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September 21, 2025 by Colby Sharp

Nicholas Day on Connecting Frankenstein to a Volcano Eruption

September 21, 2025 by Colby Sharp   Leave a Comment

COLBY: I am always on the lookout for great middle grade nonfiction. It is a hole in both my classroom library and in my own personal reading. I’m thankful that authors like Nicholas Day are creating books that are filling that hole. In this episode, I chat with Nicholas about his new book A World Without Summer. I did my best to try figure out understand how he creates such amazing nonfiction books for kids!

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Colby Sharp is a third grade teacher at Parma Elementary in Parma, Michigan. He is the co-founder of Nerd Camp and Nerdy Book Club. He co-hosts the monthly twitter chats #SharpSchu (with John Schu) and #TitleTalk (with Donalyn Miller)

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