Non-Fiction Reviews

Giant Squid

Giant Squid

Candace Fleming
Illustrator:   Eric Rohmann 
Nonfiction
For ages 6 to 8
Roaring Brook Press, 2016   ISBN: 978-1596435995
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Why'd They Wear That? Fashion as the Mirror of History

Why'd They Wear That? Fashion as the Mirror of History

Sarah Albee
Nonfiction
For ages 10 and up
National Geographic Children's Books, 2015   ISBN: 978-1426319198
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Full Moon Lore

Full Moon Lore

Ellen Wahi
Illustrator:  Ashley Stewart 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Sleeping Bear Press, 2017   ISBN: 978-1585369652
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Take a Picture of Me, James VanDerZee!

Take a Picture of Me, James VanDerZee!

Andrea J. Loney
Illustrator:  Keith Mallett 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Lee & Low Books, 2017   ISBN: 978-1620142608
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K is for Kindergarten

K is for Kindergarten

Erin Dealey
Illustrator:  Joseph Cowman 
Poetry and Nonfiction Picture Book  Series
For ages
Sleeping Bear Press, 2017   ISBN: 978-1585369959
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It's Raining!

It's Raining!

Gail Gibbons
Nonfiction picture book
For ages 4 to 6
Holiday House, 2015   ISBN: 978-0823433032
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I've Got Feet!: Fantastical Feet of the Animal World

I've Got Feet!: Fantastical Feet of the Animal World

Julie Murphy
Illustrator:  Hannah Tolson 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 4 to 6
Amicus Ink, 2017   ISBN: 978-1681521954
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The Apollo 13 Mission

The Apollo 13 Mission

Donald B. Lemke
Illustrator:  Keith Tucker 
Nonfiction Graphic Novel  Series
For ages 7 to 9
Capstone Press, 2006   ISBN: 978-0736854764
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Bright Ideas: The Age of Invention in America 1870-1910

Bright Ideas: The Age of Invention in America 1870-1910

Ann Rossi
Nonfiction
For ages 10 to 12
National Geographic Children's Books, 2005   ISBN: 978-0792282761
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Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph

Victoria Sherrow
Illustrator:  Larry Johnson 
Nonfiction
For ages 7 to 9
Carolrhoda Books, 2000   ISBN: 978-1575054421
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Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordin

Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordin

Amy Guglielmo, Jacqueline Tourville
Illustrator:  Brigette Barrager 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Simon and Schuster, 2017   ISBN: 978-1481461313
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She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World

She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World

Chelsea Clinton
Illustrator:  Alexandra Boiger 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Penguin, 2017   ISBN: 978-1524741723
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A Year in the Woods

A Year in the Woods

Henry David Thoreau
Illustrator:  Giovanni Manna 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 8 and up
Creative Editions, 2017   ISBN: 978-1568463056
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When Jackie Saved Grand Central: The True Story of Jacqueline Kennedy's Fight fo

When Jackie Saved Grand Central: The True Story of Jacqueline Kennedy's Fight fo

Natasha Wing
Illustrator:  Alexandra Boiger 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
HMH Books for Young Readers, 2017   ISBN: 978-0547449210
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This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World

This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World

Matt Lamothe
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Chronicle Books LLC, 2017   ISBN: 978-1452150185
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