JESSE’S BIG REBOUND

(Picture Book)

When star player Jesse breaks her leg, she tries to support her basketball team but is hampered by inaccessible spaces. She makes a friend who has a physical disability, and together they encourage businesses to embrace accessibility. #PB #DIS #OWN #SEL

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TWO PEAS IN A POD

(Picture Book)

A girl has her mom’s eyes, and science is in their blood. She thinks their most obvious similarity (a visible disability) is NOT the most important. TWO PEAS IN A POD introduces idioms about family resemblance as well as concepts of genetics. #PB #DIS #OWN #SEL #STEM 

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SUPERVILLAIN SHOWDOWN

(Picture Book)

Think MAGIC SCHOOL BUS x SURVIVOR x PITCH PERFECT/BEST IN SHOW ANNOUNCERS
In a spoof of reality TV shows, SUPERVILLAIN SHOWDOWN features trash-talking bacterial and viral villains in competition to make humans super sick, with disease-fighting obstacles along the way and a surprise winner at the end. #PB #HA #STEM

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A PAIR OF PLASTIC BAGS

(Picture Book)

Casey reuses and recycles a bag. Another bag is tossed in the trash and washed out to sea. Follow these diverging journeys, told in rhyming parallel, where the paths of the bags collide at the end. #PB #STEM #environment #plastic #pollution

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PIE’S DISGUISES:

CAMOUFLAGE ON A CORAL REEF

(Picture Book)

When Pie the filefish roams the reef all alone, predators pursue. Pie must use his quick-change camouflage skills to look curvy and coarse like corals, shiny and smooth like shells. He is hidden…until a colossal creature threatens to decode his disguise. #PB #STEM

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COCK A DOODLE ZOO!

(Picture Book)

When Rooster takes a position as Chief Alarm on a farm, he never imagines that he will need to corral a host of escaped zoo animals. But when he squares his wings and squawks in rhyme, even his limited vocabulary is enough to get the job done. #PB #HA

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ALONE IN THE DARK

(Picture Book)

A petulant and unrepentant girl is sent to bed early for being mean to her little sister. She tries to convince herself that none of it was her fault and that she enjoys being ALONE IN THE DARK. But when strange things happen, she begins to think about saying sorry (and actually meaning it). #PB #HA #SEL

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HALLIE AND BROOKS:

NEW NEIGHBOR NIGHTMARE

(Chapter Book)

In a New York City apartment building, two next-door neighbors—a science-loving girl and a joke-telling boy—form an unlikely friendship. Hallie loves science, snakes, and rocket ships while Brooks loves jokes, gerbils, and pirate ships. Hallie thinks Brooks might be the most annoying next-door neighbor in the entire city, but after an adventure in their apartment building’s creepy basement, she is forced to admit that Brooks actually makes an awesome ally. 

Fun and easy science experiments in back matter!

#CB #STEM 

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Series Potential: Adopting an All-Hands-on-Deck attitude in subsequent books, Hallie and Brooks team up to steer through talent show troubles, science fair slips, and  holiday headaches—all as fourth grade sails onward and upward. 

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