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Fabulous photos of scarce, strange and, often, sweet-looking animals and intimate glimpses of the young scientists who are working to save them make this exciting look at work of the Zoological Society of London’s EDGE of Existence Program an engaging introduction to the science of conservation.

HOTLINE VOICES: Mrs. Incredible talks about the poetic devotion she and her three year-old son share for A Light in the Attic (by Shel Silverstein).

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Saucy cartoon-style illustrations and catchy rhyme make this gritty ditty so much fun it just may etch examples and relative sizes of ounces, grams, pounds, tons and tonnes into unsuspecting little minds.

More math on JOMB:

• Missing Math (A Number Mystery)
• A Very Improbable Story
• Full House: An Invitation to Fractions

More cartoonist creations on JOMB:

• Sandy Mackenzie, Why Look So Glum?
• Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big
• Baby Brains
• She’s Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head
• Cinderella Skeleton
• interview with Simon James
• interview with Christine Tripp

HOTLINE VOICES: Sarah Hatfield of No Whey, Mama shares her thoughts about Blueberries for Sal (by Robert McCloskey)

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Pop over to Karen Edmisten’s Blog for today’s full menu of poetry offerings. Poetry Fridays are brought to us by Kelly Herold of Big A, Little A.

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Hoopla, bloopers and the rantings of temperamental talent turn a lesson in the science of snow into a boisterous blast of behind-the-scenes TV-making lunacy — who knew deposition, sublimation, sectored plates and radiating dendrites could be so much fun?

Other books mentioned:

• The Scrambled States of America Talent Show
• Do Unto Otters

HOTLINE VOICES: Author and Professor of Library Science at Texas Woman’s Universit, Sylvia Vardell explains why Diamond Willow (by Helen Frost) is one of her current favourite books.

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Ten pleasantly familiar animals perch boldly exposed — yet cleverly concealed — in full page photographs tossing tantalizing clues to their whereabouts through an assortment of snappy, lyrical, comical and informative poems in this 2007 Cybils Non-Fiction Picture Book Award Finalist.

Click here for the Tricycle Press Reading Guide.

Pop over to Cybils Central to get the scoop on all the 2007 Cybils finalists and, while you’re there, check out the full list of non-fiction picture book nominees.

Fall 2007 reading at our house had a higher than usual non-fiction slant as Andrea joined kidLit bloggers:

• Tricia Stohr-Hunt of The Miss Rumphius Effect
• Fiona Bayrock of Books and ‘Rocks
• Emily Beeson of Whimsy Books
• Jennifer Schultz of Kiddosphere and
• organizer, Eisha Prather of Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast

on the Non-Fiction Picture Books nominating committee for the second annual Cybils Awards.

In celebration of today’s announcement of finalists in Graphic Novels, Non-Fiction Picture Books, Non-Fiction MG/YA and Young Adult Novels categories of the 2007 Cybils Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards, Mark speaks with Non-Fiction Picture Book panelists Tricia Stohr-Hunt and Fiona Bayrock about a nomination and finalist process done completely online and how a team of five people were able to collaborate to pick seven of forty-six books.

Be sure to pop over to Cybils Central to get the scoop on all the fabulous finalists and, while you’re there, check out the full list of non-fiction picture book nominees.

You can also check out some of the panelists’ thoughts on some of the 46 nominated titles:

• Vulture View
• Lightship
• Living Color
• Let’s Go!
• One Thousand Tracings
• A Horse in the House
• A Seed is Sleepy
• Ballerina Dreams
• Dogs and Cats
• Make Your Mark, Franklin Roosevelt
• May I Pet Your Dog and here
• Nothing But Trouble: The Story of Althea Gibson
• Rough, Tough Charly
• Sawdust and Spangles: The Amazing Story of W.C. Coup
• Strong Man: The Story of Charles Atlas
• The Book of Time Outs: A Mostly True History of the World’s Biggest Troublemakers
• Turtle Summer

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Densely colourful, offbeat illustrations and an unusual hybrid of storytelling and text-book style narration tantalize us with strange but true animal stories that are surprisingly addictive.

Check out the full list of non-fiction picture books nominated for the 2007 Cybils Awards here.

Are non-fiction books a part of your child’s regular reading diet?

Mark speaks with educator and researcher Tony Stead about the importance of reading non-fiction and procedural-based books.

Books by Tony Stead:

• Children’s books published by Rosen Classroom
• Professional books published by Stenhouse Publishers

Participate in the conversation by leaving a comment on this interview, or send an email to justonemorebook@gmail.com.