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    Karl's New Beak: 3-D Printing Builds a Bird a Better Life
    Karl's New Beak: 3-D Printing Builds a Bird a Better Life
    Karl's New Beak: 3-D Printing Builds a Bird a Better Life
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    Karl's New Beak: 3-D Printing Builds a Bird a Better Life

    By Lela Nargi and Harriet Popham

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    Karl is an Abyssinian ground hornbill with a special challenge. His lower bill had broken off and made eating difficult. Karl did a great job of adapting and finding new ways to eat, but he wasn't getting all the food he needed. His zookeepers at the National Zoo and friends at the Smithsonian Institute wanted to help. Could an old bird skeleton and a 3-D printer give Karl a new beak? Karl's new adventure was about to begin!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateMar 1, 2019
    ISBN9781684460472
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    Lela Nargi

    Lela Nargi wrote her first story in a notebook with a marbled cover that her mother bought her the summer before she started first grade; she's been writing ever since. She lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband and daughter, and a very large rabbit.

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      Karl's New Beak by Lela Margo is a book I requested from NetGalley and the review is voluntary. This book is for ages 6-8 but I think kids even older would enjoy this too. This book explains how Karl has lost half his bottom beak and all the many ways the people that work with him tried helping him by making acrylic fake beaks for him. None of them worked. Then the 3D printers and an old skeleton, that was similar to Karl's, assisted the making of a new beak for him. The book goes the the process and the problems they had. There are lots of pictures and why it was so important for Karl to get it fixed. Lots of questions are answered in here. Great informative book. Step by step with good up close photos!

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