Non-Fiction Reviews

I Wish I Could Draw

I Wish I Could Draw

Cary Fagan
Nonfiction
For ages 7 and up
Groundwood Books, 2014   ISBN: 978-1554983186
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The ABC Book of American Homes

The ABC Book of American Homes

Michael Shoulders
Illustrator:  Sarah S. Brannen 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 9
Charlesbridge, 2008   ISBN: 978-1570915659
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Feathers: Not Just for Flying

Feathers: Not Just for Flying

Melissa Stewart
Illustrator:  Sarah S. Brannen 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Charlesbridge, 2014   ISBN: 978-1580894302
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Stone Giant: Michelangelo's David and How He Came to Be

Stone Giant: Michelangelo's David and How He Came to Be

Jane Sutcliffe
Illustrator:  John Shelley 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Charlesbridge, 2014   ISBN: 978-1580892957
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Living Color

Living Color

Steve Jenkins
Nonfiction picture book
For ages 6 to 10
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2007   ISBN: 978-0618708970
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Here's Looking at Me: How Artists See Themselves

Here's Looking at Me: How Artists See Themselves

Bob Raczka
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Lerner, 2006   ISBN: 978-0761334040
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Gold Rush and Riches

Gold Rush and Riches

Paul Robert Walker
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 9
Kingfisher, 2011   ISBN: 978-0753465127
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A Home for Mr. Emerson

A Home for Mr. Emerson

Barbara Kerley
Illustrator:  Edwin Fotheringham 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Scholastic , 2014   ISBN: 978-0545350884
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Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X

Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X

Ilyasah Shabazz
Illustrator:  Ag Ford 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Simon and Schuster, 2014   ISBN: 978-1442412163
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Parrots Over Puerto Rico

Parrots Over Puerto Rico

Susan L. Roth, Cindy Trumbore
Illustrator:  Susan L. Roth 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Lee & Low Books, 2013   ISBN: 978-1620140048
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Founding Mothers: Remembering the Ladies

Founding Mothers: Remembering the Ladies

Cokie Roberts
Illustrator:   Diane Goode 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 9
HarperCollins, 2014   ISBN: 978-0060780029
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P Is for Princess: A Royal Alphabet (Sleeping Bear Alphabets)

P Is for Princess: A Royal Alphabet (Sleeping Bear Alphabets)

Steven L. Layne, Deborah Dover Layne
Illustrator:  Robert Papp , Lisa Papp 
Nonfiction Picture Book  Series
For ages 6 to 10
Sleeping Bear Press, 2007   ISBN: 978-1585363063
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So you want to be an inventor?

So you want to be an inventor?

Judith St. George
Illustrator:   David Small 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 8 to 12
Penguin, 2002   ISBN: 978-0399235931
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Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin

Gene Barretta
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Henry Holt and Co, 2006   ISBN: 978-0805079173
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Wish: Wishing Traditions Around the World

Wish: Wishing Traditions Around the World

Roseanne Thong
Illustrator:  Elisa Kleven 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Chronicle Books, 2008   ISBN: 978-0811857161
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