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The Frog Scientist on Nonfiction Monday

The Frog Scientist

Scientists in the Field Series

By Pamela Turner

Photos by Andy Comins

Houghton Mifflin, 2009

ISBN  #978-0618717163

Nonfiction

Ages 9-12

64 pages

 "Tyrone didn't worry about chemicals in the water when he was younger. He just liked to wade in it. 'My neighborhood was near a swamp full of frogs, snapping turtles, and snakes,' recalls Tyrone. 'My interest in them started when I was four or five. I tell kids, if there is something you like doing, stick with it!'"

     Starting with a...

The Frog Scientist

The Frog Scientist

Scientists in the Field Series

By Pamela Turner

Photos by Andy Comins

Houghton Mifflin, 2009

ISBN  #978-0618717163

Nonfiction

Ages 9-12

64 pages

 "Tyrone didn't worry about chemicals in the water when he was younger. He just liked to wade in it. 'My neighborhood was near a swamp full of frogs, snapping turtles, and snakes,' recalls Tyrone. 'My interest in them started when I was four or five. I tell kids, if there is something you like doing, stick with it!'"

     Starting with a...

The Cybils

I am honored to have been selected as a judge for the nonfiction picture book category for the Cybil awards in the company of  these fabulous bloggers. You can nominate your favorite here through October 15. Scroll down and select the appropriate category. Jone MacCulloch has done a great job of organizing our category.

Panel Organizer: Jone MacCulloch, Check It Out

Panelists (Round I Judges):

Bill and Karen, Literate Lives
Kara Dean, Not Just For Kids
Amanda Goldfuss, ACPL Mock Sibert
Jone Rush...

Redwoods

Redwoods

By Jason Chin

Illustrated by Jason Chin

Neal Porter Books/Roaring Brook Press, 2009

ISBN #1596434309

PB

Ages 4-8

"Redwoods have shallow root systems that travel more than one hundred feet from the tree. They help the trees stand, and they need all the help they can get because…

they are the tallest living things on the planet. Redwoods regularly grow to be more than 200 feet tall."

     As young boy waits for the subway, he picks up a book and suddenly is transported into the world of...

The Prairie Dog's Town

The Prairie Dog's Town

A Perfect Hideaway

By Mirian Aronin

Photo illustrated

Bearport Press, 2010

Series: Spectacular Animal Towns

NF PB

Grades 3-5

"In 1902, biologist Vernon Bailey traveled to Texas so that he could study the animals that lived there. In some areas, Vernon saw small furry creatures almost everywhere. They were 'standing at the entrance to their holes, flipping their tails, and steadily barking.""

"What were these small animals? They were black-tailed prairie dogs."

 Vernon Bailey's...

Plant Secrets

Plant Secrets

By Emily Goodman

Illustrated y Phyllis Limbacker Tildes

Charlesbridge, 2009

ISBN #978-1-58089-205-6

NF Picture Book

Grades K-3

 

These are seeds. Some are big and round. Some are as small as specks of dust. Some have hard coats you can crack. Some are black. Some are brown. Some are pinkish and some are striped.

But all these seeds have a SECRET.

  Hidden inside each seed is a tiny new plant.

 

Follow the life cycle of four kinds of plants with this simply worded book that is organized in a...

Clot & Scab

 

Clot & Scab   

Gross Stuff About Your Scrapes, Bumps, and Bruises

By Kristi Lew

Illustrated by Michael Slack

Millbrook Press, 2010

NF Grades 3-5

Gross Body Science Series

ISBN #978-0-8225-8965-5

Have you ever fallen off your bike and dragged some poor body part along the pavement? YOW! Not only does it hurt like crazy, it looks nasty too. But don't worry. While you made hamburger out of your knee or elbow, your body got busy repairing the damage.

 

The kid-friendly cover, the mix of art and photos...

Way Down Deep In the Deep Blue Sea

Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea

By Jan Peck

Illustrated by Valeria Petrone

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2004

Picture book

Ages 3-6

 

Way down deep

in the deep blue sea,

there's a lot to find.

I guarantee!

Come on! Be brave!

Just follow me!

And let's explore

the deep blue sea!

 

Snappy rhyme takes the reader on a deep sea adventure where all sorts of sea creatures await the arrival of the young explorer in the book. The delightful pictures done in bright colors add to the excitement of each

Nonfiction Monday

 

Welcome to Nonfiction Monday. Leave your information and link in the comment section and I'll post the entries as they arrive throughout the day.

1. SimplyScience has Faces of the Moon.

2.

Faces of the Moon

 

Faces of the Moon

By Bob Crelin

Illustrated by Leslie Evans

Moon phase die-cut design by Bob Crelin

Charlesbridge, 2009

ISBN #978-1-57091-785-1

NF picture book

Do you wonder, when you see the Moon,

at dusk, or dawn, or middy noon,

just why her face is curved, or round,

or why she sometimes can't be found?

 

The phases of the moon are illustrated in a gentle, poetic rhyming text opposite the linoleum block print and bold watercolor illustrations in this book about the changing moon shapes. Tabs marked with