Non-Fiction Reviews

Who was here: Discovering Wild Animal Tracks

Who was here: Discovering Wild Animal Tracks

Mia Posada
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Lerner, 2014   ISBN: 978-1467718714
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How to draw with your funny bone

How to draw with your funny bone

Elwood H. Smith
Nonfiction Art Book
For ages 6 to 8
Creative Editions, 2015   ISBN: 978-1568462431
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Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library

Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library

Barb Rosenstock
Illustrator:  John O'Brien 
Nonfiction
For ages 6 to 8
Boyds Mills Press, 2013   ISBN: 978-1590789322
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Heroes for Civil Rights

Heroes for Civil Rights

David A. Adler
Illustrator:  Bill Farnsworth 
Nonfiction
For ages 8 to 10
Holiday House, 2007   ISBN: 978-0823420087
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Bugs for Lunch

Bugs for Lunch

Margery Facklam
Illustrator:  Sylvia Long 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 8
Charlesbridge Publishing, 1999   ISBN: 978-0881062724
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Flags over America

Flags over America

Cheryl Harness
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Albert Whitman, 2014   ISBN: 978-0807524701
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Malala: A brave girl from Pakistan and Iqbal: A brave boy from Pakistan

Malala: A brave girl from Pakistan and Iqbal: A brave boy from Pakistan

Jeanette Winter
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Simon and Schuster, 2014   ISBN: 978-1481422949
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With Books and Bricks: How Booker T. Washington Built a School

With Books and Bricks: How Booker T. Washington Built a School

Suzanne Slade
Illustrator:  Nicole Tadgell 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Albert Whitman, 2014   ISBN: 978-0807508978
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Knit It! Learn the basics and knit 25 basic projects

Knit It! Learn the basics and knit 25 basic projects

Melissa Leapman
Photographer: Alexandra Grablewski
Nonfiction
For ages 13 and up
Chronicle Books, 2014   ISBN: 978-1452124513
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Penguins! Strange and Wonderful

Penguins! Strange and Wonderful

Laurence P. Pringle
Illustrator:  Meryl Henderson 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Boyds Mills Press, 2007   ISBN: 978-1590780909
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Clara and Davie: The true story of young Clara Barton, Founder of the American R

Clara and Davie: The true story of young Clara Barton, Founder of the American R

Patricia Polacco
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Scholastic, 2014   ISBN: 978-0545354776
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T is for Taj Mahal: An India Alphabet Book

T is for Taj Mahal: An India Alphabet Book

Varsha Bajaj
Illustrator:  Robert Crawford 
Nonfiction Picture Book  Series
For ages 6 to 10
Sleeping Bear Press, 2014   ISBN: 978-1585365043
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Groundhog Day

Groundhog Day

Gail Gibbons
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 4 to 8
Holiday House, 2007   ISBN: 978-0823421169
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The Slug

The Slug

Elise Gravel
Nonfiction
For ages 6 to 9
Tundra Books, 2014   ISBN: 978-1770496552
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It Jes’ Happened: When Bill Traylor started to Draw

It Jes’ Happened: When Bill Traylor started to Draw

Don Tate
Illustrator:  R. Gregory Christie 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Lee and Low Books, 2012   ISBN: 978-1600602603
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