July 2018 - Page 3 of 16 - Anastasia Suen

Birds and Their Feathers
by Britta Teckentrup (Author / Illustrator)

Booktalk: The feather — at once fragile and stong, versatile and beautiful — is one of nature’s most ingenious constructions. What are feathers made of? Why do birds have so many of them? How do they help birds fly? And what other purpose do they serve? Find out in this book about the wonders of “plumology,” bird feather science.

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Pink Feathers
Flamingo
The flamingo obtains its wonderful pink colour from the food it eats — crustaceans. Without this diet, which is rich in pink carotenoid pigments, the flamingo’s feathers would be white or gray.

It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

Ocean of Secrets Volume 1
by Sophie-chan (Author / Artist)

Booktalk: Lia, a 17-year old orphan living by the Atlantic is swept away by the ocean currents during a ruthless storm. She is then saved by Moria and Albert, a duo of illegal runaways on their magical ship! Her normal, mundane life suddenly becomes a supernatural adventure as she learns about the powers of their kind and their relations to the human world. But Lia soon discovers that there is a dark secret hidden in a mysterious kingdom.

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On April 22, 2018 Sophie-chan shared this on Twitter:

“From a print out to show my friends at school to a self-published book to share with my online community to a published book to share with the world. Never give up on your dreams, it’s bound to happen someday with hard-work, patience and a whole lot of persistence.”

See the book trailer.