Tag Archives: nonfiction

And The Winners Are

Posted on January 31, 2013 by

I’ve made progress on all of my reading challenges. I did finish my last book for the Morris Award Challenge on time. That meant that when the Youth Media Awards were announced on Monday, I had read all of the … Continue reading →

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Challenge Update – Week 6

Posted on January 19, 2013 by

While I haven’t been posting updates here regularly, I have been reading for the challenge. In fact, I have finished the Nonfiction Challenge and am reading the final book in the Morris Award short list. I should have no problem … Continue reading →

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Challenge Progress – Week 3

Posted on December 30, 2012 by

Three weeks down, four to go, and I am more than halfway through the challenge! So far I have read four of the five on the Nonfiction Award shortlist and two of the Morris Award finalists. Six books read, four … Continue reading →

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Challenge Progress – Week 2

Posted on December 23, 2012 by

This week I made much better progress, finishing three books. I read two more nonfiction titles: Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 by Phillip Hoose and Titanic: Voices from the Disaster by Deborah Hopkinson.  That … Continue reading →

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Best of the Best Challenge: Week 1 Update

Posted on April 8, 2012 by

I got off to a good start on my challenge this week, completing three books. The first was Everybody Sees the Ants by A. S. King. I already had this book on hand, so the challenge was a good excuse … Continue reading →

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And the winner is . . .

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

In my reviews of Children’s Nonfiction books, I mentioned that our library was having a Mock Sibert Awards event. That event took place this afternoon and I had the honor to be one of the presenters. My book was The … Continue reading →

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Super Nonfiction Books for Children

Posted on January 17, 2012 by

As my library system gears up for our Mock Sibert Awards event, I’ve been reading a fair bit of new nonfiction for children. So often children’s nonfiction gets overlooked as families head straight to the picture books. Or elementary school … Continue reading →

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