Anastasia Suen

November 2, 2018November 1, 2018

Over on a Desert

Over on a Desert: Somewhere in the World
by Marianne Berkes (Author) and Jill Dubin (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Deserts are full of surprises! Count to ten as you see an amazing array of animals that call this driest place on Earth their home. Additional animal information, a world map, and sheet music in the back of the book.

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BONUS! Download the free activities!

It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

October 26, 2018October 25, 2018

He’s Your Daddy

He’s Your Daddy: Ducklings, Joeys, Kits, and More
by Charline Profiri (Author) and Andrea Gabriel (Illustrator)

Booktalk: “If you were an animal – wild or tame, would you know your daddy’s name?” Every page answers this question with a different animal. Meet a joey riding piggy-back whose daddy is a sugar glider, a calf whose daddy is a towering giraffe, and a tiny fry floating next to its seahorse daddy. Additional animal information, matching game, and tips in the back of the book.

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BONUS! Download the Match Game!

It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

October 19, 2018October 25, 2018

Fly With Me

Fly With Me: A Celebration of Birds through Pictures, Poems, and Stories
by Jane Yolen (Author), Heidi Stemple (Author), Adam Stemple (Author) and Jason Stemple (Author/ Photographer)

Booktalk: Stories, poems, songs, facts, and photos fill the pages of this 192 page treasury celebrating the amazing world of birds in this Year of the Bird. Even the back cover has a poem on it! (See below.) Keep this book by your window with a cell phone and binoculars . . .

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Digiscoping
Although photographing birds professionally takes expensive camera equipment and an expert eye, you can get started without either of those. Digiscoping is a way to capture close-up pictures of birds with a digital camera, even a cell phone camera, and a telescope or a pair of binoculars.

It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

October 8, 2018October 15, 2018

Bug Hotel

Bug Hotel
by Libby Walden (Author) and Clover Robin (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Welcome to the Bug Hotel, a homemade habitat where creepy crawlies of all shapes and sizes can find a place to stay!

Discover how a bug hotel can create a sustainable, safe environment for insects and minibeasts by exploring each section, lifting the flaps and finding out facts about your favorite garden insects.

Instructions for building your own bug hotel at the end of the book!

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See the book trailer.

It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)