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Children's Recommendations - Non-fiction

Children's - Non-fiction

Jason and the Argonauts : the first great quest in Greek mythology
ISBN: 9780803741188
Title: Jason and the Argonauts : the first great quest in Greek mythology by Robert Byrd - Retells the story of Jason and his quest for the golden fleece
Author: Byrd, Robert, author.
Separate is never equal
ISBN: 9781419710544
Title: Separate is never equal : Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh - An eight-year-old girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage played an instrumental role in Mendez v. Westminster, the landmark desegregation case of 1946
Author: Tonatiuh, Duncan.
Mesmerized
ISBN: 9780763663513
Title: Mesmerized : how Ben Franklin solved a mystery that baffled all of France by Mara Rockliff - Describes how the innovative American Founding Father used the scientific method to discern the practices of a famous Parisian magician
Author: Rockliff, Mara, author.
Grand Canyon
ISBN: 9781596439504
Title: Grand Canyon by Jason Chin - An exploration of the Grand Canyon on a grand scale, as only Jason Chin can illustrate and explain
Author: Chin, Jason, 1978- author.
I Fly
ISBN: 9780805094695
Title: I, fly : the buzz about flies and how awesome they are by Bridget Heos - Fly is fed up with everyone studying butterflies. After all, flies go through metamorphosis too!
Author: Heos, Bridget, author.
Neighborhood sharks
ISBN: 9781596438743
Title: Neighborhood sharks : hunting with great whites of California's Farallon Islands by Katherine Roy - An up close look at the ocean's most fearsome and famous predator and the scientists who study them—just twenty-six miles from the Golden Gate Bridge
Author: Roy, Katherine, author.
Winter's tail
ISBN: 9780545123358
Title: Winter's tail : how one little dolphin learned to swim again by Juliana Hatkoff - Describes the rescue and rehabilitation of a young Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, named Winter, who received an artificial tail after being badly injured
Author: Hatkoff, Juliana.
Finding Winnie
ISBN: 9780316324908
Title: Finding Winnie : the true story of the world's most famous bear by Lindsay Mattick - How a bear cub in 1914 became the inspiration for A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh
Author: Mattick, Lindsay.
Elizabeth, queen of the seas
ISBN: 9780375958885
Title: Elizabeth, queen of the seas by Lynne Cox - Describes how an elephant seal made a home in New Zealand's narrow Avon River and loved to stretch out across a two-lane road, requiring volunteers to tow her farther out to sea after she kept returning
Author: Cox, Lynne, 1957-
Nubs : the true story of a mutt, a Marine & a miracle by Brian Dennis - Tells the true story of a mutt named Nubs, who was befriended
ISBN: 9780316053181
Title: Nubs : the true story of a mutt, a Marine & a miracle by Brian Dennis - Tells the true story of a mutt named Nubs, who was befriended by a marine on duty at the Iraqi border and became so devoted to the marine that he followed him on foot
Author: Dennis, Brian, 1971-
Marley
ISBN: 9780061240348
Title: Marley : a dog like no other by John Grogan - Follows the life story of an exuberant Labrador retriever who gets into perpetual trouble and experiences a range of inspiring adventures
Author: Grogan, John, 1957-
How to talk to your cat
ISBN: 0060279699
Title: How to talk to your cat by Jean Craighead George - Describes how cats communicate with people through their behavior and sounds and explains how to talk back to them using sounds, behavior, and body language
Author: George, Jean Craighead, 1919-2012-
Teammates
ISBN: 0152006036
Title: Teammates by Peter Golenbock - Describes the racial prejudice experienced by Jackie Robinson when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers and depicts the acceptance and support he received from his white teammate Pee Wee Reese
Author: Golenbock, Peter.
The wildest race ever Cover
ISBN: 9781481406390
Title: The wildest race ever : the story of the 1904 Olympic marathon by Meghan McCarthy - The exciting and bizarre true story of the 1904 Olympic marathon, which took place at the St. Louis World's Fair
Author: McCarthy, Meghan.
Firefly July Cover
ISBN: 9780763648428
Title: Firefly July : a year of very short poems by Paul B. Janeczko - Presents a collection of short poems about each season written to demonstrate how a few carefully chosen words and images can invoke powerful messages
Hidden child Cover
ISBN: 0374330719
Title: Hidden child by Isaac Millman - The author details his difficult experiences as a young Jewish child living in Nazi-occupied France during the 1940s
Author: Millman, Isaac.
The grand mosque of Paris Cover
ISBN: 9780823421596
Title: The grand mosque of Paris : a story of how Muslims saved Jews during the Holocaust by Karen Gray Ruelle - The story of how the Grand Mosque of Paris became the ideal temporary hiding place for escaped prisoners of war and Jews of all ages during WWII
Author: Ruelle, Karen Gray.
The worst of friends Cover
ISBN: 9780525479031
Title: The worst of friends : Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the true story of an American feud by Suzanne Tripp Jurmain - Presents a tribute to the partnership of two founding fathers and how it led to the creation of opposing political parties
Author: Jurmain, Suzanne.
The camping trip that changed America Cover
ISBN: 9780803737105
Title: The camping trip that changed America : Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and our national parks by Barb Rosenstock - The story of how President Theodore Roosevelt, with the help of naturalist John Muir, decided to support the conservation of national parks
Author: Rosenstock, Barbara.

