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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A Different Story

A Different Story
by Adolfo Serra (Author / Illustrator)

Booktalk: Sometimes the world is a small place. Other times it feels huge. Sometimes we feel as though we’re sinking. Other days we can soar. And every creature on Earth is unique. But no matter what the circumstances are, no matter how different we may seem, even a rhinoceros and a beetle have something in common.

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The Forest in the Trees

The Forest in the Trees
by Connie McLennan (Author / Illustrator)

Booktalk: It’s common knowledge that coast redwoods are tall, tall trees. In fact, they are the tallest trees in the world. What most people don’t know is that there is a whole other forest growing high in the canopy of a redwood forest. This adaptation of The House That Jack Built climbs into this secret, hidden habitat full of all kinds of plants and animals that call this forest home.

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These are the sprouts,
new little trees;
shooting from trunks,
massive and tall;
that lead to the forest
in the trees.

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Silent Swoop

Silent Swoop: An Owl, an Egg, and a Warm Shirt Pocket
by Michelle Houts (Author) and Deb Hoeffner (Illustrator)

Booktalk: An owl swoops down to lay her egg in a coal yard–a dangerous spot for a fragile egg! Rescued by Walter, a bird expert with a big heart and warm shirt pocket, the egg miraculously hatches and is aptly named Coal. Additional pages of science information, literacy connections, and STEM activities can be found in the back of the book.

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Fun with Nature Projects

Fun with Nature Projects: Bubble Wands, Sunset in a Glass, and More
by Megan Borgert-Spaniol (Author)

Booktalk: Photos and step-by-step instructions guide readers through projects that introduce them to the science of nature. While making a volcano or a thermometer, readers will learn about light, temperature, and more.

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Migration: Incredible Animal Journeys

Migration: Incredible Animal Journeys
by Mike Unwin (Author) and Jenni Desmond (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Animals of all shapes and sizes make epic journeys across our planet, through harsh weather, avoiding hungry predators, in their efforts to survive. Travel around the globe with some of the world’s most incredible animals and discover their unique migration stories.

Follow the emperor penguin through snow, ice and bitter temperatures; watch as the great white shark swims 10,000 km in search of seals; track huge herds of elephants, on their yearly hunt for water and be amazed at the millions of red crabs, migrating across Christmas Island.

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POLE TO POLE
The Arctic tern travels farther than any other–all the way down the Atlantic Ocean to the Antarctic. While it’s winter in the Arctic, it’s summer in the Antarctic. So with twenty-four hours of daylight there, the tern can keep fishing as long as it likes.

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Summer Travel and STEM

My new Focus on STEM column: More Summer Travel is in the August Quick Tips for Schools and Libraries newsletter.

Booktalk: Celebrate two historic travel achievements with a summer travel book display and activity center.

Snippet: This past July, we celebrated the first moon landing that happened fifty years ago. Fifty years prior to that, John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown flew an airplane with an open cockpit through fog and ice from Newfoundland to Ireland in the first nonstop, transatlantic flight. And it has now been five hundred summers since Ferdinand Magellan and his crew of 270 left Spain in five ships on their quest to circumnavigate the globe.

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Is 2 a Lot?

Is 2 a Lot?: An Adventure With Numbers
by Annie Watson (Author) and Rebecca Evans (Illustrator)

Booktalk: While Joey’s mom explains the context of numbers in vivid ways, Joey’s imagination transforms their ordinary car ride into a magical odyssey through a land of make-believe.

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One day Joey had a very important question.

“Is 2 a lot?” he asked his mommy.

His mommy thought for a moment. Then she said,

“Well, TWO is not a lot of pennies . . .”

[TURN THE PAGE]

“but TWO is a lot of smelly skunks.”

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If You Love Dolphins, You Could Be…

If You Love Dolphins, You Could Be…
by May Nakamura (Author) and Natalie Kwee (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Do you love dolphins and the ocean? Then you could be a marine biologist, an aquatic veterinarian, or an underwater filmmaker! Learn about these careers and more in this Level 2 beginning reader!

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