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Learn to Love Nonfiction




           Tamara Cox
   Librarian, Palmetto Middle
         Williamston, SC
Nonfiction Can Be Fun
Why should we emphasize
                      nonfiction?
NONFICTION READERS can read FICTION

FICTION READERS struggle with NONFICTION
How can librarians help?



WEED


                    PURCHASE


         EVALUATE
How can librarians help?
Current Events & Holidays
Nonfiction Display Ideas


 Use Color to Inspire You
Orange you
 glad you
   READ
ARE THE NEW
Reality TV
 Reading
Inspiration
Do you watch?

                Try reading…
Do you watch?

                Try reading…
Do you watch?

                Try reading…
Do you watch?


                Try reading…
Do you watch?


                Try reading…
Do you watch?

                Try reading…
Do you watch?

                Try reading…
Do you watch?

                Try reading…
Do you watch?

                Try reading…
Do you watch?

                Try reading…
Do you watch?

                Try reading…
Do you watch?

                Try reading…
Do you watch?

                Try reading…
Do you watch?

                Try reading…
Nonfiction Organization
Book Bins and Shelf Markers
Make Nonfiction Easy to Browse
                    Pair fiction and
                    nonfiction.



    Speed Tables




          Genre Challenge
Mr. Dewey, I Bid You Adieu




http://e-literatelibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/06/mr-dewey-i-bid-you-
adieu.htmlhttp://e-literatelibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/06/mr-dewey-i-bid-you-
adieu.html
Nonfiction Blogs, Lists and Webinars
                                   NCSS Outstanding Social
                                                             NSTA Outstanding
                                   Studies Trade Books
                                                             Science Trade Books




Others
 American Book Awards
Audie Awards
Black Caucus of the ALA Literary Awards
Boston Book Review Literary Award
Bread Loaf Bakeless Prize
Costa Book Awards
Governor General's Literary Awards
Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize
Lannan Literary Awards
Minnesota Book Awards
National Book Award
National Book Critics Circle Award
Pulitzer Prize
Reference and User Services Association Awards
Robert F. Kennedy Book Award
Popular Books @ My School
Contact Me:

            Tamara Cox
      tamara_cox1@yahoo.com
              @coxtl
http://www.e-literatelibrarianblogspot.com

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Learn to love nonfiction

Notes de l'éditeur

  1. Students need skills to read charts, graphs, and diagrams,They need to understand how to use nonfiction text features.They need these skills in order to write research papersMost adult reading is to solve a problem which requires nonfiction books
  2. EVALUATE- compare your collection to recommendations, create a graphic to share with adminWEED- don’t be afraid of empty or partially empty shelves, http://www.clcd.com/features/th_common_core_collection_development.phpPURCHASE- if your budget is $0 use book fairs, fundraisers, PTSO requests etc, look onlinePROMOTE
  3. Booktalk nonfictionSchedule author visits of nonfiction authorsChose nonfiction for book club selectionsTeach nonfiction text features in library lessonsTeach teachers about nonfiction text features, use my free poster on FlickrPair nonfiction and fiction subject, we did this for our state book awardsUse book passes or speed tables (display cover out by subject)Using genre cards with classes this year
  4. Sept 11th, Pirate Day, Constitution DayHalloween: typical scary stories as well as books on bones, Zombie’s Guide to the Human Body, Hades mythology, Are You Afraid Yet: The Science Behind Scary Movies, Monster series, Salem Witch trial books, etc.
  5. Lost in the River of Grass by Chomp by Carl HiassenRiver Monsters by Scholastic booksAtlas of the World’s Strangest AnimalsThe World’s Strangest Animals, ScholasticEssential Deer Hunting for TeensThe Plant Hunters by Anita SilveyHatchet by Gary Paulsen
  6. Challenge your students to read one from each genre or subject area, did this with special ed this year and as part of my reading program, Reader’s Quest
  7. Run a collection analysisSee which categories you have the most ofBuy stickers for those categories: animals, arts and crafts, cars, cooking, crime, folktales, health, history, etc.Create an area for each category, start sortingWEED, WEED while you sortPut stickers on themI changed spine label and record in catalog to NON ABC ANIMALS, you can leave the Dewey #