By Kathleen A. Baxter, Marcia Agness Kochell
Edition: illustrated, annotated
Published by Libraries Unlimited, 2007
ISBN 159158311X, 9781591583110
269 pages
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.
Kids Can Press, Sandra Markle, HarperCollins, Grades K-3, National Geographic Society, Zahi Hawass, Mummies, Pterosaur, H.L. Hunley, Inside the NFL, Gotcha Again, Candlewick Press, Atheneum Books, White Sharks, Grades 4-up, Lerner Publishing, Ed Emberley, Grossology, Science Verse, Heinemann LibraryResearch 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.
Contents
| 1 | |
Hitler Youth , Chiune Sugihara , Candlewick Press | |
| 23 | |
African American , Freedom Riders , Kid Blink | |
| 51 | |
Pterosaur , John Bindon , Feathered Dinosaurs | |
| 67 | |
Kids Can Press , Science Verse , HarperCollins | |
| 95 | |
mummies , Grossology , Zahi Hawass | |
| 112 | |
White Sharks , Grades K-3 , naked mole rats |
| 159 | |
Minibeasts , Komodo Dragon , Africanized bees | |
| 175 | |
Inside the NFL , X-treme Sports , Half-Pipes | |
| 205 | |
Forensic Files , H.L. Hunley , Roanoke Colony | |
| 223 | |
Ripley's Believe , Harpster , Ed Emberley | |
| 233 | |
National Geographic Society , Sandra Markle , Publications Company | |
| 243 | |
| 251 | |
Triceratops , Dan Greenberg , Tyrannosaurus |
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