Non-Fiction Reviews

A is for Astronaut: Blasting Through the Alphabet

A is for Astronaut: Blasting Through the Alphabet

Clayton Anderson
Illustrator:  Scott Brundage 
Poetry and Nonfiction Picture Book  Series
For ages 6 to 10
Sleeping Bear Press, 2018   ISBN: 978-1585363964
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Nature's Friend: The Gwen Frostic Story

Nature's Friend: The Gwen Frostic Story

Lindsey McDivitt
Illustrator:  Eileen Ryan Ewen 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Sleeping Bear Press, 2018   ISBN: 978-1585364053
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Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams

Game Changers: The Story of Venus and Serena Williams

Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrator:  James E. Ransome 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Simon and Schuster, 2018   ISBN: 978-1481476843
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Danza!: Amalia Hernández and El Ballet Folklórico de México

Danza!: Amalia Hernández and El Ballet Folklórico de México

Duncan Tonatiuh
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2017   ISBN: 978-1419725326
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Journeys: Tales of Travel and Trailblazers

Journeys: Tales of Travel and Trailblazers

Jonathan Litton
Illustrator:  Chris Chalik , Dave Shephard , Jon Davis , Leo Hartas 
Nonfiction
For ages 8 and up
360 Degrees, 2018   ISBN: 978-1944530136
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Grandma Gatewood Hikes the Appalachian Trail

Grandma Gatewood Hikes the Appalachian Trail

Jennifer Thermes
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Harry N. Abrams, 2018   ISBN: 978-1419728396
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Libba: The Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotten

Libba: The Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotten

Laura Veirs
Illustrator:  Tatyana Fazlalizadeh 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Chronicle Books, 2018   ISBN: 978-1452148571
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Write On, Irving Berlin!

Write On, Irving Berlin!

Leslie Kimmelman
Illustrator:  David C. Gardner 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Sleeping Bear Press, 2018   ISBN: 978-1585363803
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Draw 50 Sea Creatures: The Step-by-Step Way to Draw Fish, Sharks, Mollusks, Dolphins, and More

Draw 50 Sea Creatures: The Step-by-Step Way to Draw Fish, Sharks, Mollusks, Dolphins, and More

Nonfiction
For ages 9 and up
Watson-Guptill, 2017   ISBN: 978-0399580178
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W is for Welcome: A Celebration of America's Diversity

W is for Welcome: A Celebration of America's Diversity

Brad Herzog
Illustrator:  A collection of illustrators 
Poetry and Nonfiction Picture Book  Series
For ages 6 to 10
Sleeping Bear Press, 2018   ISBN: 978-1585364022
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Colorama: From Fuchsia to Midnight Blue

Colorama: From Fuchsia to Midnight Blue

Cruschiform
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 10 and up
Prestel Junior, 2018   ISBN: 978-3791373287
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Walking in the City with Jane: A Story of Jane Jacobs

Walking in the City with Jane: A Story of Jane Jacobs

Susan Hughes
Illustrator:  Valerie Boivin 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Kids Can Press, 2018   ISBN: 978-1771386531
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Bertha Takes a Drive: How the Benz Automobile Changed the World

Bertha Takes a Drive: How the Benz Automobile Changed the World

Jan Adkins
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Charlesbridge, 2017   ISBN: 978-1580896962
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Snails Are Just My Speed!

Snails Are Just My Speed!

Kevin McCloskey
Nonfiction
For ages 5 to 8
TOON Books, 2018   ISBN: 978-1943145270
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Thomas Paine and the Dangerous Word

Thomas Paine and the Dangerous Word

Sarah Jane Marsh
Illustrator:  Edwin Fotheringham 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Disney-Hyperion, 2018   ISBN: 978-1484781449
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