 0-06024-656-1

Hooray for Snail, Stadler, 0-69004-413-5

Frank and Ernest Play Ball, Day, Scholar 0-59042-548-X

Baseball Ballerina, Cristaldi, 0-6799-734-9

The Fox Under First Base, 0-68419-053-2

Something Queer at the Ballpark, Levy, 0-44005-993-3

Here Comes the Strike out, Kessler, 0-06023-156-4

Grandmas at Bat, McCully, 0-06021-032-X

Heather Hits her First Home Run, Plantos, 0-88753-185-7

 

Periodicals

Becketts

Sports Illustrated for Kids

ESPN

SportsIllustrated

Sports Illustrated for Women

 

Web

http://www.sportislife.com

http://www.sciencemag.org

http://www.smithsonian.com

http://www.Exploratorium.com

http://www.SportsScience.com

http://www.NationalBaseballHallofFame.com

http://www.ncsu.edu/science_house/StudentsFolder/bwsports/reactiontime.html

 

Video

Baseball, Ken Burns

The Natural

Angles in the Outfield

The Sandlot

The Human Machine

Field of Dreams

A League of their Own

For the Love of the Game