Welcome to Non-Fiction Monday here at Emu’s Debuts! On the heels of our only (thus far) Emu’s non-fiction Debut, Cynthia Levinson’s WE’VE GOT A JOB, we’re delighted to highlight reviews of other non-fiction titles in the hopes of getting them into the hands of readers.
Without further ado, here are the titles for this week’s Non-Fiction Monday Round-Up:
Shelf-employed has a review of the upcoming biography of Temple Grandin,Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World, by Sy Montgomery. http://www.shelf-employed.blogspot.com/2012/03/temple-grandin-how-girl-who-loved-cows.html
KidLit Celebrates Women’s History month is featuring a guest post by Jules Danielson of Seven Impossible Things – a Q&A with the author of Paiute Princess, Deborah Kogan Ray. http://www.kidlitwhm.blogspot.com/2012/03/q-with-deborah-kogan-ray-sarah.html
Gathering Book’s contribution this week is Lois Lowry’s Crow Call.
http://wp.me/pDlzr-38E
The Jean Little Library has Dolphins in the Navy from Bearport, http://jeanlittlelibrary.blogspot.com/2012/03/nonfiction-monday-dolphins-in-navy-by.html
NC Teacher Stuff has posted a review of A Spider’s Life: http://ncteacherstuff.blogspot.com/2012/03/nonfiction-monday-spiders-life.html
Pink Me gives her hometown sisters some love: Miss Etta and Dr Claribel by Susan Fillion.
http://pinkme.typepad.com/pink-me/2012/03/miss-etta-dr-claribel-susan-fillion-review.html
In honor of the first day of Spring tomorrow, True Tales & A Cherry On Top is featuring Eliza’s Cherry Trees – Japan’s Gift to America at http://www.jeannewalkerharvey.blogspot.com/2012/03/japans-gift-to-america-this-post-is.html and there’s another review at All About Books with Janet Squires here: http://janetsquires.blogspot.com/2012/03/nonfiction-monday_19.html.
Take a look at these three non-fiction selections featured today by Ms. Yingling:
http://msyinglingreads.blogspot.com/2012/03/nonfiction-monday_19.html
Check out this Joan of Arc review on A Strong Belief in Wicker: http://astrongbeliefinwicker.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/joan-of-arc.html
Yum! Perogies & Gyoza serve up this review: http://www.perogiesandgyoza.com/2012/03/world-in-your-lunch-box.html
Darcy Pattison’s WISDOM: THE MIDWAY ALBATROSS at the SimplyScience Blog: http://simplyscience.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/wisdom-the-midway-albatross/
Books 4 Learning reviews three titles in the Code Red series for kids: http://books4learning.blogspot.com/2012/03/picture-books-history-code-red-series_19.html
Natalie, thank you for doing this!
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No problem, Cynthia. So many kids become avid readers thanks to non-fiction, so I’m more than happy to help spread the word.
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Hello All. I’ve been reading about Joan of Arc. She’s particularly fascinating, and there are a surprising number of picture books about her.
http://astrongbeliefinwicker.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/joan-of-arc.html
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Thanks so much, Louise–your post is up! 🙂
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http://msyinglingreads.blogspot.com/2012/03/nonfiction-monday_19.html
I have several nonfiction reviews posted at my blog. Thanks for hosting!
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Thank you, Ms. Yingling! Looking forward to reading all of the books featured today!
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Thanks for hosting!
I reviewed a funny book for ages 8+ about the history and science behind the food we eat, called The World in your Lunch Box.
http://www.perogiesandgyoza.com/2012/03/world-in-your-lunch-box.html
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Yum! As a school librarian at a multicultural elementary school, I just got ahold of this ARC via NetGalley. Moving this to the top of my to-be-read list!
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All of these books look terrific! Thanks for highlighting them.
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Thanks for stopping by, Cathy!
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Hi,
I posted a comment this morning, but NF Monday wasn’t up, so I guess you didn’t get it. I have Wisdom The Midway Albatross by Darcy Pattison at SimplyScience.
http://simplyscience.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/wisdom-the-midway-albatross/
Thanks.
shirley
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Sorry to have missed your earlier post, Shirley. So glad you had a chance to let us know about Darcy’s book!
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Thanks for posting. Please include mine post:
http://books4learning.blogspot.com/2012/03/picture-books-history-code-red-series_19.html
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All three of these books look like topics that would pique kids’ interest. Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks for hosting.
My selections is “Eliza’s Cherry Trees: Japan’s gift to America” written by Andrea Zimmerman and illustrated by Ju Hong Chen.
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Thanks for your post, Janet. I’ve added your link to the other one for ELIZA’S CHERRY TREES. I live about 15 miles from these trees in DC, so I’m looking forward to reading this one!
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love your book titles- enjoyable days of reading ahead
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Glad you could stop by, Joann!
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Natalie! Thank you so much for doing this!! Lots of great books here!
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You’re welcome, Lynda, and you’re right–these books are all going on my TBR list!
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