Quiet Is Strength

Quiet Is Strength
by Mary Rand Hess (Author) and Dow Phumiruk (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: This ode to the gentle power of quiet is a reminder that you don’t have to be loud to make a positive impact on others, and that when you are still, you’re more able to experience the magnificence of the world around you.

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The author, Mary Rand Hess, is one of my former students.
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Hungry for Engineering

Hungry for Engineering: Poems to Gnaw On
by Kari-Lynn Winters (Author), Lori Sherritt-Fleming (Author), David Whamond (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Join Handy Randy, Spendosaur, and House Mouse, the hungriest engineers around. Use wedges, inclined planes, pulleys, and screws to design, innovate, and construct a luxurious bug hotel, a long – and – fun marble run, and a mighty wind tower strong enough to blow you over the ocean.

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The author, Kari-Lynn Winters, is one of my former students.
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