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The More We Get Together

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The More We Get Together
by Celeste Cortright (Author) and Betania Zacarias (Illustrator),

Booktalk: Rhyming text set to the tune of “The More We Get Together” follows a group of friends as they work together to make their urban neighborhood cleaner, friendlier, and safer for everyone. The back matter includes “Ways to make a difference” and the musical score. There is also a CD tucked into a folder inside the the back cover!

Snippet:

Hear the author sing the book!.

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Makers in the Kitchen


My new Focus on STEM column: Makers in the Kitchen is in the October Quick Tips for Schools and Libraries newsletter.

Booktalk: Use these new books about food for a bundle of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry fun for makers and bakers (and eaters!) in the kitchen this fall.

Snippet: An after-school South Asian cooking club brings sixth-graders Sara and Elizabeth together as they struggle to adjust to middle school in A Place at the Table, a novel with alternating chapters from both girls written by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan.

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

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