Hawk Highway in the Sky

Hawk Highway in the Sky
Author: Caroline Arnold
Publisher: HMH Books For Young Readers
Total Pages: 56
Release: 1997
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

Millions of hawks, eagles, and falcons throughout the world migrate each year between their winter and summer homes. Through breathtaking photographs and clear, engaging text, readers get a close-up look at these extraordinary birds of prey at a trapping and banding station in the Goshute Mountains of eastern Nevada.

Gotcha!

Gotcha!
Author: Kathleen A. Baxter
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 204
Release: 1999-12-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0313077746

Thousands of children's books are published each year-some are outstanding, while others are not. This book makes it easier for you to find the best in children's nonfiction books, and it offers concrete, classroom-tested ideas for presenting them to students in irresistible ways. Booktalks for more than 350 nonfiction titles (appropriate for elementary and middle school students) are organized according to topics popular with young readers-Great Disasters, Unsolved Mysteries, Fascinating People, Science, and Fun Experiments to Do. In addition, there are tips on booktalking, an outline for a booktalk program, and a bibliography that can be used for collection development. Appropriate grade levels for each book are cited. Library Media Specialists will find this guide essential. The thematic approach helps teachers search for titles that correlate to curriculum areas or specific units of study. Parents can use the book with their children as a reading selection tool. Anyone who works with young children will find this book an invaluable resource.

Gotcha for Guys!

Gotcha for Guys!
Author: Kathleen A. Baxter
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2006-11-30
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0313090580

Research indicates boys are interested in reading nonfiction materials, yet most children's librarians prefer to booktalk fiction. Offering citations for more than 1,100 books, Gotcha for Guys! deals specifically with books to pique the interest of middle grade boys. A series of booktalks are grouped within chapters with like titles such as: Creepy-Crawly Creatures, Disasters and Unsolved Mysteries, Action and Innovation, and All Things Gross. Complete booktalks are presented in a beginning section of chapters 1-9. A second section in each of these chapters contains short annotations and talks for other books of interest, and a third section offers lists of well-reviewed titles to consider for boys. The book is enhanced with book cover art and reproducible lists for teachers and librarians.

Science Discoveries on the Net

Science Discoveries on the Net
Author: Anthony D. Fredericks
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2000-10-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0313009627

Turn kids onto science with these exciting Internet learning adventures. The 88 lessons in this book connect young learners to the incredible array of science knowledge and resources on the Internet. Each unit includes engaging activities and Internet research projects based on specific science concepts, along with discussion questions and lists of relevant Web sites and related literature. Grades K-6.

Popular Nonfiction Authors for Children

Popular Nonfiction Authors for Children
Author: Margaret Coggins
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 225
Release: 1998-02-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0313080445

Introduce students to some of today's best nonfiction authors and their writing-and promote nonfiction reading to young learners! Engaging biographical sketches of 65 current nonfiction authors (some of them award winners) are accompanied by selective, annotated bibliographies for further reading. In addition, author photos and an author message to students enhance the experience. Biographies outline the childhoods of the authors, how they became writers, and how they go about their work. A detailed subject index allows you to plan thematic units of study and to assist students in finding reading material that matches their interests. A diversity of current authors and subjects are represented in this useful work.

Birds and Birding at Cape May

Birds and Birding at Cape May
Author: Clay Sutton
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Total Pages: 596
Release: 2006
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780811731348

First-ever birding guide to this celebrated site Insider advice on 33 popular places and lesser-known hot spots Describes birding opportunities any time of the year Geography, topography, weather patterns, and unique natural features make Cape May, New Jersey, one of the most important birding sites in North America. Throughout the year thousands of birders travel to Cape May from around the country--and across the ocean--to witness the arrival of tens of thousands of raptors, songbirds, shorebirds, and seabirds. In this guide, Cape May birders can find out exactly when and where in the region to go, what birds they're likely to see, why the birds are there, and what factors could affect the birds' behavior. Filled with the authors' photos, this book offers insider information that will help any birder make the most of a visit. It features a complete Cape May bird list and a description of the region's history complemented by images that show how Cape May has changed over the years, and how it has stayed the same.

Magic Search

Magic Search
Author: Rebecca S. Kornegay
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2009
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0838909906

Presents the 467 best-performing LCSH subdivisions that speak to the kinds of research questions librarians handle every day. The quick-reference format, along with a handy index, makes this a useful tool to keep close at hand.

The Mechanical Horse

The Mechanical Horse
Author: Margaret Guroff
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2018-01-04
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 147731587X

In this lively cultural history, Margaret Guroff reveals how the bicycle has transformed American society, from making us mobile to empowering people in all avenues of life. Book jacket.

The Devil's Highway

The Devil's Highway
Author: Luis Alberto Urrea
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2008-11-16
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 031604928X

This important book from a Pulitzer Prize finalist follows the brutal journey a group of men take to cross the Mexican border: "the single most compelling, lucid, and lyrical contemporary account of the absurdity of U.S. border policy" (The Atlantic). In May 2001, a group of men attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, through the deadliest region of the continent, the "Devil's Highway." Three years later, Luis Alberto Urrea wrote about what happened to them. The result was a national bestseller, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a "book of the year" in multiple newspapers, and a work proclaimed as a modern American classic.