Month: April 2023

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No World Too Big

No World Too Big: Young People Fighting Global Climate Change
by Lindsay H. Metcalf (Author/Editor), Keila V. Dawson (Author/Editor), and Jeanette Bradley (Author/Editor/Illustrator)
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Booktalk: The sixteen poems in this anthology celebrate young activists and groups on front lines of the climate crisis who have planted trees in Uganda, protected water in Canada, reduced school-bus climate footprint in Indonesia, invented alternate power sources in Ohio, and more.

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Author/Editor Keila V. Dawson is one of my former students.
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Puddle Song Board Book

Puddle Song Board Book
by Laura Purdie Salas (Author) and Monique Felix (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: There is something about the smooth surface of a puddle that beckons to children to disturb it–they want to see how the water splashes upward, to feel the droplets on their skin. This board book gives voice to the puddle as it invites the “stompers and jumpers” to explore its rippling water, offering to act as both dance partner and mirror onto the world.

Snippet:
Bring me your boots,
[TURN THE PAGE]
you stompers and jumpers.

The author, Laura Purdie Salas, is one of my former students.
Copyright © 2023 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.