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Troll Stinks
by Jeanne Willis (Author) and Tony Ross (Illustrator)
Booktalk: Billy Goat and his best friend Cyril are messing about with the farmer’s mobile phone, taking selfies and playing games . . . until they find the number for a troll. Their Grandpa Gruff says trolls are bad, so Billy and Cyril decide to get their own back by sending mean messages. After all, trolls really do stink! Don’t they?
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Drones (Robotics in Our World)
by Kirsten W. Larson (Author)
Booktalk: Discover the technological history that led to today’s drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and what makes a drone a robot or simply a remote control plane.
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The Drone Ranger
A tiny plane flies over a herd of rhinos. Using its cameras, it scans for poachers. Poachers kill rhinos for their horns. When the plane spots a poacher, it alerts park rangers. They get the bad guys. Gotcha!
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