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• Game Changers

  Stories of Hijabi Athletes From Around the World

  Smith, Charlene

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  Meet 13 inspiring hijabi athletes who are changing the rules. Many of these women were the first in their sport to compete while wearing the hijab. Some were up against cultural traditions that didn't allow girls to play sports. And some fought to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Know a Crow

  The Biography of a Brainy Bird

  Savage, Candace

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  From the moment baby crow Oki pokes her egg tooth through her shell and emerges into her nest, we are her constant companions. As we follow her through the seasons of her life, we explore how crows see and sense the world.

• Land Knows Me : A Nature Walk Exploring Indigenous Wisdom

  Joseph, Leigh

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  Through the Squamish language and cultural traditions, learn about indigenous plant relationships and how we are all connected to nature through plant-based foods, medicines, and materials

• Octopus Ocean

  Geniuses of the Deep

  Leiren-Young, Mark

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  Introduces kids to octopuses all over the world. It discusses octopus habitat, biology and threats to survival, and how scientists, conservationists and young people are working to protect octopuses everywhere

• Salt, Pepper, Season, Spice : All the Flavors of the World

  Pasquet, Jacques

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  The stories of the flavours we love are steeped in history, mythology and cultures from around the world.

• A Sick History of Medicine

  a Warts-and-all Book Full of Fun Facts and Disgusting Discoveries

  Poleksic, Jelena

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  A disgusting history of medicine through the ages from Jelena Poleksic, featuring hilarious illustrations by Ella Kasperowicz.

• Spooky Lakes

  25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes That Dot Our Planet

  Rutherford, Geo

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  From TikTok sensation and educator Geo Rutherford -- the creator of the hit series "Spooky Lake Month" -- comes a thrilling nonfiction book that plumbs the depths of unusual lakes around the world. Readers will learn not only about the science of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• True Story of Vanilla : How Edmond Albius Made History

  Richards, Ann

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  In 1841, a 12-year-old enslaved boy, Edmond Albius, made history when he discovered how to hand-pollinate vanilla plants using a bamboo twig.

• Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei: a Life in the Mountains

  Yasuda, Anita

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  Junko Tabei dreamed of a life climbing mountains. But men refused to climb with her. Sponsors told her to stay home. And gloves were not made to fit her hands. Junko, eager and unstoppable, wouldn't let these obstacles get in her way. Instead, she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Zoom in on Zombies

  Winters, Kari-Lynn, 1969-,

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  Delves into the many examples of natural zombies in the real world from amber snails and carpenter ants to foot fungus, wood ticks and tardigrades.