Nonfiction Monday

The Big Day!

2012 ALA Youth Media Awards

Today is the big day! The eyes of the publishing world will turn to Dallas at 7:45 a.m. CT on Jan. 23, 2012, when the American Library Association (ALA) announces the top awards in children’s and young adult literature as part of the ALA Midwinter Meeting, January 20 – 24.

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The 2012 Youth Media Award announcements include:

ALA will host a live Webcast from the Dallas Convention Center begining at 7:30 a.m. CT, Jan. 23. (Virtual seating will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis.) You can also follow the announcements live via twitter at @ALAyma.

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January 2012 Carnival Of Children’s Literature

Add your post about this year’s winners to our carnival!

Our January 2012 host is Delightful Children’s Books.
Please send in a link to YOUR post by January 26th.
The carnival will go live on January 28th.

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Nonfiction Book Blast 2012

Kathleen Krull booktalks
Lives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame (and What the Neighbors Thought)
on the Nonfiction Book Blast blog today…

Save the date! June 23, 2012 Nonfiction Book Blast 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

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Nonfiction Monday

Nonfiction Monday

This week’s Nonfiction Monday Round-up host is Shelf-employed

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My NEW chapter book is Save the Best for Last, Abby (All-Star Cheerleaders)

Friday Reads

Picture Book of the Day

The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families
by Susan L. Roth (Author, Illustrator) and Cindy Trumbore (Author)

Booktalk: For a long time, the people of Hargigo, a village in the tiny African country of Eritrea, were living without enough food for themselves and their animals. The families were hungry, and their goats and sheep were hungry too. Then along came a scientist, Dr. Gordon Sato, who helped change their lives for the better. And it all started with some special trees.

Snippet:
These are the trees,
Mangrove trees,
That were planted by the sea.

BONUS! Read an interview with the book’s creators!
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Poetry Friday

This week’s Poetry Friday Round-up is hosted by A Teaching Life

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Chapter Book of the Day

Infections, Infestations, and Diseases
by Shirley Smith Duke (Author)
48 pages

Booktalk: It’s that time of year again, cold and flu season. Are you staying well? Learn how in this book on communicable diseases.

Snippet: Infections and diseases are spread in several ways. They are spread through touch, air or water, food animal bites, or insects. Sneezing or coughing sprays germs into the air.
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STEM Friday

It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

This week’s STEM Friday Round-up is hosted by Capstone Connect.

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Nonfiction Monday on January 16, 2012

Nonfiction Monday is coming!

The Nonfiction Monday Round-up on January 16, 2012

is at The Swimmer Writer.

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My NEW chapter book is Save the Best for Last, Abby (All-Star Cheerleaders)

Picture Book of the Day

When Anju Loved Being an Elephant
by Wendy Henrichs (Author) and John Butler (Illustrator)

Booktalk: After fifty years of working in the circus and then the zoo, Anju the elephant is on the way to a new home…

Snippet: She first came to America as a wee calf of only five years, bought and sold as a circus elephant.

BONUS! Download the teacher’s guide!
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Chapter Book of the Day

Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools Around the World
by Susan Hughes (Author)
64 pages

Booktalk: Did you know that there are schools in caves, and on boats and on train platforms? There’s a whole world of unusual schools out there! See inside 23 schools on five different continents…

Snippet: After seeing many of his friends and family members in Bangladesh miss out on an education, an architect named Muhammed Rezwan decided he was not going to let the floods stop any more children from getting to school. He figured that the best way to beat the rising waters is to rise with them–on a boat.
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Nonfiction Monday

Nonfiction Monday

This week’s Nonfiction Monday Round-up host is Great Kid Books

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Nonfiction Book Blast 2012

Susan Stockdale booktalks Fabulous Fishes on the Nonfiction Book Blast blog today…

Save the date! June 23, 2012 Nonfiction Book Blast 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

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Literary Links

Buerkle to Join Kingfisher (via @publisherswkly)
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My NEW chapter book is Save the Best for Last, Abby (All-Star Cheerleaders)

Friday Reads

Picture Book of the Day

Do You Have a Dog?

by Eileen Spinelli (Author) and Geraldo Valrio (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Do you have a dog? Famous people owned dogs, too!

Snippet:

Admiral Richard Byrd had a dog-

Iggy-who kept Byrd warm,

a comfort in Antarctic storm.

Through blizzard, ice and wild weather

the two holed up, good friends together.

