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The Wolves Return
by Celia Godkin (Author / Illustrator)

Booktalk: In 1995-96 twenty-three grey wolves were released in Yellowstone National Park where, due to over-hunting, there had been no wolves at all for almost seventy years. This reintroduction project was an overwhelming success. Over twenty years later we can still see the changes the grey wolves brought to Yellowstone National Park. Now that the elk graze higher ground, seedlings are growing tall, rivers are getting deeper as beavers return, and a lively pond ecosystem is developing. This true story offers an important lesson about the difference one creature can make in creating a healthy, thriving world.

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It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

Carson Crosses Canada
by Linda Bailey (Author) and Kass Reich (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Feisty Annie Magruder and her dog, Carson, live in British Columbia, Canada, and they’re setting out to visit her sister, Elsie, in Newfoundland. In their little rattlebang car, packed with Carson’s favorite toy, Squeaky Chicken, and plenty of baloney sandwiches, Annie and Carson hit the road! They travel province by province, taking in each unique landscape and experiencing something special to that particular part of this vast, grand country.

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On they drove, along twisty roads, through mountains as high as the sky.

“The Rockies!” said Annie. “If we were younger, we could climb them.”

“RUFF!” said Carson.

“You’re right,” said Annie. “It would be rough.”