August 2024 – Nonfiction Monday

August 26, 2024August 23, 2024

Britannica’s 5-Minute Really True Stories for Family Time

Britannica’s 5-Minute Really True Stories for Family Time
by Britannica Group (Author)
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Booktalk: What did the world’s first playgrounds look like? What do families all over the world eat for breakfast? How did dinosaurs look after their babies? In this compendium of 5-minute really true stories young readers will meet all types of family–human and animal!–and learn about the many ways they spend time together.

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August 19, 2024August 16, 2024

The Evolution of an Idea

Discovering Life’s Story: The Evolution of an Idea
by Joy Hakim (Author)
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Booktalk: Can species change? Or go extinct? In the eighteenth century, most people answer no to both questions. But in the century that follows, that certainty gets challenged as some people in Europe question the common belief that all creatures are the same as they’ve been since life’s creation.

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August 12, 2024August 9, 2024

José Feeds the World

José Feeds the World: How a famous chef feeds millions of people in need around the world
by David Unger (Author) and Marta Álvarez Miguéns (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Growing up in Spain, José Andrés learned to cook from his parents and saw how food could make people happy. As a young man, he immigrated to America and, within a few years, opened his own restaurant. When a terrible earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, after he gathered friends, they flew to the island and began cooking rice and beans for the hungry locals. This trip changed the life of the successful chef and led him to found World Central Kitchen, a disaster-relief organization that has fed more than 200 million people affected by natural disasters, the COVID pandemic, and war.

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August 5, 2024August 2, 2024

School / La escuela

School / La escuela WordBook/Libro de Palabras (English and Spanish Edition)
by Mary Berendes (Author) and Kathleen Petelinsek (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Simple text and illustrations teach readers common school-related words in both English and Spanish. A list of all the words in the book can be found on the last page.

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