Tag: nonfiction picture book biographies
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Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday: Henry Aaron’s Dream #nfpb2015
Kid Lit Frenzy hosts the Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge, my favorite reading challenge, every Wednesday. Visit her blog to discover the wonderful nonfiction picture books others are reading and reviewing this week. Henry Aaron’s Dream is a gorgeously illustrated oversized picture book biography of major league baseball player Hank Aaron. Although Aaron had a storied, record-breaking…
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Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday: Catching up on the Orbis Pictus Award #nfpb2015
Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge is one of my favorite reading challenges. So many wonderful nonfiction picture books! Visit Alyson’s blog to learn more and find out what others are reading this week. My campus library has recently expanded its nonfiction juvenile collection with dozens of Sibert and Orbis Pictus Award and Honor…
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Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday: Mary Walker Wears the Pants #nfpb2014
My favorite reading challenge this year is Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. Visit her blog to discover more wonderful nonfiction titles for kids. Mary Walker Wears the Pants: The True Story of Doctor, Reformer, and Civil War Hero tells the inspiring and unlikely story of the tireless Mary Walker, who graduated from medical…
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Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday: A Round-up of Recent Reading #nfpb2014
My favorite reading challenge in 2014 is Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. Visit her blog to find out more. Renee Watson’s Harlem’s Little Blackbird is a biography of Florence Mills, a famous Harlem Renaissance singer. Watson narrates Mills’s childhood, her early recognition as a talented singer, the prejudice and racism she experienced, and…
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Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday: Josephine #nfpb2014
My favorite reading challenge in 2014 is Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. This week, I’ll also be linking my post to Aarti’s #Diversiverse Reading Challenge. If you read and review diverse books between September 14-27, consider adding your review to Aarti’s link-up. And even if you don’t link up, this challenge is a…
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Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday: My Name Is Gabriela #nfpb2014
My favorite reading challenge in 2014 is Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. Visit Alyson’s blog to find out what others are reading and sharing this week. This week, I am also linking to Aarti’s #Diversiverse Challenge. If you read and review diverse books between September 14-27, consider adding your review to Aarti’s link-up.…
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Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday #nfpb2014 7/16/14
Kid Lit Frenzy hosts my favorite reading challenge of 2014: the Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. Visit Alyson’s blog to find out what amazing nonfiction picture books others are reading and sharing this week. This week, I’m sharing Robert Burleigh’s Home Run: The Story of Babe Ruth. Baseball is the only sport I don’t enjoy watching,…
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Dreamers: Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday #nfpb2014
Visit Kid Lit Frenzy to find out what wonderful nonfiction picture books others are sharing this week. This week, my son and I read several picture book biographies that have one common characteristic: they’re about dreamers. Dreamers who could have had their dreams squashed because they were ahead of their time. Or because their ideas were a…
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