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Cryptocurrency (The World of Money)

Cryptocurrency (The World of Money)
by Hilary Margitich (Author)
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Booktalk: This middle grade book explains the basics of cryptocurrency and how it works, detailing the benefits and drawbacks of using cryptocurrency, as well as showing examples of how cryptocurrency is used today.

Snippet: But a new type of money has gained popularity. Cryptocurrency, or crypto, does not belong at any country. It is a digital currency that can be accessed through a person’s computer or smartphone. It is not provided by banks.

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

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Healthy Brain

Healthy Brain (Healthy and Happy)
by Peggy Snow (Author)
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Booktalk: This middle grade book shares six steps kids can take to lead happy and healthy lives by maintaining healthy brains.

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

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Counting Winter

Counting Winter
by Nancy White Carlstrom (Author) and Claudia McGehee (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: This lyrical counting book celebrates the rhythms of the tundra and its inhabitants during winter.

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One red fox walks
across the white snow
quietly
stalking winter.

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Sky Explorer

Sky Explorer: A Young Adventurer’s Guide to the Sky by Day and Night
by Elizabeth Jenner (Author) and Anja Sušanj (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: From amazing cloud formations and rainbows to twinkling stars and planets, become an expert sky explorer day or night with this handy pocket guide with an elastic closer. Wherever you are, whatever the weather, there’s always something to see if you look up!

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

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Do You Know?: Polar Animals and Other Cold-Climate Creatures

Do You Know?: Polar Animals and Other Cold-Climate Creatures
by Pascale Hédelin (Author), Didier Balicevic (Illustrator), Maëlle Cheval (Illustrator), Yating Hung (Illustrator), and Yi-Hsuan Wu (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: What type of animals live in the cold regions? How do they survive in extreme temperatures? Find out in this 96-page read-aloud book for age 5 and up. The snippet below is about caribou — a.k.a. reindeer — a popular topic at this time of year!

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

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Up Periscope!

Up Periscope!: How Engineer Raye Montague Revolutionized Shipbuilding
by Jennifer Swanson (Author) and Veronica Miller Jamison (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Girls like Raye Montague weren’t supposed to like math or science, or go to engineering school. But tenacious Raye had a plan, one that eventually took her all the way to the US Navy. There, she was assigned an impossible task: to come up with a single computer program that could design every part of a ship. It had never been done before—but Raye’s groundbreaking program revolutionized the way ships and submarines were built, and set her on a path to become a pioneering figure in naval engineering and the navy’s first female program manager of ships.

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

The author, Jennifer Swanson, is one of my former students.
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The Science of Seeds

The Science of Seeds: Why We Eat Maize, Wheat, Rice, and Potatoes with Hands-On Science Activities for Kids
by Carla Mooney (Author) and Micah Rauch (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: You probably have some form of maize, wheat, rice, potatoes. From London to Lagos to Los Angeles, these staple foods dominate our breakfast bowls, lunch boxes, and dinner tables. In today’s world, more than half of the calories that we consume come from maize, wheat, and rice alone. How did this happen?

In a journey that spans continents and time periods, readers aged 9 to 12 will see these crops as the building blocks of our world and dive deep into the science of botany. The hands-on STEM activities include recipes and QR codes that link to primary sources, videos, and other relevant websites.

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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.
Copyright © 2024 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved. (*bookstore affiliate)