ISBN-13: 9780374309084
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date: 4/10/2012
Pages: 96
Nonfiction kindred spirit Anita Silvey goes to great lengths to feature titles with Dewey Decimal numbers at the Children’s Book-a-Day Almanac.
Publishers, reviewers and librarians visit her site to read about relevant books in science, history or biography for children. The former editor of Horn Book has reviewed aptly and expertly such nonfiction books as The Great Molasses Flood by Deborah Kops and Witches! by Rosalyn Schanzer.
Silvey’s recently released book The Plant Hunters: True Stories of Their Daring Adventures to the Far Corners of the Earth is as much about her intense curiosity as it is great reading material for young botanists.
ISBN-13: 9780062014580
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Publication date: 3/13/2012
Pages: 143
Book Kvetch culminates Children’s Book Week by reviewing a collection of poetry for children. Yes. Poetry is a category in nonfiction.
Libraries shelve poetry books in the nonfiction stacks by Dewey Decimal. The recently published I’ve Lost My Hippopotamus by Jack Prelutsky and illustrated by Jackie Urbanovic would be catalogued in nonfiction under call number 811.54 Pre.
ISBN-13: 9780980005653
Publisher: Cole House LLC
Publication date: 6/1/2012
Pages: 62
It’s Berkshire Week! More than 30,000 people gathered at the Woodstock of Capitalism for Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder meeting.
A highlight for 2012 was presentation of a tulip, “The Warren Buffett, a.k.a. The Wild Warren,” named after the Berkshire Hathaway CEO. Investors, of course, were drawn to Berkshire Week to catch a glimpse of the Oracle of Omaha.
Skipped the pilgrimage this year? Why not pre-order Mark Gavagan’s new book, Gems from Warren Buffett: Wit and Wisdom from 34 Years of Letters to Shareholders?
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