we don't do a great job of using nonfiction in schools but it's called whale fall and it's by melissa stewart and i start the book talk by saying a whale is roughly the size of 3 city buses and end to end and it can win more than 65 cars put together, what happens when something that size dies in the ocean. >> kids are like snap, i hadn't thought about that and we start to talk about that because melissa stewartew tells us what happened, a whale falls 70 years as whale descends through all the sections, for 70 years that carcass will feed and has wonderful and it's just an incredible book, that's one of the books that i can book talk kindergartenen kids, there's something in the ocean, and with older kids as well. when is select books to book talk, i select s them in a way that teachers and parents should be thinking about how we select books, like who are the children you're talking to. be thoughtful about what you're selecting to share with them because the thing about book talking is this, when you book talk a book with kids, you're telling them about the book, you're also telling them act