Anastasia Suen

January 27, 2023January 26, 2023

One More Try @kanemillerbooks

One More Try
by Naomi Jones (Author) and James Jones (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Circle wants to build a tower like the squares do, but he begins to get frustrated when he keeps rolling off. Determined, he tries one more — different — way and… succeeds! This introduction to geometric shapes and the differences between 2D and 3D perspectives also incorporates positive messages about never giving up and using your brain.

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January 20, 2023January 19, 2023

Lifesize Baby Animals @kanemillerbooks

Lifesize Baby Animals
by Sophy Henn (Author / Illustrator)

Booktalk: Discover how YOU measure up against some of the world’s most incredible baby animals in this introduction to the natural world that features LIFESIZE illustrations.

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January 13, 2023January 12, 2023

Luminous: Living Things That Light Up the Night

Luminous: Living Things That Light Up the Night
by Julia Kuo (Author / Illustrator)
@ Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound

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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January 6, 2023January 5, 2023

Ten Animals in Antarctica: A Counting Book

Ten Animals in Antarctica: A Counting Book
by Moira Court (Author / Illustrator)
@ Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound

Booktalk: From sailing leopard seals to haunting icefish, young readers will discover ten unique animals of our chilliest continent in this counting book.

Snippet: 1 One freckled, speckled leopard seal sailing in a icy-blue berg.

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December 16, 2022December 15, 2022

Fabulous Facts

My new Focus on STEM column, Fabulous Facts, is in the December Quick Tips for Schools and Libraries newsletter.

Snippet: Satisfy readers who love unusual facts with these new books. Over the long winter break, students can try science-based “magic spells,” learn about their own “weird” body parts, and join citizen science projects. No tests required–just curiosity!

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December 9, 2022December 8, 2022

Octopuses Have Zero Bones

Octopuses Have Zero Bones: A Counting Book About Our Amazing World
by Anne Richardson (Author) and Andrea Antinori (Illustrator)
@ Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound

Booktalk: Starting with zero instead of one, this fact-filled counting book celebrates the numbers zero to nine and powers of ten numbers ten to nine billion.

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December 2, 2022December 1, 2022

Count On Us!

Count On Us!
by Gabi Snyder (Author) and Sarah Walsh (Illustrator)
@ Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound

Booktalk: Learn how a movement builds from one person to a billion in this A to Z environmental activism book. Readers count from 1 to 10 — and then in larger increments to a billion — as they learn new terms from “conservation” to “activism.” Inset boxes provide easy-to-understand definitions of additional new vocabulary words.

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November 18, 2022November 17, 2022

Armor & Animals

Armor & Animals
by Liz Yohlin Baill (Author)
@ Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound

Booktalk: What do knights in shining armor have to do with slimy snails and porcupines? A lot, actually! See how in this picture book comparing the armor collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art to the shells, scales, and spikes that protect animals.

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November 4, 2022November 3, 2022

Everything Under the Sun

Everything Under the Sun
by Molly Oldfield (Author)

Booktalk: This massive compendium of information grew out of UK author Molly Oldfield’s podcast answering questions from curious children around the world. Here are 366 such questions, along with answers from experts in every imaginable field — one for every day of the year plus an extra one for leap years — with illustrations by a dozen different artists.

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October 28, 2022October 27, 2022

Full of Life: Exploring Earth’s Biodiversity

Full of Life: Exploring Earth’s Biodiversity
by Isabel Thomas (Author) and Sara Gillingham (Artist)
@ Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound

Booktalk: This guide to Earth’s Tree of Life – the reference tool used by scientists to organize the incredible variety of living things on our planet – helps young readers understand how every living creature, from the tiniest germ to the biggest blue whale, is part of one big family tree.

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