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Picture Books October 2019
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Counting on Katherine by Helaine BeckerA picture book introduction to the boundary-breaking mathematician who worked for NASA during the space race and was depicted in the film Hidden Figures describes how a numbers-loving young Katherine Johnson became an American icon who calculated the course of moon landings and was integral in saving lives during the Apollo 13 mission.
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How to Give Your Cat a Bath in Five Easy Steps by Nicola WinstanleyA cookie-eating little girl and her decidedly nonchalant kitty make an escalating mess while respectively trying to follow and resist the cat-bathing instructions of a bossy narrator who oversimplifies the process. By the award-wining author of Cinnamon Baby.
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You Hold Me Up/ Ki Kihceyimin Mana by Monique Gray SmithThis book encourages children to show love and support for each other and to consider each other's well-being in their everyday actions.
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| The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley SpiresWhat it’s about: It takes a lot of planning, tweaking, sawing, and gluing, as well as one moment of near-defeat, before a young engineer (along with her canine assistant) can build the “magnificent thing” she’s been imagining.
Why kids might like it: Simultaneously relatable and motivating, this picture book assures kids that even when projects aren’t as “easy peasy” as they first appear, perseverance is key to the creative process. |
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Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea BeatyAda Twist is a very curious girl who shows perseverance by asking questions and performing experiments to find things out and understand the world.
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Ara the Star Engineer by Komal SinghAra wants to program her droid DeeDee to count all the starts, but does not know how to do that, so she visits the Innovation Plex to get help from four real-life Google engineers.
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Building Our House
by Jonathan Bean
While his award-winning picture book At Night was set in the city, this winsome offering from author and illustrator Jonathan Bean is pure country. A young girl's family lives in a trailer while they slowly build their new home from scratch. Bean, who based the story on events from his own childhood, offers readers a highly detailed account of the house-building process (from laying the foundation to hosting a frame-raising party) as well as a moving portrait of a family whose mutual work creates tight-knit bonds.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 0-8!
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