Gotcha Covered!: More Nonfiction Booktalks to Get Kids Excited about Reading

by Kathleen A. Baxter, Michael Dahl

Gotcha Covered! is a third book by popular presenter and former public librarian Kathy Baxter. Michael Dahl, children's author, adds his expertise as coauthor of the volume. Over 300 all new nonfiction booktalks for children K-8 are presented in the same enthusiastic tone as the first two successful books. The books make it easy for you to find the best in children's nonfiction books and offers concrete ideas for presenting them. Booktalks are organized according to topics popular to young readers, making it easy to search for titles that correlate to curriculum areas, topics, and units of study. It also includes tips on booktalking and a bibliography for collection development. Grade levels for books are cited.

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Genres: Nonfiction

232 pages, Paperback

First published June 30, 2005

Reviews

[Heidi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a wonderful resource book that promotes nonfiction books for Grades K and up. It mentions various types of books to booktalk and is broken down by subjects such as: Great Adventures, Disasters, Explorers, and Heroes; The Natural World: Astounding Animals and Fascinating Science; Freaky, Funny, Gross, and Cool; and many more. At the end of each chapter/subject, each book title mentions the suggested grades/age levels it could be used for. I've only read a few of the titles throughout and cannot wait to read all of them mentioned! This will definitely be beneficial to getting children excited to read more nonfiction and not dread or avoid it.

[Megengelter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great reference