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    Ben’s Backyard Jungle Adventure

    Part of STEAM Street Kids

    Author Sally M. Walker
    Illustrated by Julie Kwon
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    Hardcover
    $18.99 US
    Candlewick | MIT Kids Press
    6"W x 9"H | 20 oz | 50 per carton
    On sale Mar 30, 2027 | 48 Pages | 9781536240320
    Age 5-7 years
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    In this second book in the leveled Steam Street Kids series, a children’s springtime backyard adventure leads to intriguing discoveries about the usefulness of ramps.

    Well-known nonfiction author Sally M. Walker and illustrator Julie Kwon introduce basic science concepts in a setting of imagination and play that makes them easy to understand, just as ramps make many things easier to do. It’s shaping up to be a great day! Grandma has come to whisk Cora and her little brother, Ben, off to the library to find books on their favorite things. As they climb the many steps to the library, they see their neighbor friend Marcos rolling his wheelchair up the entrance ramp to join them. Back home, the siblings take Gran on a jungle (gym) adventure, walking carefully to their hideout—stepping on stones to avoid hot lava!—and taking time to admire the jungle garden. There, they discover their slide provides just the help they need to get their snacks and stuffies to the top of the playset. Rounding out this follow-up to Cora’s Beach Adventure is end matter offering kid-friendly takes on the physics concept of work, fun facts on earthworms, and a simple inclined-plane activity.
    Sally M. Walker, the award-winning author of the Steam Street Kids series, has written more than sixty books for children, including Earth Verse: Haiku from the Ground Up, illustrated by William Grill; Out of This World: Star-Studded Haiku, illustrated by Matthew Trueman; Trees: Haiku from Roots to Leaves, illustrated by Angela McKay; and the Nature in Action board book series. She lives with her husband and two cats, Izzy and Flora, in Illinois.

    Julie Kwon is the illustrator of the Steam Street Kids series, I'm Sorry You Got Mad by Kyle Lukoff, and Balloon by Bruce Handy. She can be found taking long walks, knitting, and taking naps with her cat. Julie Kwon lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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    In this second book in the leveled Steam Street Kids series, a children’s springtime backyard adventure leads to intriguing discoveries about the usefulness of ramps.

    Well-known nonfiction author Sally M. Walker and illustrator Julie Kwon introduce basic science concepts in a setting of imagination and play that makes them easy to understand, just as ramps make many things easier to do. It’s shaping up to be a great day! Grandma has come to whisk Cora and her little brother, Ben, off to the library to find books on their favorite things. As they climb the many steps to the library, they see their neighbor friend Marcos rolling his wheelchair up the entrance ramp to join them. Back home, the siblings take Gran on a jungle (gym) adventure, walking carefully to their hideout—stepping on stones to avoid hot lava!—and taking time to admire the jungle garden. There, they discover their slide provides just the help they need to get their snacks and stuffies to the top of the playset. Rounding out this follow-up to Cora’s Beach Adventure is end matter offering kid-friendly takes on the physics concept of work, fun facts on earthworms, and a simple inclined-plane activity.

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    Sally M. Walker, the award-winning author of the Steam Street Kids series, has written more than sixty books for children, including Earth Verse: Haiku from the Ground Up, illustrated by William Grill; Out of This World: Star-Studded Haiku, illustrated by Matthew Trueman; Trees: Haiku from Roots to Leaves, illustrated by Angela McKay; and the Nature in Action board book series. She lives with her husband and two cats, Izzy and Flora, in Illinois.

    Julie Kwon is the illustrator of the Steam Street Kids series, I'm Sorry You Got Mad by Kyle Lukoff, and Balloon by Bruce Handy. She can be found taking long walks, knitting, and taking naps with her cat. Julie Kwon lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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