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Luminous: Living Things That Light Up the Night

Luminous: Living Things That Light Up the Night
by Julia Kuo (Author / Illustrator)
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Booktalk: When it’s dark out, we need light to see. But what if your body could make its own light? Explore bioluminescence, the light made from living things, and its many forms: fireflies and foxfire, fungi and glow-worms, deep-sea fish and vampire squids in this picture book with simple text and sidebars that reveal scientific facts about each of them.

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It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

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Counting Arctic Animals Board Book

Counting Arctic Animals Board Book
by Coco Apunnguaq Lynge (Author / Illustrator)
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Booktalk: One bowhead whale! Two polar bears! Three orcas! Join Kuluk and Asa as they count all the animals they see. This board book introduction to counting and to Arctic animals helps young children develop their counting skills through short rhymes. It also introduces collective nouns, like a pod of orcas, a blessing of narwhals, and a bob of seals.

Snippet: Asa sees a pod of orcas.
She counts all three.
They look so happy, and free as can be.

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