June Day 24 of New Books at SLCOLibrary

More selections of non-fiction books.  Again from the displays at Holladay library.

June Day 18 of New Books at SLCOLibrary

Then we have a whole bunch of "Who Was...?" biographies and juvenile non-fiction titles by the same publisher such as "What is NASA?"

Book Group Post 4 : Feb. spotlighted McMullan and Ahlberg and Mar. covered some j500's

We read Hooray for Bread by Allan Ahlberg and talked about other books by the Ahlbergs and the McMullans in February.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_and_Allan_Ahlberg

https://www.katemcmullan.com/

http://jamesmcmullan.com/BIO3.HTML


March started something new with a diversion into the j 500's.  We shared the following titles: (again, let me know if I missed some that we talked about)

• Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos by Sisson
• Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years by McAnulty
• The Glow In the Dark Book of Space by Harris
• Bedtime Math by Overdeck
• Island A Story of the Galapagos by Chin
• Max Goes to Mars by Bennett
• Water Can Be by Salas
• Magic School Bus books by Cole
• Wonderful Winter: All Kinds of Winter Facts and Fun by Goldstone
• Our Family Tree by Peters

Author #129: Dorothy Hinshaw Patent with how much dogs can smell

From Searching and Saving to Helping Planet Earth to Medical Alert Dogs, dogs of all breeds, sizes, and backgrounds are helping people around the world.    In Super Sniffers: Dog Detectives On The Job, Dorothy Hinshaw Patent takes us on a journey in pictures and text covering all the amazing things dogs can be trained to detect and locate from bombs to cancer to water contamination and more in between!  You can find out more about other animals and more about other dogs serving people at Dorothy's website: http://www.dorothyhinshawpatent.com/index.html

2013 Summer Movies: #6 Spellbound

Spellbound is rated G and was released in 2002.  Following 8 finalists to the 1999 National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C., we are introduced to their families and styles for learning the thousands of words used in the contest.  Hedgehog thought the movie was slow at first but once they get to the competition it picks up and is very tense.  Mica and Daisy both liked it.  We agreed it's worth seeing at least once but probably not worth buying.  How many words can you spell? 
(We did think the rumpled giant dictionaries were amusing-we use a dictionary for both spelling and looking up meanings but ours is just a small dictionary-anything more and we just look online.)  We also agreed that many times it's just luck of the draw for the words-the kids who make it to the national level all have a pretty good chance of winning.  Pronunciation can sometimes make or break you so there are benefits to learn how to pronounce words properly.

Author 56: Non-Fiction Rules with Gail Gibbons!

If you're looking for great non-fiction children's picture books, then Gail Gibbons has some of the best in the business! Read more about Gail and her books at: http://www.gailgibbons.com/
With over a hundred books Gail covers topics ranging from Groundhog Day to Knights to Pirates to Weather Forecasting. We enjoyed Caves and Caverns, Tornadoes, Bats, Grizzly Bears and Horses.
-From Grizzly Bears: In Spring they eat 25-35 pounds of food a day but in Fall they eat 100 pounds a day to put on weight for the winter.
-From Horses: A horse's height is measured in "hands" and one hand equals four inches.
-From Bats: Some bats help to pollinate plants such as avocados, figs and bananas.
-From Caves and Caverns: Different examples of caves include sea caves, lava caves, ice caves and limestone caves.
-From Tornadoes: Tornadoes usually occur in the afternoon.