My favorite reading challenge this year in Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. Visit Alyson’s blog to find more great nonfiction titles for children.
For this week’s post, I decided to do something a little different: share the top 10 nonfiction picture books on my wish list.
It’s dangerous for me to make lists. First comes the list-making. That ought to satisfy. But it doesn’t.
Next thing I know, all the books on that list have somehow ended up in my shopping cart at Amazon. One or two clicks later, they’re on their way to western South Dakota. (What a wonderful world we live in! Every book I want to read is just a credit card, an Internet connection, and a couple of days away.) So by this time next week, it’s very possible that some of these titles will have moved from Wish List to Read.
The Iridescence of Birds written by Patricia MacLachlan and illustrated by Hadley Hooper
Eleanor, Quiet No More written by Doreen Rappaport and illustrated by Gary Kelley
Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah written by Laurie Ann Thompson and illustrted by Sean Qualls
28 Days: Moments in Black History That Changed the World written by Charles R. Smith Jr and illustrated by Shane W. Evans
Tiny Creatures: The World of Microbes written by Nicola Davies and illustrated by Emily Sutton
Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau written by Jennifer Berne and illustrated by Eric Puybaret
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel written by Kathryn Gibbs Davis and illustrated by Gilbert Ford
Creature Features written and illustrated by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
Dream Something Big: The Story of the Watts Tower written by Dianna Hutts Aston and illustrated by Susan L. Roth
Handle with Care: An Unusual Butterfly Journey written by Loree Burns Griffin and photographed by Ellen Harasimowicz
the dirigible plum 
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