March 2023 - Page 6 of 16 - Anastasia Suen

We Adopted a Baby Chick
by Lori Joy Smith (Author / Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Albert the sheep is the only one unhappy about the new addition to the family. Tina is a tiny, fluffy baby chick — and she gets all the attention. Albert is big and loud, and he can’t resist Mom’s vegetables (“Get out of the garden, Albert!”). Sprout the dog doesn’t have time for Albert anymore. The cats only have eyes for Tina. And though he tries his hardest, Albert’s gifts to the family aren’t as welcome as Tina’s eggs.

Then one day, Tina faces a danger and only Albert can save her. Will Albert be able to put his feelings aside and truly welcome Tina into his flock?

Snippet: My family gets so excited about the eggs Tina lays. They check her nest every day and thank her for each one.

How am I supposed to compete with that?

Courage Like Kate: The True Story of a Girl Lighthouse Keeper
by Anna Crowley Redding (Author) and Emily Sutton (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Fayerweather Island had seen blustery blizzards and rip-roaring tides, but it had never seen a pint-sized hurricane until Kate Moore claimed that tiny island as her own. Little Kate was supposed to be the lighthouse keeper’s daughter, but she thought of herself as Papa’s assistant.

The thirty-three spiraling lighthouse stairs finally took a toll on Papa’s body, and so twelve-year-old Kate stepped up. Over the years, she kept the flame lit to guide ships to safety, listened for cries for help, and, time and again, pulled men to safety–twenty-three of them in all. At the age of forty-seven, Kate received word–she had been named the official lighthouse keeper of Fayerweather Island.

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