Month: June 2022

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Rooftop Garden

Rooftop Garden
by Danna Smith (Author) and Pati Aguilera (Illustrator),
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Booktalk: A group of city friends work diligently together to grow herbs and vegetables in a rooftop garden. This rhyming story ends with a summer harvest and feast — and a QR code to scan to hear/see the book sung in an animated video!

Snippet:
A rooftop garden is what we need–
Friends and family all agree.
A garden starts with hardy seeds.
A rooftop garden is what we need.

Michelle is hosting Poetry Friday at Michelle Kogan

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Ben Y and the Ghost in the Machine

Ben Y and the Ghost in the Machine
by K.A. Holt (Author)
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Booktalk: Ben Y’s just about had it with school. Every corner she turns, she’s being called “Benita,” getting Dress Coded by Mr. Mann for some supposedly inappropriate item of clothing, or running into the ineffable, inescapable, indefinable Ace–who makes her feel weird, weirdly seen, and strangely at peace, all at once. Even her best buds–Ben B, Jordan J, and Javier; the kids under the stairs–are all far too content following the rules and making their school newspaper under the attentive direction of their beloved teacher, Ms. J.

And home’s no better. Last year, Ben Y’s older brother died, and the family is still learning how to cope–if by coping you mean coming home to cry at lunch, or secretly building a friendship bracelet empire, or obsessively visiting a chatroom to talk to Benicio’s ghost. When Benito suddenly starts typing back, Ben Y must act. But what happens when those very actions make Ben Y’s deepest secrets impossible to hide?

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