New non fiction - September 2015
Boy are there some terrific new non fiction titles out there! Let me tell you about a couple of them. The first one is called "The Great Monkey Rescue" by Sandra Markle. It's about golden lion tamarins. The book starts with some background information about the tamarins and then moves into how scientists are trying to reintroduce the tamarins back into the wild. There are some gorgeous, engaging photographs that are sure to attract readers. There are also some great text features that will make it a good non-fiction mentor text. The second one is also about animals and it's called "8: An Animal alphabet book". Each page (and sometimes a full page spread) is one letter. There are eight of one animal (like ants for A) but then there are also other animals that also start with the letter (which, happily, are listed at the bottom of the page, if like me you are thinking to yourself "What is a seagull doing on the A page? Oooohhh, it's ...