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Lion Lights: My Invention That Made Peace with Lions
by Richard Turere (Author), Shelly Pollock (Author), and Sonia Possentini (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Richard grew up in Kenya as a Maasai boy, herding his family’s cattle, which represented their wealth and livelihood. Richard’s challenge was to protect their cattle from the lions who prowled the night just outside the barrier of acacia branches that surrounded the farm’s boma, or stockade. Though not well-educated, 12-year-old Richard loved tinkering with electronics. Using salvaged components, spending $10, he surrounded the boma with blinking lights, and the system works; it keeps lions away. His invention, Lion Lights, is now used in Africa, Asia, and South America to protect farm animals from predators.

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Become an App Inventor: The Official Guide from MIT App Inventor: Your Guide to Designing, Building, and Sharing Apps
by Karen Lang (Author) and Selim Tezel (Author)
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Booktalk: Have you ever wanted to build your own mobile apps? App Inventor, a free and revolutionary online program from MIT, lets you do just that. With the help of this companion guide, you can create six different apps, including a working piano, a maze game, and even a chat app to communicate with your friends. Then use what you’ve learned to build apps of your own, like the young inventors interviewed in this book.

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