Chichén Itzá
by Lori Dittmer (Author)
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Booktalk: An elementary-level introduction to the ancient Mexican city of Chichén Itzá, covering how, when, and why the Maya built the famous wonder.
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Apples
by J. F.Quick (Author)
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Booktalk: This short nonfiction chapter book for elementary-aged readers tells the story of the life cycle of apples.
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Menus for Meerkats and Other Hungry Animals
by Ben Hoare (Author) and Hui Skipp (Illustrator)
Booktalk: Meerkats don’t really need menus, but you can use the ones in this book to discover what ten different kinds of animals in various habitats all over the world like to eat. From blue whales to cobras and from koalas to dung beetles, these dietary habits will amaze you!
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The Awesome Physics in Your Home
by The Amazing Theatre of Physics (Author) and Tomas Kopecky (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Discover the physics that surround you at home by exploring real-life situations in the kitchen, living room, garage, bathroom, and garden with safe, hands-on experiments for ages 9-12.
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Kingdoms of Life
by Carly Allen-Fletcher (Author / Illustrator))
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Booktalk: Journey through the kingdoms of animals, plants, protists, fungi, archaea, and bacteria as you explore the wonders of nature through the science of classification.
Snippet: Life is all around us.
In the sky, the sea, and the soil, life exists in millions of different, incredible ways.
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Wildfire: The Culture, Science, and Future of Fire
by Ferin Davis Anderson (Author) and Stephanie Sammartino McPherson (Author)
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Booktalk: Wildfire is a natural process that takes place worldwide. In dry conditions, a single spark can transform into a megafire that sweeps across the landscape, burning everything in its path. Despite fire’s deadly reputation, ecosystems such as forests and grasslands depend on it to clear out debris and promote new plant growth.
Discover the history of large-scale fire and what its future may look like as you examine how Indigenous people, farmers, and forestry departments have used fire to manage natural resources and how human development and climate change are impacting the frequency and intensity of wildfires. By delving into how fires start and burn, fire suppression and firefighting, and the ecological importance of burns, you can explore people’s long relationship with fire and reflect on fire’s regenerative benefits and destructive capabilities alike.
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Measuring Me!
by Nicola Kent (Author / Illustrator)
Booktalk: Discover amazing facts about the human body and explore measuring in a very personal way! A double-sided pull-out height chart can be found in a pocket inside the back cover.
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Stones and Bones: Fossils and the stories they tell
by Rob Wilshaw (Author) and Sophie Williams (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Explore the incredible history of life on our planet told through the fossil record! Over the past four billion years, life on Earth has evolved from microscopic single-celled organisms to today’s incredible array of flora and fauna. In the course of this time, layer upon layer of life was buried in sediment, turning into a fossilized record of the planet’s history.
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Always Beginning: The Big Bang, the Universe, and You
by Candace Savage (Author) and Rachel Wada (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Explore the science behind the start of our universe and how we came to be a part of it, from the Big Bang and the beginning of life on Earth all the way up until today. Backmatter explaining the science includes a timeline of the origins of the universe through the ages of fish, reptiles, mammals, and humans.
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