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Chapter Book of the Day

Be Fit, Be Strong, Be You? (Be The Boss Of Your Body)

by Rebecca Kajander C.P.N.P. M.P.H. (Author) and Timothy Culbert M.D. (Author)

96 pages

Booktalk: Do you want to feel fit and strong-inside and out? Learn how in this book for tweens written by a pediatrician and an award-winning nurse practitioner.

Snippet:

What Does Your Body Need?

To maintain a healthy body, mind, and spirit, your diet should contain all of these important nutrients:

Proteins: These are the “building blocks” of the body, and they’re necessary for growth and for building body structures like muscle.

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STEM Friday

It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

This week’s STEM Friday Round-up is hosted by rovingfiddlehead kidlit.

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Poetry Friday

This week’s Poetry Friday Round-up is hosted by Teaching Authors

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Nonfiction Monday on January 9, 2012

Nonfiction Monday is coming!

The Nonfiction Monday Round-up on January 9, 2012

is at Great Kid Books.

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My NEW chapter book is Save the Best for Last, Abby (All-Star Cheerleaders)

Nonfiction Monday

Picture Book of the Day

Weird but True Weather (Weird But True Science)
by Carmen Bredeson (Author)

Booktalk: Snow donuts? Dust devils? Clouds that look like flying saucers? Can this really be true? Find out in this easy-to-read information book.

Snippet:
Rain: This water fell on the dinosaurs!
Rain falls on you. Rain fell on the dinosaurs. It might be the same rain. Water on Earth is used over and over. It is called the water cycle.
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Chapter Book of the Day

Don’t Behave Like You Live in a Cave (Laugh & Learn)
by Elizabeth Verdick (Author) and Steve Mark (Illustrator)
128 pages

Booktalk: Full-color cartoons and humorous, kid-friendly text teach kids how to make smarter choices about how they behave at home and at school so they stay out of trouble, feel good about themselves and their choices, and get along better with family, friends, and teachers.

Snippet: This book isn’t about turning you into a “perfect” person, a goody-goody, the teacher’s pet, or some kind of robot-kid. Instead, it can help you take a look at how you act and how other people react. Do your actions help you–or do they hurt you?
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Nonfiction Monday

Nonfiction Monday

This week’s Nonfiction Monday Round-up host is The Nonfiction Detectives

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Nonfiction Book Blast 2012

12 for 2012
by Anastasia Suen, panel moderator

Happy New Year, everyone! It’s time to introduce the Nonfiction Book Blast panel for 2012…

Beginning next Monday, these twelve nonfiction authors will be sharing booktalks and activities for your classroom and library. On Nonfiction Monday through the winter and the spring, they will take you behind the scenes of their new books. Each author will share twice, so this series will last from January 9th to June 18th. On the first day of summer, the big event arrives…

The American Library Association will hold its 2012 Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA from June 21–26. I’m happy to say that ALSC has invited Nonfiction Book Blast: Booktalks and Activities for Your Library to be on the program again this year!

Save the date! June 23, 2012 Nonfiction Book Blast 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

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Literary Links

Join the Marvelous Middle Grade Read-a-thon-January 2, 2012-January 8, 2012
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My NEW chapter book is Save the Best for Last, Abby (All-Star Cheerleaders)

Friday Reads

Picture Book of the Day

It’s Almost Time
by Debbie Bernstein (Author) and Sarah Chalek (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Two friends make their way through a clock-filled house, counting down, ready for all the different clock sounds to mark the hour. Cover your ears; it’s going to be noisy!

Snippet:
Tick-tick-tock.
It’s almost time.
The gears are winding,
getting ready to chime.
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Chapter Book of the Day

Planet Earth: What Planet Are You On? (Basher Science)
by Dan Gilpin (Author), Simon Basher (Author, Illustrator)
128 pages

Booktalk: A handy intro to earth science, with a new concept after each page turn.

Snippet: It’s a wide, wild world out there. Planet Earth is filled to the bursting point with Rivers, Mountain Ranges, Weather systems, Climate zones, Ocean Currents, Biomes, and all kinds of what-have-yous. There’s so much to understand about our planet that the mind boggles.
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STEM Friday

It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

This week’s STEM Friday Round-up is hosted by Red Phoenix Books.

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Poetry Friday

This week’s Poetry Friday Round-up is hosted by The Drift Record

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Nonfiction Monday on January 2, 2012

Nonfiction Monday is coming!

The Nonfiction Monday Round-up on January 2, 2012

is at The Nonfiction Detectives.

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Happy New Year! See you in 2012!

