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kidsgetcoding
Learn to Program (Kids Get Coding)
by Heather Lyons (Author), Elizabeth Tweedale (Author), and Alex Westgate (Illustrator)

Booktalk: What do programs tell computers to do? And how are they written? Programs are instructions that computers follow. Learn about different programming languages, coding rules and bugs, and how to solve problems.

Snippet: Our brains can connect meaning to instructions. For example, if someone said “Go down to the slide,” we would understand that they mean for us to first walk up the steps, sit on the slide, and then slide down.

However, a computer needs step-by-step instructions:

1. Walk to the steps.
2. Climb up the steps.
3. Sit on the top of the slide.
4. Slide down the slide.

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

dianaswhitehousegarden
Diana’s White House Garden
by Elisa Carbone (Author) and Jen Hill (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Diana Hopkins lived in a white house. THE White House.

World War II is in full force across the seas. It’s 1943, President Roosevelt is in office, and Diana’s father, Harry Hopkins, is his chief advisor. And Diana wants to be part of the war effort. After some well-intentioned missteps (her quarantine sign on her father’s office door was not well-received), the President requests her help with his newest plan for the country’s survival: Victory Gardens!

Based on a true story (See a photo of Diana Hopkins with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in the back of the book.)

Snippet: Diana worked with George, the groundskeeper.
They turned over the soil.
They fertilized with chicken manure.
Then Diana planted bean seeds and carrot seeds, cabbage plants and tomato plants.