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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Rise to the Sky

Rise to the Sky: How the World’s Tallest Trees Grow Up
by Rebecca E. Hirsch (Author) and Mia Posada (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: What is the tallest living thing? It’s not an elephant, or a giraffe, or even a blue whale. It’s a tree! But how do they grow to be so tall?

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

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