Nonfiction Monday, 5.04.09

http://blogs.scholastic.com/kid_lit/2009/05/nonfiction-monday-a-taste-of-asia.htmlhttp://kidslit.menashalibrary.org/2009/05/04/slither-and-crawl-eye-to-eye-with-reptiles/Nonfiction Monday takes place right here today. Many of the children's book blogs post about nonfiction for kids on Mondays, so leave a link in the comments if you're participating. I will update throughout the day.

My contribution is an older post about Bianca Lavies' Gathering of Garter Snakes; you'll likely find the photo-filled picture book in the public or school library. Lavies was once a National Geographic photographer, and her snake pics are excellent. She writes about a place in Manitoba where thousands and thousands of garter snakes spend the winter and all exit the pit at about the same time in the spring. Read the post here.

Lots of intriguing nonfiction recommendations await readers today:

1. A Day in the Salt Marsh, at In Need of Chocolate

2. Mermaid Queen, at  A Fuse # 8 Production

3. In the Trees, Honeybees, at Wild About Nature

4. On the Texas Trail of Cabeza de Vaca, at Lori Calabrese Writes!

5. The Dirt on Dirt, at SimplyScience Blog

6. Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11, at The Miss Rumphius Effect

7. Mermaid Queen and The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau, at Kelly Fineman's Writing and Ruminating

8. Pavlov's Elephant, at Check It Out

9. Jackson and Bud's Bumpy Ride: America's First Cross-Country Automobile Trip, at A Patchwork of Books

10. Dino Dung, at Book Scoops

11. Beatrix Potter, at Wrapped in Foil

12. Slither and Crawl, at Kids Lit

13. Life-Size Zoo, at Picture Book of the Day

14. A Taste of Asia, at Kid Lit Kit

15. King George: What Was His Problem?, at Biblio File

Comments

[Sarah N.]

Thanks for doing the round up this week! I've written about A Day in the Salt Marsh: http://inneedofchocolate.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/non-fiction-monday-a-day-in-the-salt-marsh/

[Fuse #8]

Morning! I've a review of Shana Corey's Mermaid Queen up and running today.

[Kim]

Kim posted a review of In the Trees, Honeybees at the Wild About Nature blog.

http://wildaboutnaturewriters.blogspot.com/2009/05/book-review-in-trees-honeybees.html

Thank you for hosting this round-up!

[Lori]

At Lori Calabrese Writes!, I review "On the Texas Trail of Cabeza de Vaca."

http://loricalabrese.blogspot.com/2009/05/on-texas-trail-of-cabeza-de-vaca.html

Thanks for the roundup!

All the best,
Lori
www.loricalabrese.com

[Shirley Duke]

Thanks for hosting! Let's Get Dirty! The Dirt on Dirt is up at SimplyScience. www.simplyscience.wordpress.com

Thanks.
Shirley

[Tricia]

I wrote this last week, but in the flurry of poetry posts, I think it got lost. I reviewed Brian Floca's new book, Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11.

http://missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com/2009/04/book-review-moonshot-flight-of-apollo.html

[Kelly Fineman]

Hi Susan!

I've got a paired review of Mermaid Queen by Shana Corey, illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham and The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau by Dan Yaccarino.

Also? I managed to make the Nonfiction Monday image into a working button. Hee.

Here's the link: http://kellyrfineman.livejournal.com/418699.html

[jone]

Here is mine. http://maclibrary.edublogs.org/2009/05/04/nonfiction-monday-pavlovs-elephant/

[Amanda]

I have a review of Jackson and Bud's Bumpy Ride: America's First Cross-Country Automobile Trip up at my blog. Thanks for hosting!

http://apatchworkofbooks.blogspot.com/2009/05/non-fiction-monday-road-trip.html

[hollybookscoops]

This is hollybookscoops with a fun book called Dino Dung for non-fiction Monday. http://bookscoops.com/2009/05/04/dino-dung-by-dr-karen-chim-and-thom-holmes-illustrated-by-karen-carr/

Thanks!

[Roberta]

Reviewed the biography Beatrix Potter today at WrappedinFoil. http://blog.wrappedinfoil.com/?p=211

Thanks for hosting.

[Tasha]

I reviewed Slither and Crawl by Jim Arnosky at Kids Lit: http://kidslit.menashalibrary.org/2009/05/04/slither-and-crawl-eye-to-eye-with-reptiles/

Thanks so much for organizing this!

[Anastasia]

Thanks for hosting! I have Life-Size Zoo at Picture Book of the Day http://6traits.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/nonfiction-monday-life-size-zoo/ and A Taste of Asia at Kid Lit Kit http://blogs.scholastic.com/kid_lit/2009/05/nonfiction-monday-a-taste-of-asia.html

[Susan (Chicken Spaghetti)]

Lots of good reading here, everyone! Thank you for participating.

[Jennie]

Thank you so much for hosting! I have a late entry catching up on nonfic Cybils reviews...

http://tushuguan.blogspot.com/2009/05/nonfiction-monday-more-cybils.html