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Patricia Lakin
Patricia Lakin’s Max & Mo’s Science Fair Surprise asks whether hamsters can work out how to grow bean sprouts. It provides instructions for raising plants from seeds. Ink-and-watercolor artwork is part of the book. The book title identifies Max and Mo and a science fair, while the text combines the hamsters’ bean-sprout question with directions for growing plants from seed.
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Max & Mo’s 100th Day of School (Max & Mo series)Patricia LakinMax & Mo’s 100th Day of School features two hamsters learning about counting and size. Written by Patricia Lakin as part of the Max & Mo series, the book presents those lessons through the hamsters’ experiences. Ink-and-watercolor illustrations accompany the text. It also includes directions for activities and games, offering additional material connected to the book’s counting-and-size subject matter.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Winged Wonders: Solving the Monarch Migration MysteryMeeg PincusThis book recounts how scientists, schoolchildren, Mexican villagers, gardeners, and teachers helped discover where monarch butterflies end their annual journey from Canada. It focuses on the shared effort to solve a migration mystery, using colorful, detailed illustrations to tell the story of the butterflies’ travels and the people who investigated them.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Memoirs of a TortoiseDevin ScillianOliver the tortoise and his human, Ike, have shared life for so long that they are both eighty years old and seem almost like twins. Told through Oliver’s eyes, the story follows the tortoise after Ike, his human age-mate, dies. It approaches the fact that every life ends with gentleness and humor, focusing on Oliver’s experience of losing his longtime companion.Five to NineOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details