Superstars of Science

Superstars of Science is awesome. I recommend it for first, second, and third graders who are interested in a (very) brief overview of famous scientists and what they did (or are doing). Honestly, there isn't much more here information-wise then one can read in a paragraph on Wikipedia, and all of the scientists are cleaned up a bit (no mention of the controversy over Rachel Carson's work). However it has a few details I loved: repetition about main key points of the scientist's work, interesting deaths, persecution of the scientists for their beliefs or sexuality, credit to other scientists who were performing similar works, and more. Newton's entry, for example, explains that the apple falling on his head story is not true, and tells us why. I also loved that the book featured a good amount of female scientists, and that each section features a quote.

Loss of star for lack of diversity!! Boo hiss!!!!