March 2025 – Nonfiction Monday

March 31, 2025March 28, 2025

How to Fool Your Parents

How to Fool Your Parents: 25 Brain-Breaking Magic Tricks
by David Kwong (Author) and Michael Korfhage (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: This magic book is for the digital generation, giving kids all the tools they need to create, explore, and experiment—whether they’re making magic with a deck of cards or on their smartphone.

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March 24, 2025March 22, 2025

Twist, Tumble, Triumph

Twist, Tumble, Triumph: The Story of Champion Gymnast Ágnes Keleti
by Deborah Bodin Cohen (Author), Kerry Olitzky (Author), and Martina Peluso (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Doing gymnastics, Ágnes Keleti feels free-until the day her coach tells her there’s a new law in Hungary barring Jewish athletes from the gym. Once Germany sends soldiers into Budapest, they are impossible to ignore and Ágnes hatches a plan. With identity papers from a Christian woman, she goes into hiding in a small farming village. She does housework for a family who support the Nazis, but she never stops dreaming of the day she will be able to compete at the Olympics.

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March 17, 2025March 16, 2025

Girls to the Front

Girls to the Front: 40 Asian American Women Who Blazed a Trail
by Niña Mata (Author / Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Learn about forty amazing Asian American women who have changed the course of history in this middle grade book. Readers will meet: Mary Tape · Umpeylia “Sugar Pie” DeSanto · Susan Ahn Cuddy · Sunisa “Suni” Lee · Zarina Hashmi · Cristeta Comerford · Anna May Wong · Grace Lee Boggs · Christine Ha · Kimora Lee Simmons · Vicki Manalo Draves · Amy Tan · Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu · Tammy Duckworth · Lucy Liu · Gyo Fujikawa · Kalpana Chawla · Helen Zia · Ny Sou Okon · Vera Wang · Geena Rocero · Patsy Mink · Gabriella Wilson (H.E.R.) · Dr. Erika Lee · Chloe Kim · Margaret Cho · Maya Lin · Yuri Kochiyama · Kristi Yamaguchi · Tye Leung Schulze · Ali Wong · Dr. Kazue Togasaki · Merritt Moore · Nicole Ponseca · Miyoshi Umeki · Joy Cho · Dorothy Toy · Ruby Ibarra · Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee · Kamala Harris

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March 10, 2025March 16, 2025

The St. Patrick’s Day Alphabet

The St. Patrick’s Day Alphabet
by Liz Saunders (Author) and Lindsay Dale-Scott (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with this picture book introduction to all things Irish as you hunt for the leprechauns hiding throughout the book.

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March 3, 2025February 28, 2025

Rebel Girls Rock

Rebel Girls Rock: 25 Tales of Women in Music
by Harriet Webster, Jess Harriton, Sarah Glenn Marsh, and Sydnee Monday (Authors)
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Booktalk: From Lizzo to Olivia Rodrigo, this collection features 25 tales of talented women who have rocked the world with their music. Each mini biography is paired with full-page portrait. The book also includes a foreword by iconic rocker Joan Jett and activities curated by Gibson Guitars.

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