September 2021 – STEM Friday

September 24, 2021September 23, 2021

Seasons

Seasons
by Hannah Pang (Author) and Clover Robin (Illustrator)
@ Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound

Booktalk: Watch six landscapes from around the world transform as you turn the pages (of different widths) to travel through the seasons in each location. Discover simple facts about the creatures and plants that are found in each location during the different seasons.

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A WILD LAND
Alaska is bigger and colder than you could ever imagine. It rests high above the sea, where mountains decorate the distance and rivers flow with fish. Stand at the water’s edge and watch the seasons change before your eyes.

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

September 17, 2021September 16, 2021

Marvelous Machines: A Magic Lens Book

Marvelous Machines: A Magic Lens Book
by Jane Wilsher (Author) and Andrés Lozano (Illustrator)
@ Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound

Booktalk: Using the see-through magic lens that you pop out of the book cover, you can learn about mathematics, physics, chemistry, and engineering by exploring the inner workings of machines. The see-through magic lens will reveal how all these machines work, showing all the elements hidden within them — from wires and pipes, to magnetic and gravitational forces.

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

September 10, 2021September 9, 2021

I Like Space . . . what jobs are there?

I Like Space . . . what jobs are there?
by Steve Martin (Author) and Tom Woolley (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Explore a day in the life of 25 people whose jobs involve working with space. While it takes all kinds of jobs to put an astronaut in space, there are also space lawyers and space weather forecasters! Learn how to turn your fascination with space into a career.

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

September 3, 2021September 2, 2021

Ocean Soup: A Recipe for You, Me, and a Cleaner Sea

Ocean Soup: A Recipe for You, Me, and a Cleaner Sea
by Meeg Pincus (Author) and Lucy Semple (Illustrator)
@ Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound

Booktalk: From the shore, the ocean looks like clear, sparkling blue but look closely at a small scoop and you’ll find the ocean looks more like soup! Our oceans are filled with plastics, from water bottles and take-out containers to the teeny tiny plastic particles you need a microscope to see. But who exactly cooked up this stinky soup? And, more importantly, what is the recipe for getting (and keeping) our oceans clean?

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