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Catch a Kiss

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Catch a Kiss
by Deborah Diesen (Author) and Kris Aro McLeod (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Izzie just loves when her mama blows her kisses to catch. Smooch kisses, zig-zag kisses, and even triple decker kisses! But even though she runs and leaps for it, Izzie misses a kiss! Her heart sinks as she watches it zip higher and higher into the sky. When Mama lets Izzie in on a sweet secret she realizes that her mama’s love will always come to find her, no matter what!

Snippet: And before she could jump again, a puff of wind grabbed that kiss and pulled it up. High. Higher!

“Oh, no!” cried Lizzie. “My kiss!”

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Hillary Rodham Clinton: Some Girls Are Born to Lead

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Hillary Rodham Clinton: Some Girls Are Born to Lead
by Michelle Markel (Author) and LeUyen Pham (Illustrator)

Booktalk: In the 1950s, it was a man’s world. Girls weren’t supposed to act smart, tough, or ambitious. Even though, deep inside, they may have felt that way. And then along came Hillary. Brave, brilliant, and unstoppable, she was out to change the world.

They said a woman couldn’t be a mother and a lawyer. Hillary was both. They said a woman shouldn’t be too strong or too smart. Hillary was fearlessly herself.

It didn’t matter what people said—she was born to lead.

Snippet: She wasn’t frightened of the crowds and cameras and reporters. But she couldn’t believe how people criticized her–in ways they’d never criticize a man.

They said her headbands were too casual and her attitude was too feisty. An ex-president said a First Lady shouldn’t be too strong or too smart. Others called her “the Hillary problem”–and a lot worse things than that.

June 06, 2016, 08:29:04 PM EDT AP report

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