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Fighting with Love: The Legacy of John Lewis
by Lesa Cline-Ransome (Author) and James E. Ransome (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: John Lewis left a cotton farm in Alabama to join the fight for civil rights when he was only a teenager. He soon became a leader of a movement that changed the nation. Walking at the side of his mentor, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Lewis was led by his belief in peaceful action and voting rights. Today and always his work and legacy live on.

Snippet: “Working for nothing,” is what John grumbled to his parents as he dragged his cotton sack behind him.

“God’s gonna take care of his children,” his momma told him, and kept on, picking all day, praying all night.

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One Tiny Bubble: The Story of Our Last Universal Common Ancestor
by Karen Krossing (Author) and Dawn Lo (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Meet LUCA–our Last Universal Common Ancestor, the itty-bitty organism that every unique life-form on Earth can be traced back to. This sprinkle-sized blob was formed from the dust of exploded stars, water, and a lot of heat. LUCA was a single cell that split into two, and these cells multiplied into more organisms that grew and changed. Over the billions of years that followed, the descendants of LUCA evolved into bacteria, mushrooms, sharks, fir trees, lions–and humans! All the extraordinary life on Earth began with LUCA, through a miraculous process that could also occur on other planets.

Snippet:
LUCA was a squishy blob with no legs or arms.
No eyes or mouth.
Tinier than a cupcake sprinkle,
it triggered mighty changes on our planet.

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