Non-Fiction Reviews

The Girl Who Ran: Bobbi Gibb, The First Woman to Run the Boston Marathon

The Girl Who Ran: Bobbi Gibb, The First Woman to Run the Boston Marathon

Frances Poletti, Kristina Yee
Illustrator:  Susanna Chapman 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Compendium Inc, 2017   ISBN: 978-1943200474
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Something's Fishy

Something's Fishy

Kevin McCloskey
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
TOON Books, 2017   ISBN: 978-1943145157
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If You Were the Moon

If You Were the Moon

Laura Purdie Salas
Illustrator:  Jamie Kim 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 4 to 6
Millbrook Press, 2017   ISBN: 978-1467780094
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Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code

Grace Hopper: Queen of Computer Code

Laurie Wallmark
Illustrator:  Katy Wu 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 8
Sterling Children's Books, 2017   ISBN: 978-1454920007
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Black History in Its Own Words

Black History in Its Own Words

Ronald Wimberly
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 12 and up
Image Comics, 2017   ISBN: 978-1534301535
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A Book of Bridges: Here To There and Me To You

A Book of Bridges: Here To There and Me To You

Cheryl Keely
Illustrator:  Celia Krampien 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Sleeping Bear Press, 2017   ISBN: 978-1585369966
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Creekfinding: A True Story

Creekfinding: A True Story

Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Illustrator:  Claudia McGehee 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Univ Of Minnesota Press, 2017   ISBN: 978-0816698028
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Things That Grow

Things That Grow

Libby Walden
Illustrator:  Becca Stadtlander 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 6 to 9
360 Degrees, 2016   ISBN: 978-1944530051
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Out of School and Into Nature: The Anna Comstock Story

Out of School and Into Nature: The Anna Comstock Story

Suzanne Slade
Illustrator:  Jessica Lanan 
Sleeping Bear Press, 2017   ISBN: 978-1585369867
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Noah Webster's Fighting Words

Noah Webster's Fighting Words

Tracy Nelson Maurer
Illustrator:  Mircea Catusanu 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Millbrook Press, 2017   ISBN: 978-1467794107
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Balderdash!: John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children's Books

Balderdash!: John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children's Books

Michelle Markel
Illustrator:  Nancy Carpenter 
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 to 7
Chronicle Books , 2017   ISBN: 978-0811879224
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51 Things to Make with Cardboard Boxes

51 Things to Make with Cardboard Boxes

Fiona Hayes
Illustrator:  Tom Connell 
Nonfiction Craft Book
For ages 6 to 9
QEB Publishing, 2017   ISBN: 978-1609928346
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It happens in the month of June

It happens in the month of June

Nonfiction
For ages 6 to 8
Charlesbridge Publishing, 2000   ISBN: 978-0881069198
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A is for Abraham: A Jewish Family Alphabet

A is for Abraham: A Jewish Family Alphabet

Richard Michelson
Illustrator:  Ron Mazellan 
Nonfiction and Poetry Picture Book  Series
For ages 6 to 12
Sleeping Bear Press, 2013   ISBN: 978-1585363223
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Storyworlds: Nature

Storyworlds: Nature

Thomas Hegbrook
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 5 and up
360 Degrees, 2016   ISBN: 978-1944530013
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