Non-Fiction Reviews

The Book of Time Outs: A Mostly True History of the World's Biggest Troublemaker

The Book of Time Outs: A Mostly True History of the World's Biggest Troublemaker

Deb Lucke
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 9
Simon and Schuster, 2008   ISBN: 978-1416928294
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Big Wig: A Little History of Hair

Big Wig: A Little History of Hair

Kathleen Krull
Illustrator:  Peter Mallone 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 9
Scholastic , 2011   ISBN: 978-0439676403
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Urban Animals

Urban Animals

Isabel Hill
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 8
Star Bright Books, 2009   ISBN: 978-1595722102
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Women Daredevils: Thrill, Chills, and Frills

Women Daredevils: Thrill, Chills, and Frills

Julie Cummins
Illustrator:   Cheryl Harness 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 8 to 12
Penguin, 2008   ISBN: 978-0525479482
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Rosie Flo's Garden Coloring Book

Rosie Flo's Garden Coloring Book

Roz Streeten
Nonfiction Drawing Book
For ages 7 to 12
Chronicle Books, 2009   ISBN: 978-0811866187
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What Was Your Dream, Dr. King?: And Other Questions About... Martin Luther King

What Was Your Dream, Dr. King?: And Other Questions About... Martin Luther King

Mary Kay Carson
Illustrator:  Jim Madsen 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 9
Sterling Children's Books, 2013   ISBN: 978-1402790454
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Looking Closely in the Rain Forest

Looking Closely in the Rain Forest

Frank Serafini
Nonfiction Picture Book
Kids Can Press, Ltd., 2010   ISBN: 978-1553375432
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The 1918 Flu Pandemic

The 1918 Flu Pandemic

Katherine Krohn
Illustrator:  Bob Hall , Keith Williams , Charles Barnett III 
Nonfiction Graphic Novel  Series
For ages 7 to 9
Capstone Press, 2007   ISBN: 978-1429601580
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Why Did the Whole World Go to War?: And Other Questions About... World War II

Why Did the Whole World Go to War?: And Other Questions About... World War II

Martin W. Sandler
Illustrator:  Robert Barrett 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 9
Sterling Children's Books, 2013   ISBN: 978-1402790447
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Beach Doodles: Create. Imagine. Draw Your Way Through a Day at the Beach

Beach Doodles: Create. Imagine. Draw Your Way Through a Day at the Beach

Puck
Illustrator:  Violet Lemay , Paige Garrison 
Nonfiction Drawing Book
For ages 6 to 8
Duo Press , 2013   ISBN: 978-1938093043
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Mary Walker Wears the Pants: The True Story of the Doctor, Reformer, and Civil W

Mary Walker Wears the Pants: The True Story of the Doctor, Reformer, and Civil W

Cheryl Harness
Illustrator:  Carlo Molinari 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 9
Albert Whitman & Company, 2013   ISBN: 978-0807549902
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Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas

Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas

Cheryl Bardoe
Illustrator:  Jos A. Smith 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 9
Harry N. Abrams, 2006   ISBN: 978-0810954755
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I Am Helen Keller

I Am Helen Keller

Grace Norwich
Illustrator:  Mark Elliot 
Nonfiction
For ages 8 to 10
Scholastic , 2012   ISBN: 978-0545447799
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Wind Chimes and Whirligigs (Kids Can Do It)

Wind Chimes and Whirligigs (Kids Can Do It)

Renee Schwarz
Nonfiction craft book
For ages 6 to 10
Kids Can Press, 2007   ISBN: 978-1553378709
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Annie and Helen

Annie and Helen

Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrator:  Raul Colon 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 9
Random House, 2012   ISBN: 978-0375857065
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