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Thousands of children’s books are published each year-some are outstanding, while others are not. This book makes it having little impact 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 coordinated according to topics usual 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 may 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 may use the book with their children as a reading selection tool. Anyone who works with young children will find this book an worthful resource.
From School Library JournalOne of the most time-consuming distinct elements of preparing a booktalk, besides choosing the right book, is picking just the right passages or pictures to hook listeners. Not only have Baxter and Kochel put together a fantasti collection of more than 350 nonfiction books, but they also suggest excerpts or subsections that are sure to commence the audience drooling. The volume is arranged into seven thematic chapters: “Great Disasters,” “Fun Stuff,” “Animals,” “Unsolved Mysteries,” “Science and Fun Experiments to Do,” “Fascinating People,” and “Our Wonderful, Terrible Past.” The titles are staged within each chapter in a conversational style that is exceedingly readable and entertaining; utile bibliographies following each division assign suitable grade levels to the books. The writers also give ordinary tips on organizing booktalks. This is an particular resource for anybody working with children in grades 1-8 in either a school or public library setting.
Joan Hamilton, Pierce School, Brookline, MA
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library JournalLibraries Unlimited. 1999. 183p. illus. bibliog. index. LC 99-34279. ISBN 1-56308-683-2. pap. $24.50.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist” Tell a joke, read a funny poem, gross them out–whatever it takes to get them to pick up a book and begin reading for fun.” Enthusiastic and informal, this magnificent guide is packed with good ideas in regards to booktalking, with more than 350 nonfiction titles to appeal to grades one through eight. The books are coordinated under popular subjects, including disasters (“Pick a Good Disaster”), animals–from creepy, crawly creatures to dinosaurs–unsolved mysteries, science, biography (more than celebrities), and history, with subsections on slavery, the Holocaust, and World War II. Along with the talk in regards to books, each chapter includes brief excerpts for reading aloud, pictures to lure kids to the books, and full bibliographies with reading levels for all the suggested titles. The practical counsel is based on the authors’ wide experience with a great deal of audiences, and the relaxed, personal approach is encouraging, even for beginners. Hazel Rochman
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6 of 6 persons found the following review helpful.
 Get Gotcah! & get kids excessively affected emotionally with regards to reading!
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Most guides to Booktalks feature fiction but not this one. Ms. Baxter has gone where a great deal of fear to tread and tackled the bestloved of numerous reluctant readers-Non Fiction. A Booktalk, for those who don’t perceive Teacherese or Library talk is brief description of a book and is designed to make each memember of the audience want to read the book RIGHT NOW.
GOTCHA! is disunited into 7 sections, covering such kid ordinary topics as jokes, gross stuff, The Titanic,urban legends, interesting people, science, the past and animals. The style is bright and breezy and broad bibliographies are provided.
Librarians will love it’s “ready to use” format. The booktalks are designed to be applied as is, or they may be used as a jumping off point and a librarian may alter them to suit their own collections. It will be very helpful to teachers looking for books to accompany science, language arts and social studies units. I can’t think of a beter way to introduce a class to poety than with an enthusiastic booktalk featuring Jack Prelutsky. Homeschoolers will find it invalueable in planning units and finding quality creative writing of recognized artisti value for their children. In fact,kids will like it it too- it’s a great resource for helping them find a book on a topic that interests them.
It’s a ought to have for and Elementary schlool librarians & Teachers, Children’s Librarians and anybody who enjoys reading a book when it comes to books.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
This book got me!
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This book is a wondrous resource for parents, teachers, librarians, or any person who gives books to kids, but who may need a bit of support in choosing suitable books. Kathleen Baxter and Marcia Agness Kochel have focalized on the wealth of nonfiction books which may appeal to kids, proving there’s more to children’s creative writing of recognized artisti value than Harry Potter. The book is organized according to topics: catastrophes/disasters;, jokes, riddles, ludicrous and gross stuff; biographies; animals, history, etc., and is staged in the format of short, snappy “book talks” — pitches given by librarians and teachers to kids to show them what books are out there and to consequently pique kids’ interests and get them reading. The writers show outstanding ebullience for the titles they showcase, and give wondrous tips on talking up the books; they “got” me a number of times, as I scribbled out titles and made a beeline to the library to check out a few books. Foolproof topics include dinosauers and mummies, the Titanic disaster, and baby animals. But this book presents lots of other nonfiction selections on a wide potpourri of topics–there’s bound to be something of interest to the young humans in your life. Each chapter ends with a bibliography of the titles mentioned, and I’ll be sure to use this book when birthdays and holidays come around. And if the writers ever come to my library, I’ll be sure to listen in on one of their book talks!
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Gotcha! Nonfiction Booktalks to Get Kids Excited About Reading
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Baxter, Kathleen A. and Marcia Agness Kochel. 1999. Gotcha! Nonfiction Booktalks to Get Kids Excited About Reading. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.
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