Kathleen A. Baxter, Marcia Agness Kochel

Gotcha Good! (eBook, PDF)

Nonfiction Books to Get Kids Excited About Reading

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This fifth Gotcha! book, aimed at public and school librarians and teachers, discusses well-reviewed and kid-tested nonfiction titles for third through eighth grade readers published in 2005-2007 with a few extra oldies but goodies added in. Chapters are built around the high- interest topics kids love. Irresistible book descriptions and book talks guide librarians and teachers to nonfiction books kids want to read. New features include numerous booklists to copy and save (similar to the bookmarks in Gotcha for Guys!) and profiles and interviews of some innovative authors such as Sally Walker, Kathleen Krull, Catherine Thimmesh, Steve Jenkins, Ken Mochizuki, and others. Grades 3-8. This fifth Gotcha! book, aimed at public and school librarians, as well as elementary and middle school teachers, discusses well-reviewed and kid-tested nonfiction titles for third through eighth grade readers published in 2005-2007 with a few extra oldies but goodies added in. Chapters are built around the high-interest topics kids love as the authors provide irresistible book descriptions to guide librarians and teachers to nonfiction books kids will want to read. Features include numerous booklists that can be copied and saved (similar to the bookmarks in the authors' Gotcha for Guys!), as well as profiles and interviews of some innovative nonfiction authors such as Sally Walker, Kathleen Krull, Catherine Thimmesh, Steve Jenkins, Ken Mochizuki, and others. Grades 3-8.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781591588467
• Artikelnr.: 37940227

Autorenporträt

Kathleen A. Baxter is the co-author of several other Gotcha! titles for Libraries Unlimited and is a popular BER presenter.

Marcia Agness Kochel is a middle school librarian in Bloomington, MN. She was a member of the 2006 ALA Siebert Award committee and currently reviews for SLJ.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: American Journeys Chapter 2: People to Know Chapter 3: Around the World and Through the Ages Chapter 4: Animals Chapter 5: Science Chapter 6: Playing with Words Chapter 7: Monsters
Mysteries
Mummies
and Other Quirky Books Acknowledgments Author Index Title Index