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Palm Trees at the North Pole: The Hot Truth About Climate Change
by Marc ter Horst (Author), Wendy Panders (Illustrator), and Laura Watkinson (Translator)
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Booktalk: With facts about farting cows and cracking icebergs, tall windmills and fast electric cars, burly polar bears and cute little pikas, this guide for readers ages 8-12 covers the history of our climate–starting with exploding volcanoes and extinct mammoths–and explains humans’ role in climate change. It also shares information about environmental movements throughout history.

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

Waiting for a Warbler
by Sneed B. Collard III (Author) and Thomas Brooks (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: In early April, as Owen and his sister search the hickories, oaks, and dogwoods for returning birds, a huge group of birds leaves the misty mountain slopes of the Yucatan peninsula for the 600-mile flight across the Gulf of Mexico to their summer nesting grounds. One of them is a Cerulean warbler. He will lose more than half his body weight even if the journey goes well. Aloft over the vast ocean, the birds encourage each other with squeaky chirps that say, “We are still alive. We can do this.”

Owen’s family watches televised reports of a great storm over the Gulf of Mexico, fearing what it may mean for migrating songbirds. In alternating spreads, we wait and hope with Owen, then struggle through the storm with the warbler.

Inspired by real life, the story’s hopeful ending reminds us to preserve the things we love. The back matter includes a North American bird migration map, birding information for kids, and guidance for how native plantings can transform yards into bird and wildlife habitat.

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