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Bat Citizens

Bat Citizens
by Rob Laidlaw (Author)

Booktalk: Learn the facts about bats! From their habits and habitats to their importance for maintaining biodiversity, bat biology is explored alongside human-bat relations. Spotlight features on “Bat Citizens” encourages readers to pursue citizen science.

Snippet: Hibernacula are winter hibernation roosts. During winter, bats need stable, cool temperatures that do not change very much, and moist air that helps reduce the loss of body fluids.

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

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Momcilo Gavric’s World War I Story

Momcilo Gavric’s World War I Story
by Vanessa Acton (Author) and Ann Kronheimer (Illustrator)

Booktalk: In August 1914, Austro-Hungarian troops attacked eight-year-old Momcilo Gavric’s village in Serbia. With his home destroyed and his family missing, Momcilo set off on his own to seek help from the Serbian army. The Serbian army took him in, and soon Momcilo was fighting against the Austro-Hungarian army that had taken everything from him. Follow Momcilo as he enters battle and becomes the youngest soldier to fight in World War I.

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Nonfiction Monday

It’s Nonfiction Monday!

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