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A Bear Far from Home
by Susan Fletcher (Author) and Rebecca Green (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Long ago, when kings and queens ruled much of the world, the king of Norway gave the king of England a bear. Imagine a polar bear at ease in her natural arctic world, her only home–until trappers capture her and take her to the king of England. Imagine a polar bear in her lonely new world, stuck in a cage. This small, enclosed space is her only home–until King Henry III decrees that she be brought to the Thames River every day to swim and fish. Imagine now this same polar bear dipping a curious paw in the river water, then leaping in with a joyful splash. And it is here, in this unfamiliar, faraway land, in one small way, that she finds home once again.

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Monkey with a Tool Belt and the Craftiest Christmas Ever!
by Chris Monroe (Author / Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Chico Bon Bon’s epic Christmas party is three days away! Is our intrepid monkey ready? Of course not!

But thanks to his trusty tool belt and plenty of ingenuity, Chico helps his friends decorate, turns a pile of junk into a bundle of gifts, and finishes preparing for the party just in the nick of time. WHEW!

Snippet: “Check out this ice monster, it’s completely buried!” yelled Clark.

“Hey . . . wait a minute . . .
it’s a pile of JUNK!”

“That’s peculiar,” said Chico, brushing off more snow. “I wonder who would leave something like this in the woods!”