July 20th, 2020  -  STEAM 
This edition of Book Buzz highlights all books STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math). Keep track of your whole families reading and fun STEAM explorations through our virtual Summer Reading program (more info below!). 
 
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Summer Reading is one of our favorite ways to connect with you. This year is going to look a little different but we will have just as much fun!  The program is online through Beanstack, an app or web-based program that allows you to track your reading and participate in engaging activities for all ages, including wee readers, kids, teens and adults.
 
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In this Issue
Georgia's Terrific, Colorific Experiment
Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots
The girl Who Named Pluto : The Story of Venetia Burney
How to Code a Sandcastle
The Time Hackers
Lunch Walks Among Us
Iggy Peck and the Mysterious Mansion
Finn and the Intergalactic Lunchbox
Dinosaur Empire! : Dinosaur Empire!
In Search of the Fog Zombie : A Mystery About Matter
Dinosaurs : Fossils and Feathers
Pizza Counting
Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
Team Moon : How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon
In her hands: the Story of Sculptor Augusta Savage
Slime 101 : How to Make Stretchy, Fluffy, Glittery & Colorful Slime!
Firebird
Whoosh! : Lonnie Johnson's super-soaking stream of inventions
Sciencearts : Discovering Science Through Art Experiences
Picture Books
 Georgia's Terrific, Colorific Experiment
by Zoe Persico

Georgia is a scientist in a family of artists, and she cannot speak the same language as the rest of her family.  Frustrated by her family's lack of interest in science, she goes off to make an experiment, only to learn science require creativity too.  Georgia's experiment blends her interest and her families perfectly.
 
Grades K-3rd.
Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots
by Michael Rex

Demonstrates what facts and opinions are, and the differences between the two.   Robots also show, in an amusing way, that people can also have different opinions and that's okay.  
 
All Ages
The Girl Who Named Pluto : The Story of Venetia Burney
by Alice B. McGinty

Shares the story of how an eleven-year-old girl named the newly discovered "ninth major planet" in 1930
 
Grades 3-6.
How to Code a Sandcastle
by Josh Funk

Pearl and her trusty rust-proof robot, Pascal, need to build a sandcastle before summer vacation is over, and they're going to do it using code.
 
Grades 2-4 
Chapter Books
The Time Hackers
by Gary Paulsen

When someone uses futuristic technology to play pranks on twelve-year-old Dorso Clayman, he and his best friend set off on a supposedly impossible journey through space and time trying to stop the gamesters who are endangering the universe. 
 
Grades 4-6.
Lunch Walks Among Us
by Jim Benton

Finding it hard to make friends due to her penchant for piranhas and poison ivy, eccentric mad scientist Franny K. Stein transforms herself into a much-adored popular girl, but when a monster erupts from the garbage, Franny must choose between her newfound fame or being herself.
 
Grades 2-4.
Iggy Peck and the Mysterious Mansion
by Andrea Beaty

When a neighbor inherits an old house filled with rooms representing his favorite architectural periods, aspiring young architect Iggy Peck and his friends help when priceless antiques go missing from the estate.
 
Grades 2-4.
Finn and the Intergalactic Lunchbox
by Michael Buckley

Possessing a tricky lunchbox that opens wormholes to distant parts of the galaxy, Finn Foley inadvertently captures the attention of a race of gigantic bugs who want to reclaim a mysterious device that has emerged from the lunchbox. 
 
Grades 4-6.
Graphic Novels
Dinosaur empire! : Dinosaur Empire!
by Abby Howard

Ms. Lernin, a retired paleontologist, helps fifth-grader Ronnie study for a quiz on dinosaurs by taking her on a guided tour of the Mesozoic Era.
 
Grades 3-5.
 
 
In Search of the Fog Zombie : A Mystery About Matter
by Lynda Beauregard

When Angie and Alex arrive at Camp Dakota, a thick fog envelops everything and when the campers start finding mysterious notes with hints about a Fog Zombie, their counselors teach them about solids, liquids, gases, and the properties of matter to uncover the meaning of the clues. 
 
Grades 4-6.
Dinosaurs : Fossils and Feathers
by M. K Reed

Introduces dinosaurs, including how they may have lived and died millions of years ago, and explores the history of paleontology
 
Grades 2-4. 
Virtual Events
Check out our PCLS Families page on Facebook  or our PCLS Youtube channel for more virtual programs and activities for all ages.
 
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Math Literacy 
Titles for younger and upper elementary age leaners.  All Titles Available on TumbleMath.
Pizza Counting
by Christina Dobson
 
Recommended for Grades K-3.
 
 


 
Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
by David A. Adler

Recommended for Grades 4-6. 
STEAM 
Team Moon : How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon
by Catherine Thimmesh
 
In Her Hands: The Story of Sculptor Augusta Savage
by Alan Schroeder

 
Slime 101 : How to Make Stretchy, Fluffy, Glittery & Colorful Slime!
by Natalie Wright

 
Firebird
by Misty Copeland

 
Whoosh! : Lonnie Johnson's super-soaking stream of inventions
by Chris Barton

 
Sciencearts : Discovering Science Through Art Experiences
by Mary Ann F. Kohl
 
These titles are a sample!
Check out many more new titles for young people at the Pierce County Library nearest you!
Pierce County Library System
3005 112th St. E • Tacoma, WA 98446
253-548-3300

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