Non-Fiction Monday: I Want to Be Free
One on my favorite things to do when I go out of town is to visit the local bookstore. I was fortunate to spend time at the Tattered Cover Bookstore in Denver, CO last week. I was not going to buy...
View ArticleNonfiction Monday: An Interview With Kirby Larson
Two Bobbies, a True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survivalwas nominated for a CYBIL Award this past year. It is a compelling story about two Hurrican Katrina survivors, a cat and a dog...
View ArticleNonfiction Monday: A Great Source for Library Media Specialists
I realize that Nonfiction Monday is pretty much about great nonfiction books for kids. However, I need to share a book that I recently ordered because it it such a great find (thanks to a library...
View ArticleNonfiction Monday: It’s Moving Day
Even though it looks like a snow globe from the windows at school, the woodchuck in It’s Moving Day by Pamela Hickman is awakening to spring. On its mind is the best place to find food. Rabbit soon...
View ArticleNonfiction Monday: Celebrating Women’s History Month
“I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.~~Amelia Earhart March is Women’s History...
View ArticleNon-Fiction Monday: William Carlos Williams
I love the poem “This is Just to Say” by William Carlos Williams. I was thrilled to receive a copy of his biography, River of Words by Jan Bryant, last fall during the CYBILS judging. River of...
View ArticleNonfiction Monday: Pavlov’s Elephant
No, I have not mixed up the days. I know this is Monday. I know this is the day reserved for nonfiction. Thank goodness poetry is non-fiction. I must talk about the book of poetry I stumbled into...
View ArticleNon-Fiction Monday: Meet Janet Halfmann
Last fall I was privileged to read Seven Miles to Freedom: The Robert Smalls Story . It was a CYBILS nominee in the Nonfiction Picture Book category. Have you read it? What a wonderful story of...
View ArticleNon-Fiction Monday: Shape
My four and a half year old grand-daughter visited on Saturday. It was a perfect day for sitting on the patio swing and reading books together. It marked the first time she sat and listened to not...
View ArticleNon-Fiction Monday: Yellow Star
Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy is a rare blend of poetry and memoir. Roy has retold the story of aunt Sylvia, one of 12 children who survived the Lodz ghetto during World War II. The story is broken up...
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