My favorite reading challenge in 2014 is Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. Visit Alyson’s blog to discover more wonderful nonfiction picture books. This week, my son and I read two picture book biographies of Helen Keller. Helen Keller’s Best Friend Belle, written by Holly M. Barry and illustrated by Jennifer Thermes, is a…
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.…
My favorite reading challenge this year is Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. Visit her blog to discover terrific new nonfiction titles. I love books about art (check out my #pb10for10 list, Books for Budding Artists), and today I am sharing two superb picture book biographies of artists. Edward Hopper Paints His World, written…
My favorite reading challenge for 2014 is Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. Visit Alyson’s blog to find out about more great nonfiction picture books. I first learned about Ilyasah Shabazz’s picture book biography of her father, Malcolm X, at The Brown Bookshelf, a terrific blog promoting diverse literature for children and young adults.…
My favorite reading challenge in 2014 is Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. Visit Alyson’s blog to find out what nonfiction picture books others are sharing this week. This week, my son and I read several picture book biographies of women innovators and pioneers. Mermaid Queen, written in a lively style by Shana Corey…
Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge is my favorite reading challenge of the year. Visit Alyson’s blog to discover the titles that others are sharing this week. This week, my son and I read two picture book sports biographies. Don Brown’s Bright Path tells the story of how Jim Thorpe discovered his athletic gifts…
I’m participating in Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. Visit her blog to learn more about the incredible variety of nonfiction picture books. After my older son came home from school complaining that the only time he learns about the achievements and history of African-Americans is when the focus is on slavery or civil…
One of my favorite reading challenges this year is Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. Visit her blog to find out more about the fantastic diversity of nonfiction picture books. Kathy Whitehead’s Art from Her Heart: Folk Artist Clementine Hunter, illustrated by Shane W. Evans, introduced me and my son to a self-taught…
I’m participating in Kid Lit Frenzy’s Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge. Visit her blog to find out what nonfiction picture books others are reading and sharing this week. This week, my son and I read two nonfiction picture book biographies that got him asking lots of good questions. Curiosity about the world is a luxury he…
It’s Nonfiction Picture Book Wednesday! Visit Kid Lit Frenzy to find out what others are reading. This week, I’m highlighting an excellent picture book biography, It Jes’ Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw, written by Don Tate and illustrated by R. Gregory Christie. This is a beautifully written and illustrated book that tells the…
