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Drawing the Vote: A Graphic Novel History for Future Voters

Drawing the Vote: A Graphic Novel History for Future Voters
by Tommy Jenkins (Author) and Kati Lacker (Illustrator),
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Booktalk: Originally published in the lead-up to the 2020 US presidential election, this expanded paperback edition of the history of voting rights in the United States features an additional 32 pages of comics that cover the results of the 2020 presidential election and the factors that shaped it, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the January 6 insurrection.

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The Museum of Odd Body Leftovers

The Museum of Odd Body Leftovers: A Tour of Your Useless Parts, Flaws, and Other Weird Bits
by Rachel Poliquin (Author) and Clayton Hanmer (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Welcome to the weirdest museum you’ll ever explore–the one inside your body.

Did you know your amazing, incredible body is a walking, talking museum of evolution? Tour guides Wisdom Tooth and Disappearing Kidney lead readers through a wacky museum dedicated to vestigial structures: body parts that were essential to our ancestors but are no longer useful to us–even though they’re still hanging around.

From goosebumps and hiccups to exploding organs and monkey muscles, each room in the museum shows us that these parts have stories to tell us about our past. By the time we make it to the gift shop, we’ll understand that evolution is not only messy and imperfect, but also ongoing. Our bodies are constantly changing along with the environment we live in–and there’s so much that is still unknown, just waiting to be discovered.

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