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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How to Explain Coding to a Grown-Up

How to Explain Coding to a Grown-Up
by Ruth Spiro (Author) and Teresa Martinez (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: An in-the-know narrator instructs perceptive kid readers in the fine art of explaining coding to a grown-up. Both children and their adults learn the basics of coding, including hardware, software, algorithms, and debugging.

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

The author, Ruth Spiro, is one of my former students.
Copyright © 2023 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.

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Nature’s Yucky in the Sea

Nature’s Yucky in the Sea: Gross Stuff that Helps Ocean Animals Survive
by Lee Ann Landstrom (Author), Karen I. Shragg (Author), and Rachel Rogge (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Discover creepy behaviors and disgusting facts about sixteen creatures of the ocean, including lightning whelks, sharknose gobies, and donkey dung sea cucumbers.

Snippet: Did you know…
that Donkey Dung Sea Cucumbers,
those knobby, squishy, sea star cousins,
squirt their guts out of their butt
when afraid?

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

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Night Owl Night

Night Owl Night
by Susan Edwards Richmond (Author) and Maribel Lechuga (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Sova’s mother is a scientist who studies birds and their migratory patterns. Each night she goes into the woods to conduct research, and finally Sova is old enough to join her. Securing headlamps, Sova and her mother head into the woods to capture, measure, and release saw-whet owls. Through the quiet night, Sova learns about the patience, persistence, and excitement that comes with conservation efforts and scientific research.

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

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Lifesize Deadly Animals

Lifesize Deadly Animals
by Sophy Henn (Author / Illustrator)

Booktalk: Are you ready for a perilous adventure to discover how YOU measure up against some of the world’s highly venomous and extremely ferocious animals? Keep an eye out for danger . . . in the air, on the ground, and in the ocean!

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

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Rise to the Sky

Rise to the Sky: How the World’s Tallest Trees Grow Up
by Rebecca E. Hirsch (Author) and Mia Posada (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: What is the tallest living thing? It’s not an elephant, or a giraffe, or even a blue whale. It’s a tree! But how do they grow to be so tall?

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

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The Wild Life of Animals

The Wild Life of Animals
by Mike Barfield (Author) and Paula Bossio(Illustrator)

Booktalk: Laugh and learn as you take a peek into the hidden lives of all kinds of weird and wonderful animals from different habitats around the world in this nonfiction comic book book for middle grade. (Yes, that is a cube of poop in the snippet below!)

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

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Means of Transport That Changed The World

Means of Transport That Changed The World
by Tom Velcovsky (Author), Stepanka Sekaninova (Author), and Martin Sodomka (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: We started our journey on boats and ended up in the space. Explore the world‘s most important milestones in the development of travel and transportation in this middle grade book.

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

Copyright © 2023 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.