book by Farhana Zia

Look closely, imagine, and think with your heart. When Lali finds a feather in the field she sets out to find the owner. She takes it to various birds, but each one points out that it doesn’t belong to them and why. It’s too small for Rooster, not right for Crow and too plain for Peacock. So Lali decides to keep it. She then stretches her imagination in order to discover the things she canRead More →

– Shhh, What Beautiful Things Are You Missing? – Publisher’s Overview Meet Ruby, a plucky young girl who uncovers the wild side of her city neighborhood with the help of a grown-up friend. When Ruby realizes there are amazing birds right in her neighborhood, her imagination takes flight. Birders have a name for the moment they get hooked—they call it their spark moment. This is the story of Ruby’s spark moment in her very ownRead More →

STEM Book Cover of Eagle

How Science, Technology, and a 3D-Printed Beak Rescued a Bald Eagle Authors: Deborah Lee Rose and Jane Veltkamp Publisher: Persnickety Press (August 2017) Genre: STEM, Nonfiction, Animals Hardback/Paperback: 48 pages Age Range: 5 – 13 Synopsis (Publisher) Beauty and the Beak is the multiple-award-winning story of an injured Bald Eagle, the team that rescued her, and the life-saving technology that gave her a brand new beak. Renowned children’s science writer Deborah Lee Rose and raptorRead More →

Is The World Big Enough For Two Steves?   Author/Illustrator: Morag Hood Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky (September 4, 2018) Pages: 32 Ages: 4 – 8   When Steve meets Steve the competition begins I’m Steve But I was here first. BY ONE PAGE! The first Steve to speak in the book assures the other Steve that he can be Steve the Second. No deal. If they determine who is the oldest that should solve the problem.Read More →