Sunday, May 6, 2012

Nonfiction Monday

                                      

Welcome to Nonfiction Monday!  My featured title is The Elephant Scientist by Caitlin O'Connell & Donna M. Jackson.
                                              

Caitlin O'Connell is an American scientist who has been studying elephants in the African country of Namibia. Her area is elephant communication.
Here is a sample describing an a-ha moment:
"Then slowly, almost imperceptibly, many of the elephants turned toward the source of the signal-a shaker buried nearby...The entire herd had responded-just as I had witnessed years ago."

This book covers African elephants.  For Asian elephants I invite you to visit an earlier post.

Here are links  to other titles:

Ms. Yingling Reads:  Witches: the Absolute True Tale of Witches in Salem.
NC Teacher Stuff:   Tornado! 
A Teaching Life:  Genius of Islam and a second title Creep & Flutter.
Laura Salas: For the Life of Birds: the Life of Roger Tory Peterson.

For  more, please visit the comments section below.

14 comments:

  1. Hi, thanks for hosting and having this up early. I have a review of the beautiful novel-in-verse "Becoming Billie Holiday" by Carole Boston Weatherford. Here is the link:
    http://gatheringbooks.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/nonfiction-monday-becoming-billie-holiday/

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  2. Thanks for hosting today. The Elephant Scientist sounds interesting. At True Tales & A Cherry On Top I'm featuring a wonderful new picture book biography - BROTHERS AT BAT - The True Story of An Amazing All-Brothers Baseball Team by Audrey Vernick at http://jeannewalkerharvey.blogspot.com/2012/05/brothers-at-bat.html

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  3. Good morning and thanks for hosting! Today @ Shelf-employed, I'm featuring an interview with Chad Beckerman, Creative Director for Abrams books, about his role in shaping the new book, Minette's Feast: The Delicious Story of Julia Child and Her Cat. http://shelf-employed.blogspot.com/2012/05/minettes-feast-interview-with-chad.html

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  4. Thank you for hosting! At 100 Scope Notes I have a review of How Many Jelly Beans? by Andrea Menotti: http://100scopenotes.com/2012/05/07/nonfiction-monday-how-many-jelly-beans-by-andrea-menotti/

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  5. Today, over at Wendie's Wanderings, I'm examining two easy reading guessing game books suitable for preschoolers as well as beginning readers.
    http://blog.wendieold.com/2012/05/nonfiction-monday-picture-games.html

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  6. Thanks for hosting today! At Booktalking, my Picture Book of the Day is Labrador Retriever: Most Popular by Jessica Rudolph and my Chapter Book of the Day is Get the Scoop on Animal Poop: From Lions to Lapeworms, 251 cool facts about Scat, Frass, Dung and More! by Dawn Cusick. http://wp.me/pa8jB-1qw Also, Larry Dane Brimner shares activities for Black and White on the Nonfiction Book Blast blog today... http://wp.me/p1o4au-gK

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  7. Thanks for hosting! At Jean Little Library I have a review of Sy Montgomery's biography of Temple Grandin: http://jeanlittlelibrary.blogspot.com/2012/05/nonfiction-monday-temple-grandin-by-sy.html

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  8. Thanks for hosting. I have Desert Seasons by Layne DeMarin at SimplyScience.
    http://simplyscience.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/desert-seasons/
    Shirley

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  9. Pink Me is in with a review of High Riders, Saints, and Death Cars: A life saved by art, about the self-taught folk artist Nicholas Herrera.
    :paula

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  10. Thank you for hosting. Please include my post on The Greek News. http://books4learning.blogspot.com/2012/05/nonfiction-monday-greek-news.html

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  11. Thanks for hosting.

    My selection is "A black hole is not a hole" written by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano and illustrated by Michael Carroll.

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  12. Thanks for hosting today! I'm sharing an informational picture book: Minette's Feast, about Julia Child and her cat.

    http://greatkidbooks.blogspot.com/2012/05/minettes-feast-delicious-story-of-julia.html

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  13. I'm going to try posting mine again:
    http://tmsteach.blogspot.com/2012/05/nonfiction-for-this-what-are-you.html

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  14. Late to the party, but Bookends is featuring Seeing Symmetry this week: http://bookends.booklistonline.com/2012/05/07/seeing-symmetry-by-loreen-leedy/
    Thanks for hosting!

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