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Man on the Moon

Man on the Moon
by Anastasia Suen (Author) and Benrei Huang (Illustrator)
@ Amazon | Bookshop | WorldCat

Booktalk: It was 1969 and no one had ever set foot on the moon. Some said it couldn’t be done. But astronauts Mike Collins, Buzz Aldrin, and Neil Armstrong were going to try . . . The true story of the first moon landing, when a man set foot on an unexplored world and showed us that the boundaries of our world were limitless.

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BONUS! Download activities for your classroom or library to use when Artemis II launches.

  • Click here to open the Beacon Library app.
  • Enter your contact info and the Beacon Library app will email you a download link.
  • Print the activities on 8.5×11″ paper in full-color or gray-scale (black ink only).
  • Clicking each underlined NASA on “Then and Now” PDF will take you to each multimedia site.
  • Need help folding the mini-comic? See the tutorial on my author visits page.

It’s #ThrowbackThursday!
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Talia and the Passover HUG-gadah

Talia and the Passover HUG-gadah
by Linda Elovitz Marshall (Author) and Francesca Assirelli (Illustrator)
@ Amazon | Bookshop

Booktalk: WOW! A whole holiday about HUGS! As Talia places books called Haggadahs on the Passover table, she can’t wait for the hugging to begin. While waiting, Talia learns about the Jewish people’s escape from slavery in Egypt, the Ten Plagues, the Four Questions, and the Passover meal. But where are all the hugs? After all, it’s called the “HUG-gadah,” isn’t it?

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The author, Linda Elovitz Marshall, is one of my former students.
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