Month: December 2018

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In the Past

In the Past: From Trilobites to Dinosaurs to Mammoths in More Than 500 Million Years
by David Elliott (Author) and Matthew Trueman (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Return to the prehistoric era in this poetry collection that’s organized chronologically by epoch and discover a host of creatures both novel and familiar, from the mysterious trilobite to the famed T. rex.

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A 2018 Cybils Poetry nominee

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

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Ebb and Flow

Ebb and Flow
by Heather T. Smith (Author)

Booktalk: Last year, Jett and his mother had moved to a new town for a fresh start after his father went to jail. But Jett soon learned that fresh starts aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. When he befriended a boy with a difficult home life, Jett found himself in a cycle of bad decisions that culminated in the betrayal of a friend – a shameful secret he still hasn’t forgiven himself for. Will a summer spent with his unconventional grandmother help eleven-year-old Jett find his way to redemption?

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Summer

One summer,
after a long plane ride
and a rotten bad year
I went to Grandma Jo’s.
It was my mother’s idea.
Jett, what you need is a change of scenery.
I think she needed a change of scenery, too.
One without me.
Because that rotten bad year?
That was my fault.

A 2018 Cybils Poetry nominee

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