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Nonfiction to the Rescue, Part 2

May 19, 2021April 22, 2021 by Zachary Stier

By featuring both nonfiction and fiction during storytime, you provide children an opportunity to experience the contrast between what is real and what is imaginative. Both are important for a successful reading experience. Here are 18 of my favorite nonfiction books to use in storytime programs.

Skinny Dip with Mélina Mangal

August 9, 2016July 20, 2016 by Vicki Palmquist

For this interview, we visit with Mélina Mangal, children’s book author and librarian: What’s your favorite late-night snack? My favorite ANYTIME snack is white cheddar popcorn. Most cherished childhood memory? Roaming through the north woods, climbing trees with my sister and brothers. I loved being outdoors so much. Illustrator’s work you most admire?… more

Dear Peacemakers

May 3, 2018July 19, 2016 by Vicki Palmquist

In recent weeks, we’ve had many requests for books about anger and fear and conflict resolution. I was immediately reminded of an excellent resource published in 2010 called Book by Book: an Annotated Guide to Young People’s Literature with Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution Themes (Carol Spiegel, published by Educators for Social Responsibility, now called Engaging Schools).… more

Chasing Freedom Companion Booktalks

September 24, 2015September 1, 2015 by Marsha Qualey

To get you started on the Bookstorm™ Books …
Alec’s Primer Mildred Pitts Walter
illustrated by Larry Johnson
Vermont Folklife Center, 2005 Based on the true story of Alec Turner (1845−1923), who learned to read as a boy with the help of his owner’s daughter Supplement the story with stories and songs from tape-recorded interviews with Daisy Turner, Alec’s daughter A Carter G.

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Bookstorm™: Chasing Freedom

March 13, 2021September 1, 2015 by Vicki Palmquist

In this Bookstorm™: Chasing Freedom
The Life Journeys of Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, Inspired by Historical Facts
written by Nikki Grimes
illustrated by Michele Wood
Orchard Books, 2015
As Nikki Grimes writes in her author’s note for this book, “History is often taught in bits and pieces, and students rarely get the notion that these bits and pieces are connected.”… more

Turtles in Children’s Literature

July 16, 2015July 7, 2015 by Marsha Qualey

Our Bookstorm™ book, The Shadow Hero, is the origin story of a superhero, The Green Turtle. While this character is not an actual chelonian — though that would be an awesome super hero — there are many turtles and tortoises in children’s literature. Some might even be, technically, terrapins. Here are some notables. … more

Nonfiction to the Rescue, Part 2

Skinny Dip with Mélina Mangal

Dear Peacemakers

Chasing Freedom Companion Booktalks

Bookstorm™: Chasing Freedom

Turtles in Children’s Literature

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