Children's - Biographies

josephine
ISBN: 9781452103143
Title: Josephine : the dazzling life of Josephine Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell - Presents an introduction to the life of the passionate performer and civil rights activist that traces her journey from the slums of St. Louis to the world's most famous stages
Author: Powell, Patricia Hruby, 1951-
man_fish
ISBN: 9780811860635
Title: Manfish : a story of Jacques Cousteau by Jennifer Berne - Poetic text and full color paintings combine to create a portrait of the internationally known oceanographer who became a champion of the seas
Author: Berne, Jennifer.
escape
ISBN: 0060850957
Title: Escape! : the story of the great Houdini by Sid Fleischman - Profiling his personal life and great accomplishments in show business, the story of magician Harry Houdini comes to life through a review of his greatest tricks and most amazing feats
Author: Fleischman, Sid, 1920-2010
whoosh
ISBN: 9781580892971
Title: Whoosh! : Lonnie Johnson's super-soaking stream of inventions by Chris Barton - Celebrate the inventor of the Super Soaker in this inspiring picture book biography about Lonnie Johnson, the maker behind one of the world's favorite toys
Author: Barton, Chris, author.
poet_of_science
ISBN: 9781481452496
Title: Ada Lovelace, poet of science : the first computer programmer by Diane Stanley - A fascinating look at Ada Lovelace, the pioneering computer programmer and the daughter of the poet Lord Byron
Author: Stanley, Diane, author.
isaac
ISBN: 9780763670634
Title: Isaac : the alchemist, secrets of Isaac Newton, reveal'd by Mary Losure - Mary Losure's riveting narrative nonfiction account of Isaac's early life traces his development as a thinker from his childhood
Author: Losure, Mary.
funny_bones
ISBN: 9781419716478
Title: Funny bones : Posada and his Day of the Dead calaveras by Duncan Tonatiuh - Presents the life of the Mexican artist who became famous for his drawings of skeletons in multiple everyday poses which have become identified with the Mexican Day of the Dead
Author: Tonatiuh, Duncan.
the_right_word
ISBN: 9780802853851
Title: The right word : Roget and his thesaurus by Jen Bryant - Examines the life of Peter Mark Roget and his invention of the thesaurus
Author: Bryant, Jennifer.
wilma_unlimited
ISBN: 0152012672
Title: Wilma unlimited : how Wilma Rudolph became the world's fastest woman by Kathleen Krull - A biography of the African-American woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics
Author: Krull, Kathleen.
with_great_power
ISBN: 9781645672852
Title: With great power : the marvelous Stan Lee : an unauthorized biography by Annie Hunter Eriksen - Discover more about the life of Stan Lee and how he revolutionized comics with this vibrant introduction bustling with action, humor, and references for fans
Author: Eriksen, Annie Hunter, author.