Nonfiction Monday Round-up

Welcome to the Nonfiction Monday Round-up!

Here’s what the kidlitosphere is reading this week…

Add your post to the round-up by writing your info in the comments. Please write the title of your book or topic (in parentheses) and paste in the link for it. I’ll post the links on this page as the day goes on. Thanks for bearing with me–I had a school visit this morning and just caught up!

1. JustOneMoreBook! (Cookies: Bite Size Life Lessons)

2. Fuse #8 (How to Scratch a Wombat by Jackie French)

3. JeanLittleLibrary (Mysterious Universe by Ellen Jackson)

4. Abby the Librarian (All About Sleep)

5. Lori Calabrese Writes! (Lincoln Through the Lens)

6. BookMoot (Extreme animals: the toughest creatures on Earth by Nicola Davies)

7. Check It Out (Flip, Float, Fly)

8. Sweetness and Light (The Four Seasons of Mary Azarian)

9. Book Scoops (honeybees)

10. A Patchwork of Books (Bodies from the Ice)

11. Jennie at Biblio File (The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down and The Glass Castle)

12. Wendie’s Wanderings (Sibert Medal winner — We Are the Ship)

13. Miss Rumphius Effect (Bees, Snails & Peacock Tails)

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7 Responses to Nonfiction Monday Round-up

Tricia says:

January 27, 2009 at 6:41 am

I wrote my post yesterday morning and forgot to submit it! I reviewed Bees, snails & peacock tails.
http://missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com/2009/01/nonfiction-monday-bees-snails-peacock.html

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wendie old says:

January 26, 2009 at 10:06 pm

I’m doing the Sibert winner:

Wendie’s Wanderings (Sibert Medal winner — We Are the Ship)

http://wendieold.blogspot.com

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wendie old says:

January 26, 2009 at 10:02 pm

Oh, I love some of the books the others are doing. I’m doing the Sibert winner –

Wendie’s Wanderings (Sibert Medal winner — We Are the Ship)

http://wendieold.blogspot.com

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Jennie says:

January 26, 2009 at 8:06 pm

Thanks for hosting! I’m in with two books this week

Jennie at Biblio File (The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down and The Glass Castle)

http://tushuguan.blogspot.com/2009/01/non-fiction-monday-challenges-awards.html

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Lori Calabrese says:

January 26, 2009 at 9:15 am

Lori Calabrese Writes! (Lincoln Through the Lens)

http://loricalabrese.blogspot.com/2009/01/lincoln-through-lens-cybils-finalist.html

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Abby says:

January 26, 2009 at 8:53 am

Abby the Librarian (All About Sleep)

http://abbylibrarian.blogspot.com/2009/01/book-review-all-about-sleep.html

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Jennifer says:

January 26, 2009 at 8:23 am

(Mysterious Universe by Ellen Jackson)

http://jeanlittlelibrary.blogspot.com/2009/01/mysterious-universe-by-ellen-jackson.html

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