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Roto and Roy: Helicopter Heroes

Roto and Roy: Helicopter Heroes
by Sherri Duskey Rinker (Author) and Don Tate (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: When a dangerous forest fire burns out of control, helicopter Roto and pilot Roy are ready to fly to the rescue! They’re braver than brave, tougher than tough, and nothing will stop this firefighting crew from completing their mission.

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

The illustrator, Don Tate, is one of my former students.
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Marie Curious, Girl Genius Saves the World

Marie Curious, Girl Genius Saves the World
by Chris Edison (Author)

Booktalk: Young inventor Marie can’t believe her luck when she earns a place at a high-tech summer camp in California owned by tech guru and multi-millionaire Sterling Vance. It’s nothing short of a dream come true. She and the other super-clever campers get to build robots, do supercool science experiments and test out awesome gadgets. But not everyone is a happy camper . . . Someone is sabotaging their robots, so Marie and her new friends team up to catch the culprit. Can Marie outsmart an evil engineer intent on causing a global disaster?

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The Case of the Missing Cookies

The Case of the Missing Cookies (Mini Math Mysteries)
by Thomas K. and Heather Adamson (Authors) with Charlie Alder (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Who took the cookies? Be a math detective along with the kids at Lincoln Elementary in this pick-your-own-path mystery. Use your addition, subtraction, and skip counting skills to solve the case.

Snippet: Hurray! Mr. Jeb’s class won this month’s reading prize. The class gets two boxes of cookies from Mrs. Bonn’s bakery. Each box has 12 cookies.

Gina knows there are 19 kids in her class. She wonders, are there enough cookies for the whole class?

If there were enough cookies, turn to page 6.

If there are not enough cookies, turn to page 8.

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

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Luna’s Yum Yum Dim Sum

Luna’s Yum Yum Dim Sum (Storytelling Math)
by Natasha Yim (Author) and Violet Kim (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: On Luna’s birthday, the whole family goes out for dim sum–but Luna and her brothers can’t agree on how to share their pork buns fairly. How can three people divide up five buns? Should some siblings get more than others? Or should they cut the buns into smaller and smaller pieces so everyone gets the same amount?

Luna and the author both have Year of the Tiger birthdays – and the next Year of the Tiger begins on February 1, 2022!

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The Physics of Fun

The Physics of Fun
by Carla Mooney (Author) and Alexis Cornell (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: What do skateboarding, snowboarding, trampolining, singing in a band, and playing video games all have in common, besides being fun? They are all made possible with physics! Learn physics on the fly with this activity-based book for ages 12 to 15 that explores the connections between science, sports, and entertainment.

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

The author, Carla Mooney, is one of my former students.
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Chemical Reactions!: With 25 Science Projects for Kids

Chemical Reactions!: With 25 Science Projects for Kids
by Dr. Susan Berk Koch (Author) and Micah Rauch (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: With hands-on science activities and text-to-world connections, readers ages 7 to 10 discover the wonderful world of chemical reactions.

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Odd Beasts: Meet Nature’s Weirdest Animals

We don’t usually think of board books when we hear the word STEM, but board books like Odd Beasts: Meet Nature’s Weirdest Animals by Laura Gehl and illustrated by Gareth Lucas are going to change that.

The book introduces babies and toddlers to eight weirdly-fascinating animals:  the pangolin (mammal with scales!), ocean sunfish, glass frog, anglerfish, long-horned orb-weaver spider, Eastern snake-necked turtle, bush baby, and giant jumping stick.

Each two-page spread features a brightly-colored illustration of the animal, plus one short sentence that names it and points out a notable identifying characteristic.  For example, one of the animals “wears armor.” Can you guess which one?

The back matter includes photographs of each animal with a concise, but more-detailed description.

Odd Beasts is fun, sweet, and educational all rolled up into one. Perfect to prepare for a trip to a zoo or aquarium, then remember the adventure afterwards.

Hop, slither, or crawl on over to Growing with Science Blog to learn more and see some activity suggestions to accompany the book.

 

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The Book of Math

The Book of Math
by Anna Weltman (Author) and Paul Boston (Illustrator)

Booktalk: For this palindrome date of 12.3.21, a book of fascinating math facts, such as math in space, sports calculations, symmetry in nature, weird math facts, math in art, and mind-boggling number conundrums.

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