Anastasia Suen - Developmental Editor

How Old Am I?: 1-100 Faces From Around The World
by Julie Pugeat (Author) and JR (Photographer)
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Booktalk: A first-ever children’s visual reference book on age — and a unique celebration of the diversity of humankind around the globe.

For young children, the concept of age is abstract when they don’t have a relatable context… until now! This book showcases the faces and life stories of 100 people from around the world in numerical order, from a one-year-old to a centenarian, giving children a reference point for each age.

Activity: Use as a “look book” in a center for the 100th day of school.

Snippet:

Nonfiction Monday

It’s Nonfiction Monday!

Unsettled
by Reem Faruqi (Author)
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Booktalk: When her family moves from Pakistan to Peachtree City, all Nurah wants is to blend in, yet she stands out for all the wrong reasons. Nurah’s accent, floral-print kurtas, and tea-colored skin make her feel excluded, until she meets Stahr at swimming tryouts.

And in the water Nurah doesn’t want to blend in. She wants to win medals like her star athlete brother, Owais–who is going through struggles of his own in the U.S. Yet when sibling rivalry gets in the way, she makes a split-second decision of betrayal that changes their fates.

Ultimately Nurah slowly gains confidence in the form of strong swimming arms, and also gains the courage to stand up to bullies, fight for what she believes in, and find her place.

Snippet:
Science Class

Relief.
Because we have
assigned seats.
Relief.
Because there is
a math problem
on the board.
Relief.
Because math problems
are safe
and have only
one
answer.

A 2021 Cybils Poetry nominee