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My NEW picture book is Road Work Ahead (Viking)

Nonfiction Monday

Picture Book of the Day

Winter Colors
by Brian Enslow (Author)

Booktalk: See all of the colors of the season in this simple easy to read book.

Snippet: red mittens

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Chapter Book of the Day

Van Gogh (The Great Artists & Their World)
by David Spence (Author)
48 pages

Booktalk: Over 100 color images and illustrations bring the world of van Gogh to life…

Snippet: One of the most original and expressive artists ever, Vincent van Gogh is well-known the world over–as much for his tragic life as for his emotional and colorful artwork that has had a powerful and influential impact on art since he died over 120 years ago.
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Nonfiction Monday

Nonfiction Monday

This week’s Nonfiction Monday Round-up host is Jean Little Library

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Online Writing Workshops

The next Intensive Picture Book Workshop is Jan 4-Feb 22, 2012.

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My NEW picture book is Road Work Ahead (Viking)

STEM Friday

Picture Book of the Day

A Polar Bear’s World
by Caroline Arnold (Author, Illustrator)

Booktalk: The Arctic wind howls, but the two polar bear cubs are warm inside their den. They snuggle tight against their mother…

Snippet: It is early January. The sky is dark both day and night. Inside the den, the mother polar bear has just given birth to two tiny cubs.
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STEM Friday

It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

This week’s STEM Friday Round-up is here!

Leave your link in the comments and I will add you to the round-up! Thanks!

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Wrapped in Foil shares Elephant Talk: The Surprising Science of Elephant Communication

NC Teacher Stuff posts a review of Storm Chasers

SimplyScience debuts Forces and Motion at Work and adds some activities for it

rovingfiddlehead reviews The Secret World of Whales

Bring On the Birds cover

Laurie Thompson reviews Cybils Nonfiction Picture Book nominee Bring On the Birds

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Nonfiction Monday on December 26, 2011

Nonfiction Monday is coming!

The Nonfiction Monday Round-up on December 26, 2011

is at Jean Little Library.

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My NEW picture book is Road Work Ahead (Viking)

Nonfiction Monday

Picture Book of the Day

Giant Pandas
by Lyn A. Sirota (Author)

Booktalk: Find out how pandas live in this oversized easy-to-read information book.

Snippet:
Giant pandas live
in China’s bamboo forests.

**Lyn is one of my former students!**

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Nonfiction Monday

Nonfiction Monday

This week’s Nonfiction Monday Round-up host is Practically Paradise

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My NEW picture book is Road Work Ahead (Viking)

Friday Reads

Picture Book of the Day

Silly Lilly and the Four Seasons
by Agnes Rosenstiehl (Author, Illustrator)

Booktalk: Lily plays in all four seasons in this easy reader comic for beginning readers.

Snippet: Wow! Look at all the snow!
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Chapter Book of the Day

The Salmon Bears: Giants of the Great Bear Rainforest
by Ian McAllister (Author) and Nicholas Read (Author)
96 pages

Booktalk: Explore the delicate balance between the grizzly, black and spirit bears of the Great Bear Rainforest and their natural environment on the central coast of British Columbia.

Snippet: As October turns to November, it’s time for the bears of the Great Bear Rainforest to go to sleep again. Many will return to the same dens they used the previous winter.
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STEM Friday

It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

This week’s STEM Friday Round-up is hosted by Celebrate Science.

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Poetry Friday

This week’s Poetry Friday Round-up is hosted by Book Aunt

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Nonfiction Monday on December 19, 2011

Nonfiction Monday is coming!

The Nonfiction Monday Round-up on December 19, 2011

is at Practically Paradise.

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Blog Countdown #1

Dear Readers,

Due to technical difficulties (see below) I am moving ALL of my blogs here to Booktalking.

Q. Why are you moving your blogs during the busy holidays?
A. Two reasons:
1. I’m being innundated by foreign language spam.
2. The Feedburner subscription service has locked me out.

This means that while others have found me (in a BIG way!) I can no longer find you. I can’t access my subscriber lists. I’ve had the same login since 2006, but Feedburner was sold to Google and now my passwords no longer work!

I have to START OVER.

1. I will consolidate ALL 8 blogs into 1 at Booktalking.
2. I will count down for two weeks (from 10-1)…and then close the other 7 blogs.

If you read this blog via a Google subscription, please click here and sign up for email with WordPress. (It’s the widget on the right that says “Send me this blog via email.”) Then I can see you – and help you – if you need assistance with your subscription.

Thanks!
Anastasia
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My NEW picture book is Road Work Ahead (Viking)