<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Guts : a True Story by Gary Paulsen</div>Smile, an autobiographical graphic novel by Tegelmeier (spelling)<div>Find and use these different and fascinating titles. The facts in Paulsens book make terrific survival trivia questions that kids will want answers to. </div><div>Smile is a great example of graphic novels that grab kids, no matter what they usually like to read</div><div>Find a sports hero bio or a celebrity bio and show. </div><div>You really should read the books before recommending them. For example in Beverly Cleary.'s autobiography, she touches on being sexually abused. Third graders might not be ready for that.</div><div>HTH!</div><div>Debra Bogart<br><div><br><br><div>Sent from my iPad</div></div><div><br>On Dec 30, 2015, at 12:34 PM, Debbie Pfeiffer <<a href="mailto:debbiep@harneycountylibrary.org">debbiep@harneycountylibrary.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><div style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Hi,<br><br>I'm new to the list and could use some advice. I've been asked to do a quick book talk for 3rd grade classes, which are doing a unit on biographies. This will be my first book talk (though as a fiction writer I've definitely done my share of pitching book ideas). <br><br>If I were talking about a select group of books, I would obviously pre-read them and then come up with hooks of why they'd be fun to read. <br><br>A general subject like biography, however, seems to dictate a different, perhaps more general approach? I'm definitely reading some biographies but if I talk about 3 or 4 even, it's likely the students won't be able to check out those particular ones I'd pinpoint--the elementary school's library doesn't usually have multiple copies of most of them. <br><br>There are, of course, more than one volume on major figures like Abraham Lincoln or Helen Keller, but many times those volumes aren't duplicate copies, but another author's version.<br><br>Don't, however, want to spend all my time telling them why they *should* want to read biographies. And as a part-timer, I don't have time to read all the books in the school's 921 section! 😉 <br><br>Any advice, direction to good resources, or suggestions welcome.<br><br>Thanks, and happy new year!<br>Debbie Pfeiffer<br>Library project coordinator <br>Harney County Library</div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_____________________________________________________</span><br><span>Kids-lib mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Kids-lib@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">Kids-lib@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a></span><br><span><a href="http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/kids-lib">http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/kids-lib</a></span><br><span>Hosted by the Oregon State Library. The Library is not responsible for content.</span><br><span>Questions related to message content should be directed to list owner(s) or the sender of the message, by phone or email.</span><br><span>Technical questions? Call 503-378-8800.</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>