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The Museum of Odd Body Leftovers: A Tour of Your Useless Parts, Flaws, and Other Weird Bits
by Rachel Poliquin (Author) and Clayton Hanmer (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Welcome to the weirdest museum you’ll ever explore–the one inside your body.

Did you know your amazing, incredible body is a walking, talking museum of evolution? Tour guides Wisdom Tooth and Disappearing Kidney lead readers through a wacky museum dedicated to vestigial structures: body parts that were essential to our ancestors but are no longer useful to us–even though they’re still hanging around.

From goosebumps and hiccups to exploding organs and monkey muscles, each room in the museum shows us that these parts have stories to tell us about our past. By the time we make it to the gift shop, we’ll understand that evolution is not only messy and imperfect, but also ongoing. Our bodies are constantly changing along with the environment we live in–and there’s so much that is still unknown, just waiting to be discovered.

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

Adventures In Foreverland: Quest to the Forbidden Mountains
by Blake Hoena (Adapter), Lou J Basilone (Creator), Matt J Mew (Contributor), Sal G Basilone (Contributor)
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Booktalk: It’s Celebration Day! Thomas and his best friend Beamer are headed to the castle to join in on the fun. But just as the festivities are getting underway – BOOM! – an explosion rocks the courtyard. A cloud of Palendrex Gas fills the air, and Thomas and Beamer watch as all around the villagers fall into a deep, endless slumber.

That’s when Thomas hears the alarms within the castle. Someone has stolen the Orb Staff, the powerful talisman that King Droz wields to rule over Foreverland. And worse, Princess Zorda has been kidnapped!

What caused the explosion? Who stole the Orb Staff? Why was Princess Zorda taken?

Thomas will need your help to undercover these mysteries. Wind your way through mazes. Decode word puzzles. Find hidden objects. Play games to defeat monsters. Join Thomas on his quest to recover the Orb Staff and save the princess.

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