New non-fiction!
My students love non-fiction books so I'm always on the look out for some great new non fiction. We are a Montessori school, so books about the history of man are always a big hit. This latest one is just terrific. It's called "When We Became Humans" written by William Bright and illustrated by Hannah Bailey. It's a picture book full of short pieces of text about how humans evolved from hominids. The vocabulary is rich which may require some assistance for some kids, but over all the book is very accessible, especially to upper elementary students. The pictures are terrific too-the soft water colors help with understanding some of the concepts. The short pieces of text will provide a nice introduction to the concepts presented. There's an excellent time line in the back of the book along with a map that shows human migration patterns. I think the kids and the teachers are going to love this one.
The second one, in my school, is a no-brainer. It's called "The Great Shark Rescue" by Sandra Markle. Our school is about 1.5 miles from the beach. My students have lots of experiences out on the water and they are completely entranced with sharks. Luckily, this is a terrific book too! Sandra Markle is one of my favorite non-fiction authors. She has written several books that get a lot of use in my library, including the wildly popular "What if you had animal...?" which are NEVER on the shelves at my school, because the kids always have them checked out. This shark book is terrific. It starts off with two juvenile whale sharks getting caught in a purse seine net. It goes on to describe why this might happen, as well as other factors in the decline of whale shark population, including loss of habitat due to climate change. It compares whale sharks and whales. It even has information about how whale sharks reproduce. I thought this one was fascinating. It also has lots of gorgeous full color photographs, beautiful illustrations, charts, graphs, maps, even a time line. The end goes back to the sharks caught in the net (it, luckily, has a happy ending!). This one is definitely going to join my collection!
The second one, in my school, is a no-brainer. It's called "The Great Shark Rescue" by Sandra Markle. Our school is about 1.5 miles from the beach. My students have lots of experiences out on the water and they are completely entranced with sharks. Luckily, this is a terrific book too! Sandra Markle is one of my favorite non-fiction authors. She has written several books that get a lot of use in my library, including the wildly popular "What if you had animal...?" which are NEVER on the shelves at my school, because the kids always have them checked out. This shark book is terrific. It starts off with two juvenile whale sharks getting caught in a purse seine net. It goes on to describe why this might happen, as well as other factors in the decline of whale shark population, including loss of habitat due to climate change. It compares whale sharks and whales. It even has information about how whale sharks reproduce. I thought this one was fascinating. It also has lots of gorgeous full color photographs, beautiful illustrations, charts, graphs, maps, even a time line. The end goes back to the sharks caught in the net (it, luckily, has a happy ending!). This one is definitely going to join my collection!
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