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The Christmas Feast
by Nathalie Dargent (Author) and Magali Le Huche (Illustrator)

Booktalk: When Wolf, Weasel, and Fox steal a turkey for their Christmas feast, no one expects the meal to have her own ideas about the celebration. Don’t they want to fatten her up first? Haven’t they even hung up mistletoe or baked gingerbread? But the more time the three friends spend with Turkey, the less anyone wants the fun to end . . .

Snippet:

“Oh, what a mess it is here!” the turkey exclaimed, barely out of the bag the fox had stuffed her into. “Didn’t you ever learn to clean up your den before inviting a girl over?”

“You’re not my guest!” Fox protested. “You are my Christmas feast!”

“Even more reason to get rid of this mess! A Christmas feast is a big deal. You have to put some care into it. For starters, you need to clean things up and let in some fresh air. I can’t stand untidiness.”

And Turkey perched on the chair to oversee the work.

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The Impossible First: An Explorer’s Race Across Antarctica (Young Readers Edition)
by Colin O’Brady (Author)

Booktalk: Prior to December 2018, no individual had ever crossed the landmass of Antarctica alone, without support, and completely human-powered. But Colin O’Brady was determined to do just that–even though ten years earlier a tragic accident raised doubts that he’d ever walk again normally.

O’Brady’s quest drew him into a head-to-head battle with British SAS Captain Louis Rudd–also striving to be “the first.” Enduring Antarctica’s sub-zero temperatures and pulling a sled that initially weighed 375 pounds in complete isolation and through a succession of whiteouts, storms, and a series of near disasters, O’Brady journeyed 932 miles to a world first.

Snippet: The plane shuddered and shook as it landed, its skis rattling on the sea ice. The crew helped me pull off the sled, offered a few bang-bang handshakes of good luck, and jumped back in with a schedule to keep, taxiing off to deliver Rudd to his drop-off a mile away, the same distance as me from the starting line waypoint at the continent’s edge.

See the PBSNewsHour story.

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