A program of the Children's Services department of the Allen County (Indiana) Public Library. Please join our discussion of this year's best informational books for children.
I really enjoyed this biography of Mark Twain. Kerley does a wonderful job providing brief facts in the main text and adding to them and expanding upon them using the excerpts from Susy's diary. The illustrations are beautiful and children will love open the diary pages to see what Susy has written. Kerley has included an author's note about both Twain and Susy. I found the page on how to write an extraordinary to be an excellent source for information on how to write a biography. The timeline on the endpage in also an excellent source of information on Mark Twain's life. As a children's librarian who is often at a loss when looking for biographies for the younger children, this book is an excellent resource that I would include in my collection and recommend to teachers.
We're excited about all the new informational books for kids that will be published in 2011 and we look foward to highlighting some of the best here. We hope you'll join the discussion by leaving comments on the titles we post. If you'd like to suggest a title for our list, simply leave a comment or send us an email.
In January of 2012, we'll get together in person to talk about our favorites and vote for our Mock Sibert Award winners. Watch for details to be published later this year.
Children's librarians at the Allen County Public Library sometimes receive Advance Reading Copies and other free books from a variety of publishers. After reading, some of these books find their way onto this blog before being added to the permanent Library collection or given as gifts to the participants in our book programs.
The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy)
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I really enjoyed this biography of Mark Twain. Kerley does a wonderful job providing brief facts in the main text and adding to them and expanding upon them using the excerpts from Susy's diary. The illustrations are beautiful and children will love open the diary pages to see what Susy has written. Kerley has included an author's note about both Twain and Susy. I found the page on how to write an extraordinary to be an excellent source for information on how to write a biography. The timeline on the endpage in also an excellent source of information on Mark Twain's life. As a children's librarian who is often at a loss when looking for biographies for the younger children, this book is an excellent resource that I would include in my collection and recommend to teachers.
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