These are the nonfiction titles I teach in my YA literature
class. My students, teachers and librarians all, have had
good success with them all, even the Harris for those who
actually had it in their collections. GraceAnne
Michael Rosen, Shakespeare: His Work and His World
Ann Bausum, With Courage and Cloth: Winning the fight for a
womanīs right to vote
Nelson, Marilyn. Carver: a life in poems
Robie H. Harris, illus Michael Emberley, Itīs Perfectly
Normal
The honorable Melissa Techman noted on 29 Aug 2006 thusly:
> The skimpy short-attention span approach has been around for
> a while - and not just in YA books. I remember my first job
> after I got my MLS (1995), when we had monthly purchasing
> meetings for all the Children's Librarians at Houston Public
> Library. I asked my mentor about it and she said it had been
> going on for at least 10 years. She thought it had to do
> with a TV-watching mindset. There is probably more to
> it...Anybody in the publishing world want to pipe up? When I
> weed, I delete some nice "meaty" nonfiction from the past
> and I put the best in our little "Historical Collection". I
> show this section to readers that want more - I also use it
> for show and tell when we talk about past and present. And
> speaking of past and present - I showed a volunteer mom who
> is a horse expert a book about our little school's past. She
> looked with interest at a picture of the stable full of
> horses (1910ish) from when students rode to school and she
> started telling me all about the horses and what the picture
> meant. She pointed to the horse that had its tail cropped so
> it wouldn't get caught in the plow. She pointed to the one
> horse who was a riding horse versus a farm or work horse.
> Then she told me about a certain breed that was originally
> bred to carry knights in heavy armor. It was fascinating!
> So, I'm going to have her come in during our 5th grade
> lesson about visual literacy and primary documents (What Can
> Learn From Old Photos?). A different topic - anyone got
> advice for end of the day sleepy and young Kindergartners?
> Right now I'm trying to dazzle them with books and keep them
> upright! Melissa
>
> Melissa Techman, MLS
> Broadus Wood Elementary School,
> 185 Buck Mtn. Rd,
> Earlysville, VA 22901
> 434-973-3865
> mtechman@k12albemarle.org
>
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GraceAnne A. DeCandido
Reader Writer Reviewer ~ New York City
Part-time lecturer in children's and YA literature
Rutgers SCILS PDS
Favorite titles Summer 2006
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