Book cover of The Blue Jays That Grew a Forest

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Take a lyrical journey on the wings of blue jays as they bury thousands of acorns for next season's food and help Mother Nature extend the oak forests.

Most of us know about the mighty oak tree, and how important oaks are as a keystone species. But we may be…

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1 author picked The Blue Jays That Grew a Forest as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Squirrels get all the credit for burying acorns, but this beautiful picture book taught me that blue jays are also responsible for caches of acorns, many of which grow into oaks. Hopefully this nonfiction book will help readers see blue jays as something other than bully birds!

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Punctuated by LeeAnn Pickrell,

LeeAnn Pickrell’s love affair with punctuation began in a tenth-grade English class.

Punctuated is a playful book of punctuation poems inspired by her years as an editor. Frustrated by the misuse of the semicolon, she wrote a poem to illustrate its correct use. From there she realized the other marks…

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