Garden Surprise

Garden Surprise (Kaleidoscope Club Book #1)
by Marie Mazas (Author), Joëlle Passeron (Illustrator), and Johanna McCalmont (Translator)
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Booktalk: Nine-year-old besties Nour and August stumble upon the perfect place for their dream hideaway–a hidden garden full of majestic trees.

Excited to build a tree house, they design blueprints, research plant care, and collect necessary tools and materials. What was intended to be a secret hideaway becomes the perfect place for a once-hidden garden to come to life for their families to celebrate a very important birthday . . . and a long-lost friendship.

Through creativity, hard work, and a bit of mischief, the two friends realize their dreams, bring people together, and create an unforgettable summer.

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Solstice: Around the World on the Longest, Shortest Day

Solstice: Around the World on the Longest, Shortest Day
by Jen Breach (Author) and 14 Global Artists
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Booktalk: Explore the daily lives of children around the world through through the lens of a single, special day in June, the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere and the shortest in the southern hemisphere. Celebrate the solstice alongside 14 fictional characters from 14 real places around the world. You will be transported to Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, South Africa, Ecuador, Indonesia, Nigeria, Nepal, Morocco, China, Turkey, America, the United Kingdom, and Norway. Each account is both a personal story and an informational narrative with cultural insight, geographical information, and words from the native language. The illustrations in each short chapter were created by illustrators from that location and the translations were vetted by native speakers.

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