Sponsored by the new book STEM LIKE A GIRL published by BDL.
STEM Like a Girl gives girls, 8-12, the knowledge and confidence to become future problem solvers and leaders. This fully illustrated book provides 15 hands-on, STEM-based experiments that kids can do at home, and also profiles 35 inspiring girls who have actually done these experiments. Author, biotech engineer and mom, Sarah Foster, founded the STEM Like A Girl organization after noticing girls in her kid’s classroom hanging back from science activities. In her first book, Sarah provides the step-by-step instructions for 15 fun STEM projects like extracting DNA from a strawberry or mastering chemistry to create homemade fizzy bath bombs.
Hey readers! I’m back with another week of new kid’s books!
My Heart Flies Open by Omileye Achikeobi-Lewis
This uplifting and meditative picture book features affirmations and yoga poses for little readers.
Jazz for Lunch! by Jarrett Dapier and Eugenia Mello
In this bright, busy picture book Auntie Nina and her nephew head out for lunch at a club that serves jazz for lunch. The party ends up at Auntie Nina’s house where together they cook up incredible music.
Borders by Thomas King and Natasha Donovan
In this graphic novel, a mother and son embark on a road trip that’s quickly derailed when, as they reach the American/Canadian border, they’re asked their nationality. They can only answer Canadian or American, but they are Blackfoot.
Yusuf Azeem is Not a Hero by Saadia Faruqi
In this timely middle grade book, Pakistani American Yusuf is hopeful about his sixth grade year. But that’s before he meets a bully whose father is part of a white nationalist group fighting the construction of a mosque in their town in Texas. And as the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, Yusuf discovers his uncle’s journal from that period and realizes that the Islamaphobia his family and other Muslims suffered at that time hasn’t changed much.
Pahua and the Soul Stealer by Lori M. Lee
This fun adventure story is packed full of Hmong mythology, following sixth-grader Pahua as she embarks on a quest to save her brother after he’s trapped in the spirit realm.
Until next week!
Chelsea