I was off my nonfiction picture book game in 2016, but even though I wasn’t posting weekly reviews, I was still reading. Here are my 10 favorite nonfiction picture book titles from the year. RBG! It’s probably not even possible to write a bad book about Ruth Bader Ginsburg; she’s just too interesting of a…
One of my favorite reading challenges is Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. Visit Alyson’s blog to join the fun and discover the incredible variety of nonfiction picture books. Kathleen Krull’s new series, Women Who Broke the Rules, fills a much-needed book gap for the early chapter book set: entertaining nonfiction chapter books. I…
My favorite reading challenge is Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. Visit Alyson’s blog to discover more wonderful nonfiction titles. I don’t have a dedicated classroom, so technically these are books I want to buy for my office library. My lending library, I call it. It’s a small space dominated by four large bookshelves…
My favorite reading challenge is Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. Visit Alyson’s blog to discover more wonderful nonfiction titles. Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long have collaborated on a series of gorgeous picture books that are perfect for the budding naturalist. I thought my son and I had read all of them, and…
My favorite reading challenge is hosted by Kid Lit Frenzy. Visit Alyson’s blog to find out about more wonderful nonfiction picture books. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one surprised when This Day in June won the Stonewall Award at the 2015 ALA Youth Media Awards. I read a lot of picture books, and I read…
It’s time for the annual nonfiction picture book blogging event, Nonfiction Picture Book 10 for 10, hosted by Reflect & Refine, Embrace & Enjoy Learning, and Write at the Edge. Last year, I shared 10 picture books about African-American history that don’t focus on slavery or Civil Rights. This year, I’ve curated a list of…
My favorite reading challenge this year is Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. Visit Alyson’s blog to discover more wonderful nonfiction picture books to read and share. Lita Judge’s Born in the Wild: Baby Mammals and Their Parents offers glimpses into the first hours, days, and weeks of life for 26 different wild animals. The…
My favorite reading challenge in 2014 is Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. I’ve already reached my goal of reading 100 nonfiction picture books, but I don’t plan to stop! This week, I read Dianna Hutts Aston’s Dream Something Big: The Story of the Watts Towers. Although I’ve seen photos of the Watts Towers…
My favorite reading challenge is Kid Lit Frenzy’s 2014 Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. Visit Alyson’s blog to discover more wonderful nonfiction titles. Steve Jenkins has another winner in Eye to Eye: How Animals See the World. The introductory materials explain the evolution of the eye and describe four different types of eyes that animals…
My favorite reading challenge is Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. Visit her blog to discover many more wonderful nonfiction picture book titles. This week, I read two wonderful titles written by Barbara Kerley and illustrated by Edward Fotheringham. A Home for Mr. Emerson introduces young readers to Ralph Waldo Emerson’s life and thinking.…
