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Sea Bear

Sea Bear: A Journey for Survival
by Lindsay Moore (Author / Illustrator)

Booktalk: A solitary polar bear travels across the sea ice in pursuit of food. As the ice melts and food becomes scarce, she is forced to swim for days. Finally, storm-tossed and exhausted, she finds shelter on land, where she gives birth to cubs and waits for the sea to freeze again. Includes backmatter about Arctic animals, climate change, and sea ice.

Snippet:
Polar bears are patient beasts,
as patient as glaciers.
We know how to hope and how to wait.
I learned to be patient long ago
from my polar bear mother–

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

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Twinkle

Twinkle
by Katharine Holabird (Author) and Sarah Warburton (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Twinkle is just starting to learn her spells in fairy school, but her spells go sideways!

Snippet: Twinkle tried swooshing her wand, but she got it all wrong, and instead of landing in a plum tree she landed upside down in a prickly holly bush!

“Ouch!” cried Twinkle, and Mrs. Flutterbee had to rescue her.

“Now remember to practice at home,” said Mrs. Flutterbee. “But no spells at night — you don’t want to start a ruckus.”

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