Tag: nonfiction picture books
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Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday: 10 Favorites from 2016
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…
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Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday: Women Who Broke the Rules #nfpb2015
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…
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Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday: 10 Books I Want to Add to My Classroom Library #nfpb2015
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…
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Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday: A Butterfly Is Patient #nfpb2015
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…
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Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday: A Round-Up of Recent Reading #nfpb2015
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…
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Nonfiction Picture Book 10 for 10: Living a Creative Life #nfpb10for10
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…
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Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday: Born in the Wild #nfpb14
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…
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Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday: Dream Something Big #nfpb2014
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…
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Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday: Eye to Eye #nfpb2014 9/10/14
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…
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Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday: Two Biographies of Writers #nfpb2014
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.…
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