Mission Control, This is Apollo: The Story of the First Voyages to the Moon

Mission Control, This is Apollo: The Story of the First Voyages to the Moon
by Andrew Chaikin
Penguin Group
114 pages

Redwoods

Redwoods
by Jason Chin
Roaring Book Press
unpaged

A young city boy, riding the subway, finds an abandoned book about redwoods. He finds himself in the very forest described in the book. After finishing the book, he leaves it for someone else to read.

2010 Mock Sibert: Reading List #1

This is the first of four short lists for the Mock Sibert election at the Allen County Public Library. We'll continue to highlight and discuss a wide variety of informational books on our blog, and we encourage your comments on all of them. The books on this short list, however are now destined to be "brought to the table" to be discussed in more depth at our Mock Sibert Discussion and Election on January 9, 2010.

We'd love to hear what you think about these books. Please leave comments about each title on its respective blog post. If you'd like to suggest a book for the next list, send me an email or leave a comment.

• Butterflies and Moths by Nic Bishop

• Words to My Life's Song by Ashley Bryan

• Children of War: Voices of Iraqi Refugees by Deborah Ellis

• Moonshot: the Flight of Apollo 11 by Brian Floca

• Charles and Emma: the Darwin's Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman
  

• Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose

• Darwin: with Glimpses into His Private Journal and Letters by Alice B. McGinty
  

• Traveling the Freedom Road: from Slavery and the Civil War through Reconstructions by Linda Barrett Osborne

• Eleanor Quiet No More: the Life of Eleanor Roosevelt by Doreen Rappaport

• Almost Astronauts: the Story of the "Mercury 13" Women by Tanya Lee Stone
  

• Remember Little Rock: the Time, the People, the Stories by Paul Robert Walker

• You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?! by Jonah Winter
  

Darwin: With Glimpses into His Private Journal & Letters

Darwin: With Glimpses into His Private Journal & Letters
by Alice B. McGinty
Houghton Mifflin
unpaged

You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!

You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!
by Jonah Winter
Schwartz & Wade Books
unpaged

Chasing Lincoln's Killer

Chasing Lincoln's Killer
by James L. Swanson
Scholastic Press
196 pages

Bring Me Some Apples and I'll Make You a Pie: A Story About Edna Lewis

Bring Me Some Apples and I'll Make You a Pie: A Story About Edna Lewis
by Robbin Gowley
Clarion Books
45 pages

From the whippoorwill's call on the first day of spring through the first snowfall, Edna and members of her family gather fruits, berries, and vegetables from the fields, garden, and orchard on their Virginia farm and turn them into wonderful meals. Includes facts about the life of Edna Lewis, a descendant of slaves who grew up to be a famous chef, and five recipes.

Coretta Scott

Coretta Scott
by Ntozake Shange
illustrated by Kadir Nelson
Katherine Tegen Books
unpaged

Nonfiction Monday Round Up

Welcome to the Nonfiction Monday Round Up!




Each week, bloggers interested in children's literature celebrate Nonfiction Monday by writing about informational books for kids, and the ACPL Mock Sibert Blog is pleased to host the round up today. If you've reviewed a children's nonfiction book on your blog today, simply leave a comment on this post. I'll be adding links throughout the day.

If this is your first visit to the ACPL Mock Sibert Blog, please have a look around. You can learn more about the discussion and program in the sidebar. Be sure to leave your thoughts on some of the books that we've posted so far this year. We would love to have you join the discussion!

And now, here's the round up:

• The ACPL Mock Sibert blog invites you to leave your comments on Denied, Detained, Deported: Stories from the Dark Side of American Immigration
• 100 Scope Notes reviews Nic Bishop Butterflies and Moths
• In Need of Chocolate writes about First Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life
• Abby (the) Librarian reviews the Zigzag Nonfiction Series
• Kim reviews Nature's Paintbox: A Gallery of Art and Verse over at The Wild About Nature Blog
• MsMac has in interview with Janet Halfmann, author of Seven Miles to Freedom
• The Book Chook has a review of Pobblebonks
• Jennifer at Jean Little Library reviews Follow the Trail
• Shirley at SimplyScience reviews The Tooth Book
• Lori Calabrese has a review of What Bluebirds Do
• Robin at TheBookKnosher writes about Marvelous Mattie: How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor
• Great Kids Books debuts a new feature and helps answer the question "How do babies get inside their mommies?"
• Tales from the Rushmore Kid has an interview with non-fiction writer, Judith Persnall
• Book Brew reviews My Feet Aren't Ugly
• A Patchwork of Books writes about the Follow that Food Chain series
• Anastasia blogs about maps and summer travel at Kid Lit Kit
• Karen at Mommy's Favorite Children's Books shares her family's experience with Good, Clean Knock Knock Jokes for Kids
• BookMoot.com reviews: Pararescuemen in Action by Michael Sandler
• Bookends.Booklistonline.com reviewed What Bluebirds Do, by Pamela Kirby
• Jennie reviewed No Choirboy and The Oxford Project at Biblio File

Denied, Detained, Deported: Stories from the Dark Side of American Immigration

Denied, Detained, Deported: Stories from the Dark Side of American Immigration
by Ann Bausum
National Geographic
111 pages