Category: nonfiction

Always Beginning: The Big Bang, the Universe, and You
by Candace Savage (Author) and Rachel Wada (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Explore the science behind the start of our universe and how we came to be a part of it, from the Big Bang and the beginning of life on Earth all the way up until today. Backmatter explaining the science includes a timeline of the origins of the universe through the ages of fish, reptiles, mammals, and humans.

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

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If Lin Can: How Jeremy Lin Inspired Asian Americans to Shoot for the Stars
by Richard Ho (Author), Huynh Kim Liên (Illustrator), and Phùng Nguyên Quang (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Have you ever been told that you CAN’T? Growing up in the Bay Area, Jeremy Lin heard that over and over again. People made fun of his size and his race and wouldn’t give him a chance. But Jeremy persevered until he became the first Taiwanese American to play in the NBA. And when his big moment came, he seized it!

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It’s Nonfiction Monday!

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