Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Books
Let’s Explore Migration
by Emma Carlson-Berne (Author)
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Booktalk: Each year, butterflies, whales, and many other animals travel long distances in search of better food, weather, and more. Then they return to repeat the pattern. Learn all about migration, one of nature’s amazing cycles, in this beginning reader.
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It Takes Guts: How Your Body Turns Food Into Fuel (and Poop)
by Dr. Jennifer Gardy (Author) and Belle Wuthrich (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: A science-based resource for classroom learning and home-schooling for kids age 9 to 13, with information about:
Snippet: Microbes can even influence our mood! We’ve already seen how our gut talks to our brain through nerves and hormones, and it turns out that these conversations can be influenced by our resident microbes. In one study, researchers gave one group of healthy volunteers milk or yogurt enriched with friendly Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus bacteria every day for 30 days. The other group was given a placebo–a pill that did nothing. At the end of the month, the group that took the bacterial pill reported fewer bad moods and stressful moments, and they were producing less cortisol–a hormone produced when you’re under stress–than they were at the start of the experiment.
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Sight: Glimmer, Glow, SPARK, FLASH!
by Romana Romanyshyn (Author) and Andriy Lesiv (Author)
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Booktalk: A multi-faceted visual exploration of one of our critical senses–sight!
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Seasons
by Hannah Pang (Author) and Clover Robin (Illustrator)
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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.
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Marvelous Machines: A Magic Lens Book
by Jane Wilsher (Author) and Andrés Lozano (Illustrator)
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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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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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Ocean Soup: A Recipe for You, Me, and a Cleaner Sea
by Meeg Pincus (Author) and Lucy Semple (Illustrator)
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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 All Adds Up: Earning Money
by Lisa Bullard (Author) and Mike Moran (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Ella really wants a soccer ball but doesn’t have enough money yet. So she starts working for money!
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Little Kids First Big Book of Rocks, Minerals & Shells
by Moira Rose Donohue (Author)
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Booktalk: Discover how rocks are formed, the three kinds of rocks, and the difference between rocks and minerals. Learn how rocks and minerals are used in art, architecture, industry, and science. Then journey to the oceans to explore seashells and the amazing animals that once inhabited them.
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Heroes of the Pandemic
by Margaret J. Goldstein (Author)
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Booktalk: Discover how everyday people became heroes during the COVID-19 pandemic. From medical workers fighting on the frontlines to farmers growing fresh food, readers will uncover how people helped one another during a global health crisis.
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