Non-Fiction Reviews

The Cod's Tale

The Cod's Tale

Mark Kurlansky
Illustrator:  S. D. Schindler 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 8 to 12
Penguin, 2001   ISBN: 978-0399234767
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The Other Mozart: The Life of the Famous Chevalier de Saint-George

The Other Mozart: The Life of the Famous Chevalier de Saint-George

Hugh Brewster
Illustrator:  Eric Velasquez 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 8 to 12
Harry N. Abrams, 2006   ISBN: 0810957205
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Surviving the Hindenburg

Surviving the Hindenburg

Larry Verstraete
Illustrator:  David Geister 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 9
Sleeping Bear Press, 2012   ISBN: 978-1585367870
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Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream

Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream

Tanya Lee Stone
Nonfiction
For ages 13 and up
Candlewick, 2009   ISBN: 978-0763636111
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Wings of an Artist: Children’s Book Illustrator’s Talk about their art

Wings of an Artist: Children’s Book Illustrator’s Talk about their art

Introduction by Julie Cummins, Activity Guide by Barbara Kiefer
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 9 and up
Abrams, 1999   ISBN: 978-0810945524
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A Is for Art: An Abstract Alphabet

A Is for Art: An Abstract Alphabet

Stephen T. Johnson
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Simon and Schuster, 2008   ISBN: 978-0689863011
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Edward Hopper: Painter of Light and Shadow

Edward Hopper: Painter of Light and Shadow

Susan Goldman Rubin
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 9 to 12
Harry N. Abrams, 2007   ISBN: 978-0810993471
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Art Up Close: From Ancient to Modern

Art Up Close: From Ancient to Modern

Claire D'Harcourt
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Chronicle Books, 2006   ISBN: 978-0811854641
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Drawing From Memory

Drawing From Memory

Allen Say
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 11 and up
Scholastic Press, 2011   ISBN: 978-0545176866
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Wild Women of the Wild West

Wild Women of the Wild West

Jonah Winter
Illustrator:  Susan Guevara 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 9 and up
Holiday House, 2011   ISBN: 978-0823416011
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A Picture Book of Sam Houston

A Picture Book of Sam Houston

David A. Adler, Michael S. Adler
Illustrator:  Matt Collins 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 9
Holiday House, 2012   ISBN: 978-0823423699
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Iceberg, Right Ahead! The Tragedy of the Titanic

Iceberg, Right Ahead! The Tragedy of the Titanic

Stephanie Sammartino McPherson
Nonfiction
For ages 12 and up
Lerner, 2012   ISBN: 978-0761367567
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Wanda Gag: The Girl Who Lived to Draw

Wanda Gag: The Girl Who Lived to Draw

Deborah Kogan Ray
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 11
Penguin, 2008   ISBN: 0670062928
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The East-West House: Noguchi's Childhood in Japan

The East-West House: Noguchi's Childhood in Japan

Christy Hale
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 10
Lee & Low Books, 2009   ISBN: 978-1600603631
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Name That Style: All About Isms in Art

Name That Style: All About Isms in Art

Bob Raczka
Nonfiction
For ages 8 to 11
Lerner, 2009   ISBN: 978-1580138246
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