From: Sarah Prielipp <sprielipp_at_sagchip.org>
Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:42:27 -0400

Some of my favorite new nonfiction books are:

Driven: a photobiography of Henry Ford by Don Mitchell

Knucklehead : tall tales and mostly true stories of growing up Scieszka / by Jon Scieszka.

Ancient Rome : an interactive history adventure / by Rachael Hanel. (already proving to be popular with young readers)

I find that my own son who is in first grade regularly selects nonfiction books to learn about things he is interested in: cats, snakes, hockey, trees, insects, etc. When he goes to the library with me, he brings home mostly nonfiction. When he goes with his class at school, he brings home fiction, and I'm not sure if that is because he is influenced by someone to stay in the fiction section or if he just grabs a book to bring home. His school uses the public library for selecting books so I know he has access to the nonfiction and he is familiar with that library as it is the same one we use as a family. I used to find it interesting and disheartening that some of the teachers in the school library where I used to be (all female) told their students that they could not have nonfiction (at least for the first few months); they needed to read "real" stories. Although I provided information/research about the importance of nonfiction and advocated for the children, I was often shot-down and the teachers sent t he students back with their nonfiction to bring back "real" stories.

Sarah Prielipp, MLIS

Tribal Librarian

Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe

7070 E. Broadway

Mt. Pleasant,MI 48858

989.775.4519

sprielipp_at_sagchip.org


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