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Finding Family: The Duckling Raised by Loons
by Laura Purdie Salas (Author) and Alexandria Neonakis (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Discover the true story of an orphaned mallard duckling being raised by a pair of loons on a lake in northern Wisconsin.
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It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
The author, Laura Purdie Salas, is one of my former students.
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A Place for Pauline
by Anouk Mahiout (Author) and Marjolaine Perreten (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Pauline lives with her mother, father, little brother and sister, and there’s a new baby on the way. Her friends tell her she’s lucky to be the eldest — she’s the one who gets new clothes and can stay up late — but Pauline isn’t so sure. In her busy, crowded, noisy house, she never knows what she’s supposed to do. One minute she’s told to help her little sister, and the next to leave her alone! It seems like she’s never in the right place at the right time, and her brother seems determined to prevent her from reading in peace.
So Pauline finds a secret hideaway, and in this quiet place, surrounded by her precious belongings, she can read her favorite books, make up stories and imagine being as free as a bird. But most of all, she dreams of sailing off to France where her grandmother lives, and one day she decides to do just that…
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