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I wrote an article for Booklinks about “Writing Series Science” in the May 2012 science edition.
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SimplyScience Blog
Books and easy science lessons.
SimplyScience- Nonfiction Picture Book Cybils Winner! February 14, 2013We have a winner for the nonfiction picture book Cybils award! I was on the committe for nonfiction picture books and we all agreed that Mrs. Harkness and the Panda was our favorite. Take a look at the book and the other winners here. I loved this book and think you will, too. Nonfiction Picture […]
- Infinity and Me November 14, 2012Infinity and Me by Kate Hosford Illusgtrated by Gabi Swiatkowska Carolrhoda Books (Lerner), 2012 ISBN #978-0761367260 Ages 5 and up “How many stars were in the sky? A million? A billion? Maybe the number was as big as infinity. I started to feel very small. How could I even think about something as big as […]
- Environmental Disasters November 7, 2012Environmental Disasters By Shirley Duke Rourke, 2012 (available now) ISBN #978-1-61741-784-9 Grades 4-6 Nonfiction “In 2010 an explosion shattered a quiet April evening in theGulf of Mexico. Flames roared into the air on the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil platform. Startled workers scrambled to escape. Most of them reached safety. Millions of gallons of ligh […]
- 100 People Who Made History October 31, 2012100 People Who Made History By Ben Gilliland DK Publishing, 2012 ISBN #9780756690038 Grades 3-7 (Publisher lists ages 7-12) Nonfiction “There are adventurous discoverers who boldly go where no one has gone before, sailing the high seas and finding new lands. Then there are the more stay-at-home types, who toil away in labs and the […]
- Busy as a Bee October 24, 2012Busy as a Bee by Thea Feldman Kingfisher, Kingfisher Readers, 2013 Level1 Beginning to Read ISBN: 9780753433195 Grades K-1 Nonfiction early reader “Buzz! What is that? It is a bee!” The introduction to this early nonfiction reader is followed by a large photograph of a bee, designed, to catch the reader’s interest. The text continues […]
- OCEAN SUNLIGHT October 17, 2012Ocean Sunlight How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas By Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm The Blue Sky Press, 2012 ISBN #978-0545273220 Grades K-5 Nonfiction picture book “Dive into the sea! Now flip over slowly, and look up. The water is shimmering with light—my light. I am your sun, your golden star. All ocean life […]
- Step Gently Out October 10, 2012Step Gently Out By Helen Frost Photos by Rick Lieder Candlewick Press, 2012 ISBN: 978-0-7636-5601-0 Grades PreK and up Nonfiction poetry “Step gently out, be still, and watch a single blade of grass.” Gentle words carry the reader through a rhyming poem celebrating the beauty of insects and arachnids who share our world, if only […]
- Desert Baths October 3, 2012Darcy Pattison is a guest blogger for today’s book, Desert Baths. Read on to to discover the fascinating way this fun nonfiction book about ways desert animals stay cleam came about. Desert Baths started when I read an article about anting. Anting is when birds walk onto an ant mound and spread their wings, allowing the ants to […]
- I, Galileo September 26, 2012Nonfiction Monday is at Shelf-employed. I, Galileo By Bonnie Christensen Illustrated by author Alfred A. Knopf, 2012 ISBN #078037586753 Grades 3-5 Nonfiction picture book “Imagine a world with no clocks, thermometers, or telescopes. A world where everyone believes the earth stands still as the enormous sun travels around it once each day.” Written in the […] […]
- Exploring Fall September 19, 2012Exploring Fall By Terri DeGezelle Capstone, 2012 Exploring the Seasons Series ISBN #9781429676960 Grades PreK-2 Nonfiction “Fall is the season of change. Everything gets ready for winter. In the Northern Hemisphere, the first day of fall, or autumn, is September 22 or 23.” Exploring Fall includes information about the seasons and where fall fits […]
- Nonfiction Picture Book Cybils Winner! February 14, 2013
