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The Glorious Forest that Fire Built

The Glorious Forest that Fire Built
by Ginny Neil (Author / Illustrator)
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Booktalk: A wildfire roars through the forest, leaving nothing but ashes until seeds sprout from deep below. Root by root and seed by seed, the forest rises again. In this lyrical cumulative nonfiction story about forest succession, readers will learn that forest fires are critical to forest health and that the end of a tree’s life provides the opportunity for new life. Back matter explains the timeline of the forest cycle in more detail. (Did you know that it can take 100-150 years for a forest to full regrow?)

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Building a Dream

Building a Dream: How the Boys of Koh Panyee Became Champions
by Darshana Khiani (Author) and Dow Phumiruk (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: In Thailand’s Phang Nga Bay, atop a network of stilts, floats the village of Koh Panyee–where a group of boys loved soccer but had nowhere to practice. Where could they find space to dribble, juggle, shoot, and score? The boys looked out at the water and started gathering tools. Even while their neighbors laughed, they sawed wood, hammered nails, and tied barrels together. The team worked for weeks to build Koh Panyee’s first floating field–a place to practice, and a place to transform their community…

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Nonfiction Monday

It’s Nonfiction Monday!

The author, Darshana Khiani, is one of my former students.
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