New Library Titles Bring Holiday Reading Into Focus
The Mini Page highlights new titles for a festive reading season. John Howland crosses the Atlantic to become a Plymouth Colony figure while Warren the 12 year old bellhop contends with a fading hotel business and a mysterious guest. Bird and Squirrel face amnesia and danger on a mountain journey as Robbie journeys North Pole bound to help Tad. Build a Knight's Castle teaches castle mechanics through a paper toy archaeology project guiding readers through medieval tech.
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Howland
John Carver
Plymouth
England
Plymouth Colony
New England
Warren
Sports Heroes as Kids and Wadjda’s Bicycle Dream
An author profiles childlike moments of sports icons from Babe Ruth to Danica Patrick and recounts Wadijda in Riyadh who longs to ride a bicycle. She plans to save to buy her own bike amid cultural limits, reflecting themes of perseverance and imagination.
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David Stabler
Babe Ruth
Danica Patrick
Wadjda
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Wadijda
Abdullah
Haifaa al Mansour
Hidden Treasure in the Mist Mountains
In a future world humans live atop mountains to escape a deadly white fog. Chess and his friends dive into the fog to recover and sell salvageable treasures. Chess guards a crucial secret that could enable their salvation or doom.
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Chess
Mini Jokes Sam Solomon: Jelly Ole St. Nick ho ho sandwich
A playful exchange features Sam asking what says ho ho and would pair well with peanut butter. Solomon quips Jelly Ole St. Nick as a punny punchline, blending holiday cheer with a sandwich joke.
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Sam
Solomon
St. Nick
Baboons Roam Mountain Transmitter Forcing Radio Off Air
In Zimbabwe a troop of rogue baboons chewed through a fiber-optic cable at a mountaintop radio transmitter causing an outage. Engineers saw the animals fleeing the scene as they investigated the disruption.
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Zimbabwe
Teachers: For standards based activities guide link
The note directs readers to a teaching guide hub at bbs.amuniversal.com for standards based activities accompanying the feature. It emphasizes educational resources and aligns with classroom applications.
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Bbs.amuniversal.com
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Tad
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North Pole
Annalie Seaman
Charlie Simpson
Rob Turpin
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John Howland
P.J. Lynch
James Burks
Naughty List
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