Every Monday, kidlit bloggers celebrate some of the fantastic non-fiction available for kids and teens. I’m excited to be hosting today’s Non-Fiction Monday Round Up! Leave a link to your post about a non-fiction title in the comments, and I’ll update throughout the day.
My selection for today is DK Animal Families. During an excusion to the bookstore, yesterday, M spotted Animal Families and knew it was a book we should own. The adorable baby penguin on the front called to C as well. I explained that it was about how animal parents care for their children and what their families do together, and C immediately asserted that we should bring it home since right now she creates families for everything from her stuffed animals to the cups, forks, and spoons.
Animal Families is filled with wonderful pictures that get us all cooing, but it contains lots of fascinating information as well. Each page spread focuses on a topic such as New Babies, Mother’s Milk, Mealtime, or Brothers and Sisters. Short informational paragraphs, picture captions, and imagined quotes from the pictured animals teach basic information and fun facts about the topic. I would recommend it for any young animal lovers. Preschoolers would love the pictures and excerpts from the text, while older children would enjoy reading or listening to the entire book.
Posts from around the Kidlitosphere:
Laura Salas has reviewed The Circulatory Story.
Mommy’s Favorite Children’s Books shares Dinsoaurs! The Complete Guide to Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Reptiles one my dinosaurs lovers will have to see.
See a photo gallery of animal-themed non-fiction books weeded from school libraries at 100 Scope Notes.
Read about An Unspeakable Crime: The Prosecution and Persecution of Leo Frank at A Patchwork of Books.
Simply Science has a review of Monster Fliers From the Time of the Dinosaurs, a book that will fit in wonderfully with our prehistory study.
Abby the Librarian joins us with a review of Older Than the Stars, a book that explains the Big Bang in rhyming text, another one I’ll have to add to our prehistory book list.
Jeanne Atkins shares Ashley Bryan’s Words to My Life’s Song
Read about There Once Was a Sky Full of Stars at Wild About Nature
Tiny Nichols Coury interviewed Deborah Heiligman about one of my favorite recent reads, the National Book Award winning Charles and Emma: The Darwin’s Leap of Faith.
At Bookends Online, you can read about Spies of the Mississippi: The True Story of the Spy Network That Tried to Destory the Civil Rights Movement
Jane Goodall: Researcher Who Champions Chimps has been reviewed at Wrapped in Foil
Becky at Young Readers has reviewed Mermaid Queen: The Spectacular True Story of Annette Kellerman, Who Swam Her Way To Fame, Fortune & Swimsuit History
Charles and Emma battle with Claudette Colvin today at SLJ’s Battle of the Kids’ Books
Mama Librarian tells us about Bad News for Outlaws
Read about The Daring Escape of Ellen Craft at Whispers of Dawn.
Garbage Helps Our Garden Grow has been reviewed at Three Turtles and Their Pet Librarian.
Bookscoops has a review of Baby on the Way.
Anastasia Suen joins us with Louisa: The Life of Louisa May Alcott.
Helaine Becker has posted about writing for boys.
Visit The Happy Nappy Bookseller to read about Amelia to Zora: Twenty Six Women Who Changed the World.
Thanks for rounding us up! I have a post up about the book The Circulatory Story.
http://laurasalas.livejournal.com/204952.html
:>)
Laura
We’re sharing a wonderful dinosaur book! — The Complete Guide to Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Reptiles!
http://favoritechildrensbooks.blogspot.com/2010/03/dinosaurs-complete-guide-to-dinosaurs.html
Thanks for hosting! At 100 Scope Notes I have a photo gallery of weeded nonfiction animal books. http://100scopenotes.com/2010/03/15/nonfiction-monday-photo-gallery-weeded-animals/
Thanks so much for hosting today! Over at A Patchwork of Books I have a review of An Unspeakable Crime: The Prosecution and Persecution of Leo Frank:
http://apatchworkofbooks.blogspot.com/2010/03/non-fiction-monday-unspeakable-crime.html
Amanda
A Patchwork of Books
Thanks for hosting. Today I have Monster Fliers at SimplyScience.
http://simplyscience.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/monster-fliers/
Shirley
SimplyScience
At Abby (the) Librarian, I have a review of Older Than the Stars by Karen C. Fox, illustrated by Nancy Davis.
Thanks for hosting this week!
Woops – I guess I could give you a link, eh?
http://abbylibrarian.blogspot.com/2010/03/book-review-older-than-stars.html
Heidi Bee Roemer reviews There Once Was a Sky Full of Stars at the Wild About Nature blog.
http://wildaboutnaturewriters.blogspot.com/2010/03/nonfiction-monday-there-once-was-sky.html
Thanks for hosting this week!
Thank you for hosting! I reviewed Words to My Life’s Song, a picture book memoir by artist Ashley Bryan at http://jeannineatkins.livejournal.com/
I interviewed National Book Award finalist Deborah Heilligan on her success novel Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith. http://www.tinanicholscouryblog.com/2010/03/deborah-heiligman-national-book-award-finalist-.html#more
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Bookends Blog reviews The Spies of Mississippi by Rick Bowers today: http://bookends.booklistonline.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=3864&message=6
Thanks for hosting!
Our family discovered a biography of Jane Goodall by Mike Venezia today http://blog.wrappedinfoil.com/2010/03/jane-goodall-and-chimps/
Thank you for hosting. I always enjoy visiting your blog.
I’ve got an article on my blog today about educational publishing.
:)Catherine Ipcizade
Link:
http://cathyipcizade.livejournal.com/69633.html
Today I’m sharing a review of Mermaid Queen by Shana Corey.
This isn’t a nonficiton Monday post officially, but I noticed that today’s SLJ Battle of the Kids’ Books features Charles and Emma and Claudette Colvin–what a matchup! (http://sljbattleofthebooks.com/2010/03/15/round-1-match-1-charles-and-emma-vs-claudette-colvin/)
By the way, Charles and Emma was nominated for a National Book Award, but Claudette won. However, Charles and Emma was the winner of YALSA’s first-ever nonficiton award.
Yikes–I really know how to spell nonfiction!!
Yeehaw! Let’s hear it for Bass Reeves —
http://mamalibrarian.blogspot.com/2010/03/review-bad-news-for-outlaws-vaunda.html
http://3tnar.blogspot.com/2010/03/nonfiction-monday-garbage-helps-our.html
Thanks for hosting! Here is our we-wish-we-could-be-gardening post:)
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At Whispers of Dawn, I posted on The Daring Escape of Ellen Craft, an early reader written by Cathy Moore and illustrated by Mary O’Keefe Young.
Today I reviewed Baby on the Way by William Sears, Martha Sears and Christie Watts Kelley. Thanks for hosting!
Thanks for hosting! I’m in with a Louisa May Alcott bio for Women’s History Month: http://6traits.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/nonfiction-monday-louisa-the-life-of-louisa-may-alcott/
My post for non-fiction Monday is now up! Check out on being a chick and Writing for Boys at http://helainebecker.blogspot.com/
Amelia to Zora Twenty six women who changed the world. I loved this introdution to 26 women who broke barriers.
http://thehappynappybookseller.blogspot.com/2010/03/amelia-to-zore-cynthia-chin-lee-megan.html
Thanks
Thanks for the reviews. This helps me with my kids beadtime reading selections!
Hi — thanks a lot for the kind things you said about my book “Monster Fliers.” You mentioned another review of the book in “Science.” Would you be able to provide a link to the review? Thanks for your help and thanks again for your comments!
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