Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Books
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Monster Measuring
by Madeline Tyler (Author) and Amy Li (Illustrator)
Booktalk: Some monsters are tall, and some are short! Some are heavy, and others are light! A simple introduction to measuring for early readers.
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My new Focus on STEM column: Makers in the Kitchen is in the October Quick Tips for Schools and Libraries newsletter.
Booktalk: Use these new books about food for a bundle of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry fun for makers and bakers (and eaters!) in the kitchen this fall.
Snippet: An after-school South Asian cooking club brings sixth-graders Sara and Elizabeth together as they struggle to adjust to middle school in A Place at the Table, a novel with alternating chapters from both girls written by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan.
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Weird But True Halloween: 300 Spooky Facts to Scare You Silly
by Julie Beer (Author) and Michelle Harris (Author)
Booktalk: Discover 300 all-new spooky facts about candy, costumes, pumpkin carving, and more!
Snippet: Every Halloween approximately 600 million pounds (272 million kg) of candy are sold in the United States.
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Who Will It Be?: How Evolution Connects Us All
by Paola Vitale (Author) and Rossana Bossù (Illustrator)
Booktalk: If gills appear, will it be a fish? From fish to frogs to humans, readers will learn about the theory of evolution and explore the connections between humans and all life on Earth.
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How Can I Help During Covid-19?
by Emily Dolbear (Author)
Booktalk: In just a few short months, COVID-19 has drastically altered the world as we know it. With so much unknown about the disease and the virus that causes it, this is a scary and overwhelming time. After explaining what COVID-19 is, this short chapter book focuses on how kids can help during the pandemic.
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Little Kids First Big Book of Pets
by Catherine Hughes (Author)
Booktalk: Learn which kinds of animals make good pets and which ones are better off staying in the wild, along with how each type of pet eats, sleeps, and plays in this chapter book with more than 200 photos.
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Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood
by Tony Hillery (Author) and Jessie Hartland (Illustrator)
Booktalk: Discover the incredible true story of Harlem Grown, a lush garden in New York City that grew out of an abandoned lot and now feeds a neighborhood.
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If We Were Gone: Imagining the World without People
by John Coy (Author) and Natalie Capannelli (Illustrator)
Booktalk: Water, air, sunlight, plants . . . we need these elements to live in this world. But does the world need us? And what would happen to the world if humans were gone? Nature would reclaim the planet!
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Every Second: 100 Lightning Strikes, 8,000 Scoops of Ice Cream, 200,000 Text Messages, 1 Million Gallons of Cow Burps … and Other Incredible Things That Happen Each Second Around the World
by Bruno Gibert (Author / Illustrator)
Booktalk: See some of the incredible things that happen each and every second in our world! A unique introduction to numbers and statistics for kids in kindergarten and elementary school.
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The Ocean: Exploring Our Blue Planet
by Miranda Krestovnikoff (Author) and Jill Calder (Illustrator)
Booktalk: Oceans cover more than 70% of the world–and so much science is lurking underneath that water’s surface. This survey-style book look at the creatures and plants that populate the world’s deepest seas and oceans and the people who have explored it, as well as a taking a critical look at what is at stake now in protecting these waters.
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