¡1, 2, 3 Merengue!: English-Spanish Instruments & Sounds Book
by Delia Ruiz (Goodreads Author)
As the band plays a merengue, the children dance from right to left and we learn about the different instruments and sounds in the band. The drums, guitar, saxophone, and accordion all have their own quality of sound.
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Sew Sister: The Untold Story of Jean Wright and NASA’s Seamstresses
by Elise Matich
This true story of Jean Wright tells how she became a seamstress for NASA. As a child, she enjoyed sewing, and she was inspired by the space program. When she moved to Cape Canaveral as an adult, she saw a newspaper article about women sewing thick blankets to be used as shielding for space shuttles. She applied for the job, and began working as a seamstress for NASA.
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Olive (The Fairy-Tale Color Collection)
by Jed Alexander (Goodreads Author)
This wordless picture book follows a little child who climbs up a huge tree, and upon reaching the top, befriends a giant in the clouds. The giant feeds the child and they dance together. The next day the child climbs back down the tree and goes home. They see a tiny mouse in the garden, and think how they must look like a giant to the mouse.
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Sounds Good!: Discover 50 Instruments
by Ole Könnecke, Hans Könnecke
3 out of 5 stars
This humorous book introduces the reader to 50 different instruments. We learn how they are played, who invented them, and what type of music they are commonly used for. Each page has a QR code that you can scan, which will take you to a Youtube soundtrack of the instrument being played. The soundtracks are original music composed by the co-author.
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Basil and the Lost Colony (Basil of Baker Street, #2)
by Eve Titus, Paul Galdone (Illustrator)
Basil and his trusty friend, Dawson, are hot on the trail of the evil Professor Ratigan. When Basil is invited to investigate a clue that might lead to the famous Lost Colony, Ratigan infiltrates into the very heart of Baker Street and steals the clue! Now it’s a race to the top of a treacherous mountain in the Alps. Who will be the first to claim worldwide fame for the discovery of the Lost Colony of mice who disappeared more than four hundred years ago?
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Tiger’s Dream (The Tiger Saga, #5)
by Colleen Houck (Goodreads Author)
After all their adventures, Kishan has been left behind in the past to be the tiger of the goddess Durga. Anamika has taken on the mantle of the goddess, and both Kishan and Anamika are empowered with magic that allows them to protect and heal the people who pray to the goddess. They are working together just fine, but keeping an emotional distance between them, when Phet the prophet appears and says that they must travel through time once more to save Ren and Kelsey. What follows is a wild adventure through time that will break Kishan’s heart and force Anamika to face her darkest fears.
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How To Write Your Life Story
by Karen Ulrich
This book gives a step-by-step guide to writing your memoir, including different styles of writing and organizing your memories. You could write a journal style, epistolary, narrative, or even a scrapbook. There is a whole section dedicated to just researching and remembering your past. There are different things you can do to jog your memory and bring the details into your memoir.
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Tibbles the Cat
by Michal Šanda, David Dolenský (Illustrator)
In this true story, a lighthouse keeper brings his pet cat to a small island off the coast of New Zealand. One day the cat brings him a dead bird, and the lighthouse keeper is intrigued. He’s never seen a bird like it before. He sends it to a museum, and they declare that a new species of bird has been discovered. They name it the Stephens Island wren. It captures the attention of a great ornithologist who publishes about the bird, and they organize an expedition for a group of scientists to travel to Stephens Island and study the bird. By the time they get there, they cannot find a single wren. Tibbles the cat has hunted them to extinction.
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What Should I Wear Now? (Mixed-Up Fashion)
by Jana Sedlackova, Alexandra Majova (Illustrator)
The characters in this book have gotten very confused about what to wear to their events. You can’t wear pajamas to school! You can’t wear an evening gown to play soccer! On each page, the character learn that their clothing is not the right thing for what they are doing, and then we learn the proper clothing and accessories for their event. You need a wedding dress and suit for your wedding, not swimwear. You need overalls for farm work, not a tennis outfit. You need hiking gear and boots to go on a hike, not a painter’s smock!
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Science FACTopia!: Follow the trail of 400 STEM-tastic facts (FACTopia!, 6)
by Rose Davidson (Goodreads Author), Andy Smith (Illustrator)
This book gives random facts about science, the earth, the universe, animals, trees, and the ocean. We can learn about astronauts, sloths, weird plants, tennis, rabbits, polar bears, and new technology. The illustrations and photos are eye-catching and colorful. Each factoid is short; just one sentence that tantalizes your brain to learn more! The factoids are arranged so that each fact leads into the next with one small thing in common.
However, I have to wonder just how much of this book is true, and how much is just guess-work and theories. The book does not always make it clear which factoids are theories and which are backed up by empirical data.
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