Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Books
The Secret Life of Boo-Boos
by Ariadna Garcia Turon (Author) and Mariona Tolosa Sisteré (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Why do bruises change color? Why do we get scabs? What does blood do? Find out the surprising scientific answers to these questions and many more!
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Pangolina
by Jane Goodall (Author) and Daishu Ma (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: After a blissful babyhood being cared for by her loving mother, Pangolina ventures out alone into the forest to become an independent adult, helped along by wise, older animal companions, including a civet and a bat. But one day cruel hunters trap Pangolina, putting her into a cage along with her friends, and bring them to a market to be sold as wild game. Pangolina is especially vulnerable, since her scales are prized by humans who believe they have curative powers. To the rescue comes a small girl who knows that pangolins are friendly fellow creatures who have feelings too, and who convinces her mother to buy Pangolina and set her free.
Snippet: Once I was startled when a large creature — a bit like a fox with wings — flew low over us. My mother told me not to worry because it was only a fruit bat.
Almost every night, Bat flew past us with his pals, and we became good friends.
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Unconventional Vehicles: Forty-Five of the Strangest Cars, Trains, Planes, Submersibles, Dirigibles, and Rockets EVER
by Michael Hearst (Author) and Hans Jenssen (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Explore very strange modes of transportation (and listen to the song for each one) in this middle grade book for vehicle fans, rocket inventors, budding space-and-aeronautics experts, and anyone who’s ever thought, “Why can’t I ride a motorized suitcase through the airport?” (You CAN. See page 67!)
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Bird Show
by Susan Stockdale (Author, Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Eighteen portraits reveal a fashionable show of spectacular birds displaying their stunning plumage and flamboyant styles.
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My suit has white speckles,
my headdress has spots.
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Beneath the Waves: Celebrating the Ocean Through Pictures, Poems, and Stories
by Stephanie Warren Drimmer (Author)
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Booktalk: Starting with the seashore and journeying through the ocean’s zones, readers will discover mangrove forests, coral reefs, and the deepest ocean depths. On this journey they will discover some of the extraordinary animals that live on shore and under the sea. Along the way, readers will enjoy poems, stories, fun facts, photo galleries, and more. Highlights include a foreword from explorer and renowned photojournalist Brian Skerry; an interview with National Geographic Explorer and marine conservationist Jess Cramp; a poem by former children’s poet laureate J. Patrick Lewis; the work of Explorer-in-Residence and ocean ecologist Enric Sala; and an afterword by renowned ocean conservationist Sylvia Earle.
Snippet: One of the world’s oldest shell collections was unearthed in the ruins of the ancient city of Pompei.
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Dr. Fauci: How a Boy from Brooklyn Became America’s Doctor
by Kate Messner (Author) and Alexandra Bye (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Before he was Dr. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci was a curious boy in Brooklyn, delivering prescriptions from his father’s pharmacy on his blue Schwinn bicycle. His father and immigrant grandfather taught Anthony to ask questions, consider all the data, and never give up–and Anthony’s ability to stay curious and to communicate with people would serve him his entire life.
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Animal Robots (World of Robots)
by Luke Colins (Author)
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Booktalk: Explore the impacts robots are having on our world and our future. With simple text, beginning readers learn about animal robots and their role in our world.
Snippet: Snake bots are skinny. They wiggle into tight places.
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Black Holes in Action (An Augmented Reality Experience)
by Kevin Kurtz (Author)
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Booktalk: Black holes are invisible because light cannot escape their gravity. Explore new techniques that astronomers use to study black holes and learn about thrilling discoveries in black hole science, with the help of augmented reality features.
Snippet: The black hole at the center of he Milky Way galaxy, Sagittarius A*, is destroying stars. It pulls them in with its enormous gravity. Stars circle the black hole until they disappear forever.
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Area 51 (Odysseys in Mysteries)
by Ken Karst (Author)
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Booktalk: An in-depth study of Area 51, examining legends, popular reports, and scientific evidence that supports or refutes the mysterious phenomena reputed to occur there.
Snippet: When Bob Lazar told a television reporter in 1989 that he’d been researching captured flying saucers at a United States military base in the Nevada desert, trying to figure out what made them fly so fast, “Area 51” suddenly became the key code name for government conspiracies.
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Do You Know Where the Animals Live?: Discovering the Incredible Creatures All Around Us
by Peter Wohlleben (Author) and Shelley Tanaka (Translator)
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Booktalk: Get ready to become an animal expert with this book for kids ages 8-12 about animals at home and around the world.
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