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Solve This!: Wild and Wacky Challenges for the Genius Engineer in You
by Joan Marie Galat (Author)

Booktalk: From the first wheel to the International Space Station, the miracles of engineering are all around us. Think cars, bridges, skyscrapers, and yes — even bubble wrap! Engineers dream up new ideas and bring them to life while figuring out creative solutions to problems they encounter along the way. But how do they do it? Find out as YOU take the challenges in this book! Then see how different National Geographic explorers tackled the challenge. (Psst! There’s often more than one solution!)

Snippet:
The Situation:
Your friend left a library book at your house, but you can’t return it because you’re quarantined with the flu. Fortunately, you live next door to one another and your bedroom windows are across a mere 15-foot (5-m) expanse. How can you deliver the goods without leaving your room?

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

Away with Words: The Daring Story Of Isabella Bird
by Lori Mortensen (Author) and Kristy Caldwell (Illustrator)

Booktalk: This picture book biography about the first female member of the Royal Geographical Society takes readers around the world with a daring 19th century female explorer and author. Exploring was easier said than done in Victorian England. But Isabella persisted, and with each journey, she breathed in new ways to see and describe everything around her. Question by question, word by word, Isabella bloomed. First, out in the English countryside. Then, off to America and Canada, and eventually around the world to Africa, Asia, Australia, and more.

Snippet: Out in the wild, Isabella forgot about her aches and pains. She breathed in new ways to see and describe everything around her.

Question by question, word by word, Isabella bloomed.

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