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Songju Daemicke - Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope @songjudaemicke.bsky.social · 9h

How can a four-year-old girl, owning no books and without a library, learn how to read and write in Chinese, a figurative and complex language, in order to stay in touch with her faraway cousin?

My Papi has a Motorcycle + Chinese culture

#DVpit #PB #OWN #Asian

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Songju Daemicke - Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope @songjudaemicke.bsky.social · 9h

What do a handy iPhone, a fun Super Soaker, and bullet-stopping strong Kevlar have in common?
This expository book unlocks adding-up invention methods, teaching readers to think like Steve Jobs and become an inventor.

MIMIC MAKERS + Adding-up methods + Interactive

#DVpit #PB #NF #STEM #invention

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Songju Daemicke - Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope @songjudaemicke.bsky.social · 9h

Thank you, Katrina!

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Songju Daemicke - Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope @songjudaemicke.bsky.social · 9h

Will performing the Chinese Peacock dance, a thousand-year-old prayer, at her school talent show help a young Chinese girl be seen and find friendship in America?

The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story + Chinese Peacock dance

#DVpit #PB #OWN #Asian

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Songju Daemicke - Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope @songjudaemicke.bsky.social · 9h

How did a giant panda cub’s survival help her species? A true story about one panda’s journey from America to China, giving hope to her endangered breed.

Trouble Dog: From Shelter Dog to Conservation Hero + Panda

#DVpit #PB #NF #STEM #Conservation

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Songju Daemicke - Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope @songjudaemicke.bsky.social · 9h

A story about probability. Mei and Jimmy are best friends and also rivals. They each own three dogs and love having them compete. Jimmy’s dogs always beat Mei’s. Can Mei ever win the contest? Probably, if she uses Dog Math!

#DVPit #PB #Own #STEM

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Songju Daemicke - Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope @songjudaemicke.bsky.social · 9h

Father’s love is a mountain!

A lyrical tribute to a Chinese father and fathers everywhere.

#DVpit #PB #OWN #Asian

Songju Daemicke - Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope @songjudaemicke.bsky.social · 9h

A Chinese American girl wants to give her grandma the longest long-life noodles as a long-life wish, but she doesn't know how. With determination, math knowledge, and creative thinking, she finds a way.

AMY WU AND THE PERFECT BAO + STEM

#DVPit #PB #Own #STEM

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Songju Daemicke - Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope @songjudaemicke.bsky.social · 9h

A concept book: A fresh look at windows. This visual, informative, and fun book stimulates young minds to relook at an everyday object.

#DVPit #NF #STEM #PB

Songju Daemicke - Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope @songjudaemicke.bsky.social · 9h

How many tigers can a girl bring home? A tiger-loving child at library must pick one non-tiger book to pair up with each book about tigers. She discovers patterns in all things.

#DVPit #STEM #PB #Own

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Songju Daemicke - Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope @songjudaemicke.bsky.social · 9h

I appreciate you, Laura!❤️

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Songju Daemicke - Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope @songjudaemicke.bsky.social · 9h

Thank you so much, Laura!❤️

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Songju Daemicke - Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope @songjudaemicke.bsky.social · 11h

Thank you, Beth!❤️

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Songju Daemicke - Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope @songjudaemicke.bsky.social · 11h

Thanks!

Songju Daemicke - Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope @songjudaemicke.bsky.social · 11h

So interesting!

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Songju Daemicke - Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope @songjudaemicke.bsky.social · 11h

Intriguing!

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Songju Daemicke - Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope @songjudaemicke.bsky.social · 11h

Thank you, Katrina!

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Songju Daemicke - Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope @songjudaemicke.bsky.social · 11h

Thank you!

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Songju Daemicke - Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope @songjudaemicke.bsky.social · 11h

Nice!❤️

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Songju Daemicke - Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope @songjudaemicke.bsky.social · 11h

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Songju Daemicke - Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope @songjudaemicke.bsky.social · 11h

Thank you!

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Songju Daemicke - Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope @songjudaemicke.bsky.social · 11h

Intriguing!

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Songju Daemicke - Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope @songjudaemicke.bsky.social · 11h

Thank you!❤️

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Songju Daemicke - Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope @songjudaemicke.bsky.social · 11h

How can a four-year-old girl, owning no books and without a library, learn how to read and write in Chinese, a figurative and complex language, in order to stay in touch with her faraway cousin?

My Papi has a Motorcycle + Chinese culture

#DVpit #PB #OWN #Asian

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Songju Daemicke - Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope @songjudaemicke.bsky.social · 11h

What do a handy iPhone, a fun Super Soaker, and bullet-stopping strong Kevlar have in common?
This expository book unlocks adding-up invention methods, teaching readers to think like Steve Jobs and become an inventor.

MIMIC MAKERS + Adding-up methods + Interactive

#DVpit #PB #NF #STEM #invention

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