Month: July 2018

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The Doll Hospital

The Doll Hospital
by Kallie George (Author) and Sara Gillingham (Illustrator)

Booktalk: It’s a quiet morning at the Doll Hospital until . . .
DING-A-LING-A-LING!
The emergency bells ring!
Here comes a patient who needs Dr. Pegs’s help.

Dr. Pegs is about to get to work when . . .
DING-A-LING-A-LING!
Here comes another patient! And another!

How will Dr. Pegs take care of them all? Looks like the doctor needs some help herself!

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Game Changers

Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams
by Lesa Cline-Ransome (Author) and James E. Ransome (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Venus and Serena Williams. Two peas in a pod. Best friends. Sisters.

Six days a week they awoke before the sun came up to practice their serves and returns, to learn to run faster and hit harder. They were unstoppable. At age fourteen, Venus played her first professional match. Three years later, it was Serena’s turn. It wasn’t easy. Some tennis fans cheered for these two fresh faces, while those who were unhappy to see two black girls competing in a nearly all-white sport booed and taunted them. But they didn’t let it stop them.

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Nonfiction Monday

It’s Nonfiction Monday!

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