January 2025 – STEM Friday

January 31, 2025January 30, 2025

Cryptocurrency (The World of Money)

Cryptocurrency (The World of Money)
by Hilary Margitich (Author)
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Booktalk: This middle grade book explains the basics of cryptocurrency and how it works, detailing the benefits and drawbacks of using cryptocurrency, as well as showing examples of how cryptocurrency is used today.

Snippet: But a new type of money has gained popularity. Cryptocurrency, or crypto, does not belong at any country. It is a digital currency that can be accessed through a person’s computer or smartphone. It is not provided by banks.

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

January 24, 2025January 23, 2025

Healthy Brain

Healthy Brain (Healthy and Happy)
by Peggy Snow (Author)
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Booktalk: This middle grade book shares six steps kids can take to lead happy and healthy lives by maintaining healthy brains.

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

January 17, 2025January 16, 2025

Beginnings

My new Focus on STEM column, Beginnings, is in the January Quick Tips for Schools and Libraries newsletter from Booklist.

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

January 10, 2025January 9, 2025

Counting Winter

Counting Winter
by Nancy White Carlstrom (Author) and Claudia McGehee (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: This lyrical counting book celebrates the rhythms of the tundra and its inhabitants during winter.

Snippet:
One red fox walks
across the white snow
quietly
stalking winter.

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

January 3, 2025January 3, 2025

Sky Explorer

Sky Explorer: A Young Adventurer’s Guide to the Sky by Day and Night
by Elizabeth Jenner (Author) and Anja Sušanj (Illustrator)
@ Amazon | Bookshop

Booktalk: From amazing cloud formations and rainbows to twinkling stars and planets, become an expert sky explorer day or night with this handy pocket guide with an elastic closer. Wherever you are, whatever the weather, there’s always something to see if you look up!

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