Nonfiction Monday, 5.04.09
May 03, 2009
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
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/
Posted by: Sarah N. | May 04, 2009 at 07:05 AM
Morning! I've a review of Shana Corey's Mermaid Queen up and running today.
Posted by: Fuse #8 | May 04, 2009 at 07:41 AM
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!
Posted by: Kim | May 04, 2009 at 08:51 AM
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
Posted by: Lori | May 04, 2009 at 09:09 AM
Thanks for hosting! Let's Get Dirty! The Dirt on Dirt is up at SimplyScience. www.simplyscience.wordpress.com
Thanks.
Shirley
Posted by: Shirley Duke | May 04, 2009 at 10:01 AM
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
Posted by: Tricia | May 04, 2009 at 11:33 AM
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
Posted by: Kelly Fineman | May 04, 2009 at 12:38 PM
Here is mine. http://maclibrary.edublogs.org/2009/05/04/nonfiction-monday-pavlovs-elephant/
Posted by: jone | May 04, 2009 at 01:01 PM
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
Posted by: Amanda | May 04, 2009 at 01:48 PM
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!
Posted by: hollybookscoops | May 04, 2009 at 02:34 PM
Reviewed the biography Beatrix Potter today at WrappedinFoil. http://blog.wrappedinfoil.com/?p=211
Thanks for hosting.
Posted by: Roberta | May 04, 2009 at 03:00 PM
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!
Posted by: Tasha | May 04, 2009 at 05:10 PM
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
Posted by: Anastasia | May 04, 2009 at 07:30 PM
Lots of good reading here, everyone! Thank you for participating.
Posted by: Susan (Chicken Spaghetti) | May 04, 2009 at 08:47 PM
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
Posted by: Jennie | May 04, 2009 at 11:10 PM