Month: August 2020

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A Bowl Full of Peace: A True Story

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A Bowl Full of Peace: A True Story
by Caren Stelson (Author) and Akira Kusaka (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Sachiko’s family home was about half a mile from where the atomic bomb fell on August 9, 1945. Her family experienced devastating loss. When they returned to the rubble where their home once stood, her father miraculously found their serving bowl fully intact. This delicate, green, leaf-shaped bowl–which once held their daily meals–now holds memories of the past and serves as a vessel of hope, peace, and new traditions for Sachiko and the surviving members of her family.

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Nonfiction Monday

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Makers, Then and Now

My new Focus on STEM column: Makers, Then and Now is in the August Quick Tips for Schools and Libraries newsletter.

Booktalk: Use these handy printable activities to help kids learn about makers throughout history.

Snippet: The term makerspace may be new, but being a maker isn’t. As you’ll see in these new picture-book biographies, people have been making things to express themselves and solve problems for many years.

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

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