The 2015 Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge is hosted by Kid Lit Frenzy. Visit Alyson’s blog to discover wonderful nonfiction picture book titles.
The Robert F. Sibert Informational Award, which honors the most distinguished informational books published for children, is one of my favorite ALA Youth Media Awards: the books that win are consistently among the best I read every year. Kid Lit Frenzy is hosting a Mock Sibert this year and I plan to participate–but I still have a lot of reading to do before I’m ready to name the 5 most distinguished informational books of 2015.
Looking through lists of likely titles, I’m sure I’ve already read at least a few serious contenders, but I found a few dozen that I’d still like to read. It was hard work to narrow that list down to just 10 picture books I think I need to read:
The Most Amazing Creature in the Sea
The Great Monkey Rescue: Saving the Golden Lion Tamarins
The Sky Painter: Louis Fuertes, Bird Artist
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calavares
The Nutcracker Came to America: How Three Ballet-Loving Brothers Created a Holiday Tradition
Jump Back, Paul: The Life and Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar
The House That Jane Built: A Story about Jane Addams
The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch
How to Swallow a Pig: Step-by-Step Advice from the Animal Kingdom
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