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  1. CHOOSING QUALITY NONFICTION LITERATURE: EVALUATION AND SELECTION
    1. Nonfiction Books for Children: New Directions, New Challenges Susan Hepler
    2. Choosing Quality Nonfiction Literature: Examining Aspects of Accuracy and Organization Rosemary A. Bamford and Janice V. Kristo
    3. Choosing Quality Nonfiction Literature: Examining Aspects of Writing Style Amy A. McClure
    4. Choosing Quality Nonfiction Literature: Features for Accessing and Visualizing Information Richard M. Kerper
    5. Choosing Quality Nonfiction Literature: Aspects of Selection for Emergent Readers Paula Moore
  2. QUALITY NONFICTION LITERATURE: GATEWAY TO IMAGINATION, INVESTIGATION, AND INQUIRY
    1. It's More Than Dates and Places: How Nonfiction Contributes to Understanding Social Studies Myra Zarnowski
    2. Using and Evaluating Nonfiction Literature in the Science Curriculum Anthony D. Fredericks
    3. Mathematics Learning and Exploration in Nonfiction Literature Sandra Wilde
    4. Creating Possibilities, Deepening Appreciation: Using Nonfiction Literature to Study the Arts Barbara Kiefer
  3. QUALITY NONFICTION LITERATURE; WHAT HAPPENS WHEN STUDENTS AND BOOKS COME TOGETHER IN THE CLASSROOM
    1. Using Read Aloud to Explore the Layers of Nonfiction Sylvia M. Vardell
    2. Writing Nonfiction-Helping Students Teach Others What They Know Yvonne Siu-Runyan
    3. To Fling My Arms Wide: Students Learning About the World Through Nonfiction Linda Levstik
    4. Nonfiction Books-Naturals for the Primary Level Carol Avery
    5. Nonfiction Literature as the "Text" in an Intermediate Classroom: That's a Fact Donna Maxim
    6. Big Stuff at the Middle Level: The Real World, Real Reading, and Right Action Jeffrey D. Wilhelm
  4. QUALITY NONFICTION LITERATURE: MORE ABOUT AUTHORS, THEIR BOOKS
    Response Guides to Nonfiction Children's Literature
    Bibliography of Annotated Orbis Pictus Books: Award Winners and Notables
    Bibliography of Children's Books Cited
    Indexes-Titles, Authors, Illustrators
    Editors
    Contributors



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    Preface
    Acknowledgments
  1. CHOOSING QUALITY NONFICTION LITERATURE: EVALUATION AND SELECTION
    1. Nonfiction Books for Children: New Directions, New Challenges, Susan Hepler
    2. Choosing Quality Nonfiction Literature: Examining Aspects of Accuracy and Organization, Rosemary A. Bamford and Janice V. Kristo
    3. Choosing Quality Nonfiction Literature: Examining Access Features and Visual Displays, Richard M. Kerper
    4. Choosing Quality Nonfiction Literature: Examining Aspects of Design, Richard M. Kerper
    5. Choosing Quality Nonfiction Literature: Examining Aspects of Writing Style, Amy A. McClure
    6. Choosing Quality Nonfiction Literature: Aspects of Selection for Emergent, Early, and Transitional Readers, Paula Moore
  2. QUALITY NONFICTION LITERATURE: GATEWAY TO IMAGINATION, INVESTIGATION, AND INQUIRY
    1. It's More Than Dates and Places: How Nonfiction Contributes to Understanding Social Studies, Myra Zarnowski
    2. Evaluating and Using Nonfiction Literature in the Science Curriculum, Anthony D. Fredericks
    3. Mathematical Learning and Exploration in Nonfiction Literature, Sandra Wilde
    4. Creating Possibilities, Deepening Appreciation: Using Nonfiction Literature to Study the Arts, Barbara Kiefer
  3. QUALITY NONFICTION LITERATURE; WHAT HAPPENS WHEN STUDENTS AND BOOKS COME TOGETHER?
    1. Using Read Aloud to Explore the Layers of Nonfiction, Sylvia M. Vardell
    2. Writing Nonfiction: Helping Students Teach Others What They Know, Yvonne Siu-Runyan
    3. To Fling My Arms Wide: Students Learning About the World Through Nonfiction, Linda S. Levstik
    4. Nonfiction Books-Naturals for the Primary Level, Carol Avery
    5. The Role of Nonfiction Literature in an Intermediate Reading and Science Workshop, Donna Maxim
    6. Big Stuff at the Middle Level: The Real World, Real Reading, and Right Action, Jeffrey Wilhelm
  4. QUALITY NONFICTION LITERATURE: MORE ABOUT AUTHORS AND THEIR BOOKS
    Response Guides to Nonfiction Children's Literature, Rosemary A. Bamford and Janice V. Kristo
    Orbis Pictus Books: Award Winners, Honor Books, and Notables: An Annotated Bibliography, Rosemary A. Bamford and Janice V. Kristo

    Bibliography of Children's Books Cited

    Indexes-Titles, Authors and Illustrator, Subject
    Editors / Contributors



MAKING FACTS COME ALIVE:
Choosing and Using Quality Nonfiction Literature K-8, Second Edition
Rosemary Bamford and Janice V. Kristo

With its lists of annotated titles, a unique section on response guides detailing 11 notable nonfiction titles and including author interviews , and an annotated bibliography of Orbis Pictus Award winning books, this guide is sure to be your most-used resource!

2003 Just Published! Paperbound 440pp ISBN 1-929024-51-7 (K-8) Order #045B $19.95

CHECKING OUT NONFICTION LITERATURE K-8:
Good Choices for Best Learning
Rosemary Bamford and Janice V. Kristo

Here's the ideal guide to help you make discriminating selections of nonfiction literature. Each chapter addresses ways to examine the complex genre of non-fiction, and each is sprinkled with practical applications and specific ideas for examining and evaluating aspects of nonfiction literature.

2000 128pp Paperbound ISBN 1-929024-02-9 (K-8) Order #3011 $14.95

MAKING FACTS COME ALIVE:
Choosing Quality Nonfiction Literature K-8
Rosemary Bamford and Janice V. Kristo, Editors

With its lists of annotated titles, the section on response guides that details 11 notable nonfiction titles and includes author interviews, and the annotated bibliography of Orbis Pictus Award winning books, this guide is sure to be your most-used resource!
1998 Paperbound 384pp ISBN 0-926842-67-6 (K-8) Order #045 $14.95

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