Biographies

Melissa Sweet



Judy Schachner

Eugenie Clark, Shark Lady by Jess Keating, Illustrations by Marta Alvarez Miguens

Our second Chickadee nominee is Shark Lady; The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist, a great book about a woman that was passionate about sharks!

More Moon and Space Links

Visit Scholastic and learn more about the Jedi Academy series. Author Jeffrey Brown has also written the Darth Vader and Sons series as well as the Lucy the Neanderthal series. LINK

Check out the Origami Yoda series by Tom Angleberger! LINK

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NASA KID'S CLUB LINK

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January, Wolf Moon

This blog post is all things MOON. We begin reading our Chickadee nominees on January 7th with the story, When the Moon Comes by Paul Harbridge. This is a great story of the magic of being out on a moonlit night in winter.

Here are some other things we will be exploring:

Isadora Moon is half vampire and half fairy. There are four books in the Isadora series, the fifth will be published in March of 2019. These books are great choices for beginning chapter book readers in grades K through three. Visit Author Harriet Muncaster's website for fun coloring pages, biographical information, informational videos and more. 

Watch this video to learn how to write your own fiction stories.

Blizzard of the Blue Moon is a Magic Tree House, Merlin Mission book, MTHMM. This is number 36 in the series. Travel through time with Jack and Annie in the Magic Tree House books. The first MTH was written in 1999. Number 32 in the series, "To the Future Ben Franklin!", will be published in July of 2019. The Merlin Magic books were first published in 2001 and are almost twice as long as the original MTH books so that children can continue on when their reading ability increases.

Author Torben Kuhlmann has illustrated three wonderful stories with similar formats. They are kept in our E section but are a hybrid between a picture book and a chapter book in that the stories are longer and have more words. Each story introduces to real life science with an interesting fiction story. The beautiful illustrations will capture readers attention. These could be a great jumping off point for more in depth research into space travel, flight, and underwater exploration.

Armstrong:The Adventurous Journey of a Mouse to the Moon

Lindbergh:The Tale of a Flying Mouse

Edison:The Mystery of the Missing Mouse Treasure

Also, Moletown

            

Trailer for Armstrong

Grace Lin has a very popular trilogy of books that are inspired by Chinese Folktales. 

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Starry River of the Sky

When the Sea Turned to Silver

When the Mountain Meets the Moon is a New York Times bestseller and a Newberry Honor book. Although these are chapter books, Lin's has included beautiful illustrations throughout the books.