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November 17, 2018November 16, 2018

Mary’s Monster

Mary’s Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein
by Lita Judge (Author / Illustrator)

Booktalk: An illustrated free verse biography of Mary Shelley, the pregnant teenage runaway who wrote Frankenstein.

Snippet:
SCOTLAND HAS
BECOME MY EYRIE
OF FREEDOM

The wind is my friend,
the sea, my sister.
The mist drinks my tears,
and stars hold my hopes.

A thousand gales rage
before Father insists
I come home again.

I am no longer a girl
weary with disappointment.
I have become rock
and wind and fiery sea.

A 2018 Cybils Poetry nominee

BONUS! Download the Teacher’s Guide

November 16, 2018November 15, 2018

Booktalk: Learn the facts about bats! From their habits and habitats to their importance for maintaining biodiversity, bat biology is explored alongside human-bat relations. Spotlight features on “Bat Citizens” encourages readers to pursue citizen science.

Snippet: Hibernacula are winter hibernation roosts. During winter, bats need stable, cool temperatures that do not change very much, and moist air that helps reduce the loss of body fluids.

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