Love Is Real
by Janet Lawler (Author) and Anna Brown (Illustrator)
Booktalk: Families of foxes, bunnies, and bears teach each other about the power of love…
Snippet:
Love is in the little things
that fill my heart until it sings.
This week’s Poetry Friday Round-up is hosted by Merely Day by Day.
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The Cake
by Dorothée De Monfreid (Author, Illustrator)
Booktalk: Tiger wants chocolate cake. Rabbit has a weakness for carrot. Monkey wants a banana cake. Dog, of course, wants a bone cake. Little Bear really wants a fish cake. Can everyone be satisfied?
Snippet:
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Friendship Over (The Top-Secret Diary of Celie Valentine)
by Julie Sternberg (Author) and Johanna Wright (Illustrator)
Booktalk: When ten-year-old Celie’s father gives her a journal and a punching bag for her birthday, he tells her they’ll help her work through her feelings, and wow—does she have feelings to work through. Her best friend Lula isn’t speaking to her, her sister Jo locks her out of their room to hang out with her new, cooler friend, and her Granny is suddenly behaving in the most perplexing manner.
Snippet: It was terrible.
I should have fake-fainted, so I wouldn’t have had to go.
It was so awkward, there in Miss Wilde’s dark office. Lulu sat as far from me as she possibly could on the leather couch. Plus I don’t think she looked at me once.
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The White House for Kids: A History of a Home, Office, and National Symbol, with 21 Activities
by Katherine L. House (Author)
Booktalk: Have you ever wondered what it’s like to live and work in the most important house in the country, or what it’s like to grow up there?
Kids can:
* Build a model White House
* Design an official china pattern
* Play key passages of “Hail to the Chief”
* Practice signing a bill the way presidents do
* Make White House fruit punch
* Play an aerobic game designed for President Hoover
* And much more
Snippet:
The White House itself has six levels if you count its two-story subbasement. It boasts 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, and 12 chimneys. The president and his family live mainly on the top two floors. Only family members, invited guests, and employees have the privilege of seeing those floors.
It’s Nonfiction Monday!
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The LEGO Neighborhood Book: Build Your Own Town!
by Brian Lyles (Author) and Jason Lyles (Author)
Booktalk: Snap together a few houses, shops, and apartment buildings to create your own neighborhood! (Complete, step-by-step instructions for four multistory buildings and dozens of inspiring ideas to use in your own models!)
Snippet:
It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
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Find Spot!
by Stacey Previn (Author, Illustrator)
Booktalk: Can you spot the spots hidden in this die-cut picture book?
Snippet:
Spot crows.
Spot wakes.
Spot fries.
Spot bakes.
This week’s Poetry Friday Round-up is hosted by These 4 Corners.
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Did You Know That I Love You?
by Christa Pierce (Author, Illustrator)
Booktalk: Bird sweetly expresses her love to Fox…
Snippet:
Did you know that I love you?
Who me?
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Pink & Green Is the New Black
by Lisa Greenwald (Author)
Booktalk: Lucy Desberg is in eighth grade, and she’s determined to make this year perfect. Over the course of the year, though, her talents for makeup and problem-solving will be put to the test.
Snippet: My homework is done so I go upstairs to check my e-mail.
But as soon as I sign in, I see I there’s nothing new. I had hoped that Yamir would get in touch, but both my phone and e-mail are as I left them this morning.
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Football (Fantastic Sports Facts)
by Michael Hurley (Author)
Booktalk: Discover some of the most fascinating and unusual facts about the sport.
Snippet:
Fun Fact
The Super Bowl was nearly named “The Big One.”
It’s Nonfiction Monday!
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Rain Forest Colors
by Janet Lawler (Author) and Tim Laman (Photographer)
Booktalk: Yellow spiders! Blue butterflies! Green lizards! See creatures of the rain forest in 10 basic colors.
Snippet: Did you know? A tree kangaroo can safely jump down from more than fifty feet (15m) up in a tree?
Brown tree kangaroo photograph by Tim Laman
It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
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