February 2023 – STEM Friday

February 24, 2023February 23, 2023

Too-Small Tyson

Too-Small Tyson (Storytelling Math)
by JaNay Brown-Wood (Author) and Anastasia Magloire Williams (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Tyson is the youngest–smaller than his four older brothers and always trying to keep up. But when the family’s pet gerbil, Swish, goes missing, it’s Tyson to the rescue! Tyson uses his knowledge of doubles, triples, and sizes to figure out a clever way to reach his beloved pet.

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

February 17, 2023February 16, 2023

Become an App Inventor

Become an App Inventor: The Official Guide from MIT App Inventor: Your Guide to Designing, Building, and Sharing Apps
by Karen Lang (Author) and Selim Tezel (Author)
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Booktalk: Have you ever wanted to build your own mobile apps? App Inventor, a free and revolutionary online program from MIT, lets you do just that. With the help of this companion guide, you can create six different apps, including a working piano, a maze game, and even a chat app to communicate with your friends. Then use what you’ve learned to build apps of your own, like the young inventors interviewed in this book.

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

February 10, 2023February 9, 2023

Martha Maps it Out

Martha Maps it Out
by Leigh Hodgkinson (Author / Illustrator)

Booktalk: Map-loving Martha is your guide as you zoom in, page by page, to Earth, her community, her home, and beyond to her dreams of a future where anything is possible.

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February 3, 2023February 2, 2023

Cell Phones and Smartphones: A Graphic History @LernerBooks

Cell Phones and Smartphones: A Graphic History
by Blake Hoena (Author) and Ceej Rowland (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: From the earliest landlines to the minicomputers that link people across the world, discover the shifts in phone technology that shaped modern communication–and the people who made them happen in this graphic history.

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Now in Spanish . . .

Teléfonos celulares e inteligentes: Una historia gráfica
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It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)