Non-Fiction Reviews

Immigrant Kids

Immigrant Kids

Russell Freedman
Nonfiction
For ages 8 to 11
Penguin, 1995   ISBN: 978-0140375947
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Stonehenge

Stonehenge

Kate Riggs
Nonfiction
For ages 6 to 8
The Creative Company, 2009   ISBN: 978-1583417119
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Create with Maisy: A Maisy First Arts-and-Crafts Book

Create with Maisy: A Maisy First Arts-and-Crafts Book

Lucy Cousins
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 4 to 7
Candlewick, 2012   ISBN: 978-0763661229
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Get Outside: The Kids Guide to Fun in the Great Outdoors

Get Outside: The Kids Guide to Fun in the Great Outdoors

Jane Drake, Ann Love
Illustrator:  Heather Collins 
Nonfiction
For ages 7 to 10
Kids Can Press, 2012   ISBN: 978-1554538027
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The Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea

The Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea

Helaine Becker
Illustrator:  Willow Dawson 
Nonfiction
For ages 8 to 10
Kids Can Press, 2012   ISBN: 978-1554537464
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Rightfully Ours: How Women Won the Vote, 21 Activities

Rightfully Ours: How Women Won the Vote, 21 Activities

Kerrie Logan Hollihan
Nonfiction
For ages 9 and up
Chicago Review Press, 2012   ISBN: 978-1883052898
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S is for Story: A Writer's Alphabet

S is for Story: A Writer's Alphabet

Esther Hershenhorn
Illustrator:  Zachary Pullen 
Nonfiction Picture Book  Series
For ages 6 to 10
Sleeping Bear Press, 2009   ISBN: 978-1585364398
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Eyewitness: Sports

Eyewitness: Sports

Tim Hammond
Nonfiction  Series
For ages 8 and up
DK, 2005   ISBN: 978-0756613907
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National Geographic United States Atlas for Young Explorers, Third Edition

National Geographic United States Atlas for Young Explorers, Third Edition

From the editors at Nat. Geographic
Nonfiction
For ages 8 to 12
National Geographic Children's Books, 2008   ISBN: 978-1426302558
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Smart-opedia: The Amazing Book About Everything

Smart-opedia: The Amazing Book About Everything

Nonfiction
For ages 8 to 12
Owlkids Books, 2007   ISBN: 978-1897349090
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Leo the Snow Leopard

Leo the Snow Leopard

Craig Hatkoff, Isabella Hatkoff, Juliana Hatkoff
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 8 and up
Scholastic Press, 2010   ISBN: 978-0545229272
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O, Say Can You See? America's Symbols, Landmarks, And Important Words

O, Say Can You See? America's Symbols, Landmarks, And Important Words

Sheila Keenan
Illustrator:  Ann Boyadjian 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 9
Scholastic Nonfiction, 2007   ISBN: 978-0439593601
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Queen of the Track: Alice Coachman, Olympic High-Jump Champion

Queen of the Track: Alice Coachman, Olympic High-Jump Champion

Heather Lang
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 10
Boyds Mills Press, 2012   ISBN: 978-1590788509
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Ice Cream: The Full Scoop

Ice Cream: The Full Scoop

Gail Gibbons
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 8
Holiday House, 2008   ISBN: 978-0823421558
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