Author: Anastasia Suen

From her studio in Northern California, developmental editor Anastasia Suen reads, writes, and edits books for creators of all ages.
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Seasons

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

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?

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

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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Little Kids First Big Book of Rocks, Minerals & Shells

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

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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The Secret Life of Boo-Boos

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

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

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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