June 2021 - Page 10 of 15 - Anastasia Suen

Area 51 (Odysseys in Mysteries)
by Ken Karst (Author)
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Booktalk: An in-depth study of Area 51, examining legends, popular reports, and scientific evidence that supports or refutes the mysterious phenomena reputed to occur there.

Snippet: When Bob Lazar told a television reporter in 1989 that he’d been researching captured flying saucers at a United States military base in the Nevada desert, trying to figure out what made them fly so fast, “Area 51” suddenly became the key code name for government conspiracies.

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

The Tale of the Valiant Ninja Frog
by Alastair Chisholm (Author) and Jez Tuya (Illustrator)

Booktalk: In this story within a story, Jamie and Abby are camping with Dad when they tell a bedtime story together. This story will star their favorites: a prince, a witch, a thief and some bears. “And the frog!” says Abby.

This time there’s a terrible giant who’s stolen all the keys to the kingdom. No one can get into their homes! No one can start their horses! It’s a real mess. Our heroes must sneak into the giant’s castle and retrieve the keys. But when it comes to the crunch, only a tiny froggy hero, who’s also a NINJA, can defeat the mighty giant!

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