Author: Anastasia Suen

Africa Is Not a Country, 2nd Edition
by Mark Melnicove (Author), Margy Burns Knight (Author), Anne Sibley O’Brien (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Enter into the daily lives of children in the many countries of modern Africa. This middle grade book counters stereotypes and celebrates the diversity of this continent. The second edition includes updates to the text, statistics, and illustrations to reflect Africa in the 2020s.

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Inside the Super Bowl
by Todd Kortemeier (Author) and Josh Anderson (Author)
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Booktalk: Learn about the key people, exciting finishes, and upsets that have more than 100 million viewers tuning into the Super Bowl each year from five different perspectives.

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Let’s Talk about It!: A Sesame Street ® Guide to Resolving Conflict
by Marie-Therese Miller (Author)
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Booktalk: Everyone experiences conflict, even on Sesame Street! This guide comes with simple steps to help readers become kind and independent problem solvers.

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Good Morning, Sunshine!: The Joey Moss Story
by Lorna Schultz Nicholson (Author) and Alice Carter (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Joey Moss first became known to many Canadians because of his work with the NHL Edmonton Oilers hockey team. Joey loved connecting with people. Whether he was singing “Oh Canada” on a jumbotron screen at a hockey game, welcoming a new friend with a playful wrestling match, or dancing on a runway for a charity fashion show, Joey loved making people feel good. But his impact and influence started long before he joined the Oilers. Joey was born with Down syndrome at a time when many children like him were institutionalized. Instead, Joey lived at home, surrounded by his supportive family who was determined that he should receive the same opportunities as others. From this loving environment grew a caring, energetic man who went on to show the world that people like him could do many things and contribute greatly to society.

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We All Celebrate!
by Chitra Soundar (Author) and Jenny Bloomfield (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Everyone in the world has something to celebrate. But we don’t all celebrate in the same way everywhere. In this collection of celebrations from around the world, you’ll find well-known festivals, anniversaries and parties as well as less familiar celebrations.

Snippet: To mark the start of the new year, the Maori people of New Zealand celebrate Nga mata o te ariki o Tawhirimatea, which means “the eye of the god of Tawhirimatea” and is shortened to Matariki. It is a time of growth and change. Matariki is the name of the cluster of stars that rise in mid-winter (June/July) and signals the start of a new year.

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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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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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Joy to the World! (World of Celebrations)
by Kate DePalma (Author) and Sophie Fatus (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Explore Christmas traditions from 13 different countries (*Ethiopia *Colombia *Australia *Italy *Serbia *Mexico *India *Iceland *Egypt *Argentina *Philippines *Lebanon *Canada) in this rhyming picture with prose facts in the back of the book.

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Snot, Sneezes, and Super-Spreaders: Everything You Need to Know About Viruses and How to Stop Them
by Marc ter Horst (Author), Wendy Panders (Illustrator), and Laura Watkinson (Translator)
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Booktalk: Discover the extraordinary world of viruses, from their creation and transmission to what we can do to stop them, in this science-based resource for kids 8 to 12.

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A World of Gratitude
by Claire Saunders (Author) and Kelsey Garrity-Riley (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Take a journey around the world and discover how different cultures and communities show gratitude. You can even learn to say “thank you” in over 50 different languages.

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