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Ancient Animals: Plesiosaur
by Sarah L. Thomson (Author) and Andrew Plant (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Ninety million years ago, giant dinosaurs roamed the earth, pterosaurs flew through the air, and giant reptiles and fish hunted in the oceans. The area that is now Kansas was covered by water and one of its inhabitants was the plesiosaur–a reptile with an extremely long neck and a huge body.

This early reader about the ancient plesiosaur brings the prehistoric world of this ocean-dwelling animal to life, explaining how scientists think these reptiles lived, hunted, and became extinct. Back matter explores other reptiles both ancient and modern and provides additional print, visual, and web resources..

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

100 Things to Be When You Grow Up
by Lisa M. Gerry (Author)

Booktalk: From beekeeper to ice-cream taster, forensic psychologist to Hollywood animal trainer, conservation biologist to Chief Happiness Officer, this book features 100 of the coolest, wackiest and most amazing jobs out there (greeting card maker?? Yes, you can!). Hands-on projects, advice from National Geographic explorers, interviews with experts, weird-but-true facts and tips for aligning your interests and personality to your job and more!

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26 Astronomer
Shooting stars, black holes, dwarf planets, orbiting asteroids, meteor showers–these are all in a day’s (or night’s) for an astronomer. These scientists use math and physics to make discoveries, test theories, and conduct research about space and its celestial bodies.

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