Author: Anastasia Suen

Duct Tape Purim
by Jill Colella Bloomfield (Author)
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Booktalk: What do duct tape and Queen Esther have in common? Both are strong, flexible and can withstand very challenging circumstances! Use math to measure as you create fun costumes and accessories with duct tape such as royal bracelets for Vashti, Haman’s hat, a horse for Mordechai, and more to celebrate the holiday of Purim.

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Too-Small Tyson (Storytelling Math)
by JaNay Brown-Wood (Author) and Anastasia Magloire Williams (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Tyson is the youngest–smaller than his four older brothers and always trying to keep up. But when the family’s pet gerbil, Swish, goes missing, it’s Tyson to the rescue! Tyson uses his knowledge of doubles, triples, and sizes to figure out a clever way to reach his beloved pet.

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Become an App Inventor: The Official Guide from MIT App Inventor: Your Guide to Designing, Building, and Sharing Apps
by Karen Lang (Author) and Selim Tezel (Author)
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Booktalk: Have you ever wanted to build your own mobile apps? App Inventor, a free and revolutionary online program from MIT, lets you do just that. With the help of this companion guide, you can create six different apps, including a working piano, a maze game, and even a chat app to communicate with your friends. Then use what you’ve learned to build apps of your own, like the young inventors interviewed in this book.

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Martha Maps it Out
by Leigh Hodgkinson (Author / Illustrator)

Booktalk: Map-loving Martha is your guide as you zoom in, page by page, to Earth, her community, her home, and beyond to her dreams of a future where anything is possible.

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Cell Phones and Smartphones: A Graphic History
by Blake Hoena (Author) and Ceej Rowland (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: From the earliest landlines to the minicomputers that link people across the world, discover the shifts in phone technology that shaped modern communication–and the people who made them happen in this graphic history.

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Now in Spanish . . .

Teléfonos celulares e inteligentes: Una historia gráfica
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One More Try
by Naomi Jones (Author) and James Jones (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Circle wants to build a tower like the squares do, but he begins to get frustrated when he keeps rolling off. Determined, he tries one more — different — way and… succeeds! This introduction to geometric shapes and the differences between 2D and 3D perspectives also incorporates positive messages about never giving up and using your brain.

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Lifesize Baby Animals
by Sophy Henn (Author / Illustrator)

Booktalk: Discover how YOU measure up against some of the world’s most incredible baby animals in this introduction to the natural world that features LIFESIZE illustrations.

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Luminous: Living Things That Light Up the Night
by Julia Kuo (Author / Illustrator)
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Booktalk: When it’s dark out, we need light to see. But what if your body could make its own light? Explore bioluminescence, the light made from living things, and its many forms: fireflies and foxfire, fungi and glow-worms, deep-sea fish and vampire squids in this picture book with simple text and sidebars that reveal scientific facts about each of them.

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Ten Animals in Antarctica: A Counting Book
by Moira Court (Author / Illustrator)
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Booktalk: From sailing leopard seals to haunting icefish, young readers will discover ten unique animals of our chilliest continent in this counting book.

Snippet: 1 One freckled, speckled leopard seal sailing in a icy-blue berg.

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My new Focus on STEM column, Fabulous Facts, is in the December Quick Tips for Schools and Libraries newsletter.

Snippet: Satisfy readers who love unusual facts with these new books. Over the long winter break, students can try science-based “magic spells,” learn about their own “weird” body parts, and join citizen science projects. No tests required–just curiosity!

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