Nonfiction Reviews

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All too often the reading public thinks that non-fiction titles are boring. Below you find some books which are quite the opposite, they are hard to put down. Many of these books are both interesting to read and very enjoyable to look at. You will find further non-fiction titles in the Series, Bookish Calendar, Board and Novelty Books, and feature sections.

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Anne Elizabeth's Diary: A Young Artist's True Story

Anne Elizabeth's Diary: A Young Artist's True Story

Anne Elizabeth Rector, Kathleen Krull
Illustrator:  Anne Elizabeth Rector 
Nonfiction
For ages 10 and up
Little Brown, 2004   ISBN: 0316072044
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Back to School

Back to School

Maya Ajmera, John D. Ivanko
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 4 to 6
Charlesbridge Publishing, 2001   ISBN: 1570913846
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Eleanor, Quiet No More: The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor, Quiet No More: The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt

Doreen Rappaport
Illustrator:  Gary Kelley 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 9
Hyperion, 2009   ISBN: 978-0786851416
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Going to School in India

Going to School in India

Lisa Heydlauff
Photographer: Nitin Upadhye
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 8 to 12
Charlesbridge Publishing, 2005   ISBN: 1570916667
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Johannes Gutenberg and the Printing Press

Johannes Gutenberg and the Printing Press

Diana Childress
Nonfiction
For ages 10 to 14
Lerner, 2008   ISBN: 978-0822575207
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Let's Go!: The Story of Getting from There to Here

Let's Go!: The Story of Getting from There to Here

Lizann Flatt
Illustrator:  Scot Ritchie 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Maple Tree Press, 2007   ISBN: 1897349025
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Liberty

Liberty

Lynn Curlee
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 8 to 12
Simon and Schuster, 2000   ISBN: 0689828233
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Librarian on the Roof! A True Story

Librarian on the Roof! A True Story

M.G. King
Illustrator:  Stephen Gilpin 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Albert Whitman & Company, 2010   ISBN: 978-0807545126
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Lola and Tiva: An unlikely friendship

Lola and Tiva: An unlikely friendship

Craig Hatkoff
Nonfiction
For ages 4 to 8
Scholastic, 2010   ISBN: 978-0545207287
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The Best Book of Ancient Rome

The Best Book of Ancient Rome

Deborah Murrell
Nonfiction
For ages 5 to 8
Kingfisher, 2004   ISBN: 0753457563
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The Children's Baking Book

The Children's Baking Book

Denise Smart
Photographer: Howard shooter
Nonfiction
For ages 7 to 12
DK, 2010   ISBN: 978-0756657888
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The Best Book of Mummies

The Best Book of Mummies

Philip Steele
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 8
Kingfisher, 2005   ISBN: 075345873X
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