Non-Fiction Reviews

Ladies First: 40 daring American women who were second to none

Ladies First: 40 daring American women who were second to none

Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Nonfiction
For ages 12 and up
National Geographic Children's Books, 2006   ISBN: 978-0792253938
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The New Way things Work

The New Way things Work

David Macaulay , Neil Ardley
Nonfiction
For ages 12 and up
Houghton Mifflin, 1998   ISBN: 978-0395938478
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Bird, Butterfly, Eel

Bird, Butterfly, Eel

James Prosek
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Simon and Schuster, 2009   ISBN: 978-0689868290
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Draw-A-Saurus: Everything you need to know to draw your favorite dinosaurs

Draw-A-Saurus: Everything you need to know to draw your favorite dinosaurs

James Silvani
Nonfiction Drawing Book
For ages 10 and up
Watson Guptill, 2014   ISBN: 978-0385345804
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A little Book of Sloth

A little Book of Sloth

Lucy Cooke
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 and up
Simon and Schuster, 2013   ISBN: 978-1442445574
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Z is for Zookeeper: A Zoo Alphabet

Z is for Zookeeper: A Zoo Alphabet

Marie and Roland Smith
Illustrator:  Henry Cole 
Poetry and Nonfiction Picture Book  Series
For ages 6 to 10
Sleeping Bear Press, 2005   ISBN: 978-1585363292
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The Right Word: Roget and his Thesaurus

The Right Word: Roget and his Thesaurus

Jen Bryant
Illustrator:   Melissa Sweet 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Eerdmans, 2014   ISBN: 978-0802853851
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Heart of Fire: Susan B. Anthony

Heart of Fire: Susan B. Anthony

Ann Malaspina
Illustrator:  Steve James 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Albert Whitman, 2012   ISBN: 978-0807531884
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The Electrical Wizard: How Nikola Tesla lit up the world

The Electrical Wizard: How Nikola Tesla lit up the world

Elizabeth Rusch
Illustrator:  Oliver Dominguez 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Candlewick Press, 2013   ISBN: 978-0763658557
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When Emily Carr Met Woo

When Emily Carr Met Woo

Monica Kulling
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Pajama Press, 2014   ISBN: 978-1927485408
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Mr. Cornell’s Dream Boxes

Mr. Cornell’s Dream Boxes

Jeanette Winter
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Simon and Schuster, 2014   ISBN: 978-1442499003
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Ben Franklin’s Big Splash: The mostly true story of his first invention

Ben Franklin’s Big Splash: The mostly true story of his first invention

Barb Rosenstock
Illustrator:  S.D. Schindler 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Boyds Mills Press, 2014   ISBN: 978-1620914465
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What’s New? The Zoo! A Zippy history of Zoos

What’s New? The Zoo! A Zippy history of Zoos

Kathleen Krull
Illustrator:  Marcellus Hall 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 8 to 10
Scholastic, 2014   ISBN: 978-0545135719
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Drawing Manga: Animals, Chibis, and other Adorable Characters

Drawing Manga: Animals, Chibis, and other Adorable Characters

J.C. Amberlyn
Nonfiction
For ages 9 and up
Watson-Guptill, 2009   ISBN: 978-0823095339
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