Finding Family: The Duckling Raised by Loons
by Laura Purdie Salas (Author) and Alexandria Neonakis (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Discover the true story of an orphaned mallard duckling being raised by a pair of loons on a lake in northern Wisconsin.
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The author, Laura Purdie Salas, is one of my former students.
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Lights On!: Glow-in-the-Dark Deep Ocean Creatures
by Donna B. McKinney (Author) and Daniella Ferretti (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Turn the book sideways on your journey down the page to the mysterious, dark world of the deep sea, where fascinating creatures make their own light!
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Forest Bath Right Down This Path
by Lisa Robinson (Author) and Khoa Le (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Join in a forest bathing adventure as a young girl helps her father to leave his cell phone behind and embrace the sights, smells, and sounds of the natural world around him.
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A Home for Every Plant: Wonders of the Botanical World
by Matthew Biggs (Author) and Lucila Perini (Artist)
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Booktalk: Journey across 40 habitats around the world to discover the biggest, boldest, and stinkiest plants in this illustrated middle grade book.
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From Shore to Ocean Floor: The Human Journey to the Deep
by Gill Arbuthnott (Author) and Christopher Nielsen (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Discover how humans went from building the first boats to discovering the secrets of the deep in this illustrated middle grade book.
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Yoshi, Sea Turtle Genius: A True Story about an Amazing Swimmer
by Lynne Cox (Author) and Richard Jones (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Inside every loggerhead turtle is genius: the ability to find their first home, no matter how far away. Follow one, from her birth on a beach in Australia…to her trip across an ocean filled with sharks and seahorses and much more…to her rescue from a net by a fisherman, who names her Yoshi…to her rehabilitation at an aquarium…to her record-breaking swim across the Indian Ocean to the beach on which she hatched, to lay her eggs.
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My new Focus on STEM column, Vision, is in the May Quick Tips for Schools and Libraries newsletter.
Snippet: May is here and evidence of the “April showers bring May flowers” rhyme can be seen all around us. Even the books on the shelves invite us to look at the wonders of nature and be inspired to make a few wonders of our own.
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All Kinds of Animal Friends
by Sophy Henn (Author / Illustrator)
Booktalk: Each animal friendship is special in its own unique way… just like humans! Learn about hermit crabs that go on adventures with sea anemones, how zebras and ostriches help support each other, and much more, in this celebration of friendship.
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Trees: Haiku from Roots to Leaves
by Sally M. Walker (Author) and Angela Mckay (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: From the giant tree ferns of the forests primeval to the hardy sycamores of today’s urban forests, experience the essence of trees through poems that engage with every season and stage of the life cycle, from seed to photosynthesis. Back matter includes a time line, facts about trees and different types of forests, as well as an author’s note, a glossary, and a select bibliography.
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Global: One fragile world. An epic fight for survival.
by Eoin Colfer (Author), Andrew Donkin (Author), and Giovanni Rigano (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Time is running out for Sami and Yuki.
Sami and his grandfather live in a village along the Indian Ocean. They earn their living by fishing. But the ocean is rising and each day they bring back fewer and fewer fish.
Yuki lives in the far north of Canada where warming temperature are melting the ice. Polar bears have less food to hunt and are wandering into town looking for something to eat. Yuki is determined to do something to help the bears.
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