December 2022 – Nonfiction Monday

December 12, 2022December 11, 2022

A Bear Far from Home

A Bear Far from Home
by Susan Fletcher (Author) and Rebecca Green (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Long ago, when kings and queens ruled much of the world, the king of Norway gave the king of England a bear. Imagine a polar bear at ease in her natural arctic world, her only home–until trappers capture her and take her to the king of England. Imagine a polar bear in her lonely new world, stuck in a cage. This small, enclosed space is her only home–until King Henry III decrees that she be brought to the Thames River every day to swim and fish. Imagine now this same polar bear dipping a curious paw in the river water, then leaping in with a joyful splash. And it is here, in this unfamiliar, faraway land, in one small way, that she finds home once again.

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December 5, 2022December 4, 2022

I’ll Believe You When

I’ll Believe You When: Unbelievable Idioms from Around the World
by Susan Schubert (Author) and Raquel Bonita (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: You’ve probably heard the expression “when pigs fly,” but have you heard the Spanish phrase “when frogs grow hair” or the Yoruba saying “when chicken have teeth”? Read these and more in this collection of idioms from around the world.

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