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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…

December 28, 2016 in reading, top ten lists.

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…

October 21, 2015 in nonfiction picture book Wednesday.

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…

July 22, 2015 in nonfiction picture book Wednesday.

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…

March 25, 2015 in nonfiction picture book Wednesday.

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…

March 18, 2015 in nonfiction picture book Wednesday.

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…

February 19, 2015 in top ten lists.

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…

November 26, 2014 in reading challenge.

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…

November 5, 2014 in reading, reading challenge.

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…

September 10, 2014 in reading challenge.

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.…

August 27, 2014 in reading challenge.

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