Tag: nonfiction picture book
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Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday: A Starter Kit for Teachers New to Nonfiction #nfpb2015
This book list was inspired by a recent post at Kid Lit Frenzy, the wonderful blog that hosts the annual nonfiction picture book challenge. After a professional development presentation on using nonfiction picture books as mentor texts and a follow-up blog post, Alyson received many requests for lists of recommended books from teachers. She didn’t…
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Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday: Ah-Ha to Zig-Zag #nfpb2015 5/6/15
My favorite reading challenge is Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. Visit her blog to discover more wonderful nonfiction titles. Maira Kalman’s Ah-Ha to Zig-Zag is my new book obsession. I read several good reviews of it last year but I resisted buying it because (1) it’s an alphabet book and I hate alphabet…
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Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday: Winnie #nfpb2015 4/1/15
My favorite reading challenge is Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. Visit Alyson’s blog to discover more wonderful nonfiction picture book titles to read and share. I have two reading regrets with my son: I have never read the Little House on the Prairie books to him and I have never read A.A.…
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Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday: Catching up on the Orbis Pictus Award #nfpb2015
Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge is one of my favorite reading challenges. So many wonderful nonfiction picture books! Visit Alyson’s blog to learn more and find out what others are reading this week. My campus library has recently expanded its nonfiction juvenile collection with dozens of Sibert and Orbis Pictus Award and Honor…
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Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday: Separate Is Never Equal #nfpb2014
Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge is my favorite reading challenge of 2014. Visit her blog to discover more excellent nonfiction picture book titles. Duncan Tonatiuh’s Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation introduced me to an important story in the desegregation movement of the 20th century: a lawsuit…
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Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday: Dancing to Freedom #nfpb2014
My favorite reading challenge this year is Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. Visit Alyson’s blog to find out what nonfiction children’s books others are reading this week. I almost didn’t check Dancing to Freedom: The True Story of Mao’s Last Dancer out from the library. Something about the cover didn’t appeal to me, and…
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