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Nancy's picks for the best non-fiction of Spring
2000 and ideas for using them in the classroom. Compiled
by Nancy Polette © 2000.
- Last updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2002
- Agee, John. Elvis
Lives and Other Anagrams. Farrar 2000
- The author creates new
words and phrases by jumbling the
letters.
- Dyson, Marianne J. Space
Station Science. Scholastic, 1999. Gr 3-6
- An explanation of all the
systems needed to keep the International
Space Station up and running, including
how simple tasks are changed in free
fall. Details are included on space
experiments, space travel and space
stations of the future. Excellent
photographs.
- Dewey, Jennifer O. Rattlesnake
Dance.
Boyds Mill, 2000. Gr 3-6
- A collection of true
tales, mysteries and rattlesnake
ceremonies that will fascinate young
snake lovers.
- Lessem, Don. Dinosaurs
to Dodos.
Illus by Jan Sovak. Scholastic, 1999
- An encyclopedia of extinct
animals including causes of their
extinction and the modern discoveries
that are now revealing their lost worlds.
- Holzer, Harold. Editor. Abraham
Lincoln, The Writer. Boyds Mill, 2000 Gr 4-8
- Through his speeches and
letters the reader can follow Lincoln's
transformation from country lawyer to
President of the United States. An
excellent glimpse of this great man shown
through the magic of his words.
- Jessel, Camilla. Ballet
School.
Viking, 2000 Gr 3-8
- A fascinating look at the
development of young dancers in both
pictures and text. The hard work,
discipline, disappointments and triumphs
are graphically portrayed.
- Jeppson, Ann-Sofie. Here
Comes Pontus! Illus by Cararina Kruusval. R
& S Books, 2000
- As a young colt goes to
live on a farm with a human family
readers learn about feeding, equipment
and care of horses. An excellent
introduction for young horse lovers.
- Ledwon, Peter and Marilyn
Mets. Midnight Math. Holiday House, 2000 Gr 1-4
- Animals have fun with
twelve terrific math games shown in comic
book style with step-by-step directions.
Good for improving skills in addition,
subtraction and multiplication.
- McKissack, Patricia and
Fredrick. Black Hands, White Sails. Scholastic, 1999. Gr 4-8
- The dramatic story of the
role of African Americans in the East
Coast whaling industry which details
complete voyages of whaling ships, from
signing on at the docks, to the hunt, to
the return home.
- Meltzer, Milton. Witches
and Witch-hunts. Blue Sky Press, 2000. Gr 5-8
- Witch hunts throughout
history are described from 15th century
France to Salem, Massachusetts, from
Adolph Hitler to Joseph McCarthy,
including the devastating effects on the
societies in which they took place.
- Myers, Jack. What
Happened to the Mammoths? Ilus by John Rice. Boyds Mill,
2000
- These twelve explorations
into the animal world answer a host of
questions. Why do cats purr? How does a
homing pigeon find its way home? How can
a seal stay underwater for more than an
hour? How do you give a falcon a vision
test? Full color illustrations help the
reader in this discovery adventure.
- Rappaport, Doreen and
Lyndall Callan. Dirt On
Their Skirts. Ilus by E. B. Lewis. Dial,
2000 Gr 3-6
- The story of the young
women who won the Baseball World
Championship.in 1946. Based on written
accounts and the memories of the players
themselves.
- Dope, Sam. Gotta
Go! Gotta Go! Illus. by Sue Riddle. Farrar,
2000 Gr 2-4
- A bug know that she's
gotta go to Mexico and makes the
impossible journey as the Monarch
butterflies do each year when they
migrate from Canada to the mountains of
Mexico.
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