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2Apr

Mountain Chef

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I’m getting antsy for the publication date of Mountain Chef: How One Man Lost His Groceries, Changed His Plans, and Helped Cook Up the National Park Service.  But my book is on the way! It tells the true story of Tie Sing, a Chinese American chef who lived in a time of intense anti-Chinese feeling but […]

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23Mar

Sweet Sixteen

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Are you ready for the Sweet Sixteen? Chips? Check. Cold drinks? Check. Stack of nonfiction picture books? Here are three great basketball books that every basketball fan–and every picture book fan!–will love. Hoop Genius: How a Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball, by John Coy (Carolrhoda: 2013). The unlikely story of the beginnings […]

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11Jan

Winners!

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It was an early morning, watching the live cast of the American Library Association’s Youth Media Awards. A great morning for nonfiction picture books! Schneider Family Book Awards (literature representing the disability experience.   Emmanuel’s Dream. I wrote about the book here.     Sibert Informational Medal (most distinguished nonfiction)   Funny Bones. One of […]

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2Dec

Mock Siberts, Part 2

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I already posted about books I wish could win the Sibert but probably won’t. Here’s my list of  books I hope are in the running:   A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat by Emily Jenkins, illustrations by Sophie Blackall. This book has been the center of a firestorm because one of […]

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7Apr

Tricky Vic

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  I’m a sucker for heist movies, and Greg Pizzoli wisely realizes, with this book, that kids may find themselves unaccountably drawn to clever bad guys, too. Without glorifying him, Pizzoli tells the story of Robert Miller, aka Count Victor Lustig, the man who tricked the wealthy into giving him thousands, sold the Eiffel Tower, […]

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16Feb

Nonfiction picture books around the web

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Maps! Great set of nonfiction picture books. I especially love the suggestions of more books by the same authors. My reading list just grew! Some nonfiction titles are in there. Just in time  for President’s Day Nonfiction for preschoolers (and a website packed with fun activities besides!) And teachers who know fourth graders are definitely not too […]

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9Oct

Nonfiction Picture Books Around the Web

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The Nonfiction Detectives highlight a new Lee & Low title about a female trombonist. It’s on my to-read list! This mash-up of Press Here and a Gail Gibbons book plays with the definition of nonfiction. Betsy Bird’s Fuse #8 blog is my first stop for book recommendations. She has a cover reveal of the newest in the […]

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