Category Archives: Nonfiction
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Playful Learning
Posted on April 15, 2012 by Children's Department Staff in Nonfiction, Parent's Shelf>by Mariah Bruehl Mariah Bruehl has worked in education in many different ways – teaching in the classroom, developing curricula, training teachers and more. In Playful Learning: Develop Your Child’s Sense of Joy and Wonder, she turns her focus to what parents can do at home. The first section of the book focuses on how [...]
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Open Wide!
Posted on March 23, 2012 by Rachel in Family Read-Aloud, Nonfictionby Catherine Ham We have a fun new book in the non-fiction section all about animal mouths! Each page has a picture of an animal with its mouth open wide and a rhyme giving scientific information about what that animal is actually doing. For example, the poem about sparrow mouths is called “Feed Me!” Baby [...]
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Citizen Scientists
Posted on March 15, 2012 by Children's Department Staff in animals, Nonfiction>by Loree Griffin Burns Many kids (and adults) would love to study nature and help scientists discover new things, but don’t know how to do it. This book gives four examples of “citizen science” that anyone can participate in. In the fall, you can tag monarch butterflies so scientists can track migration patterns. In the [...]
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Hades: Lord of the Dead
Posted on February 28, 2012 by Melendra in Graphic Novel, Nonfiction>by George O’Connor Although it is named for Hades, this fourth volume in the graphic novel series, Olympians, actually presents the story of Persephone. In this modified version of how Persephone came to be Queen of the Underworld, Persephone has both more gumption and greater control of her fate. When Persephone briefly rebels against her [...]
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Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
Posted on February 3, 2012 by Jennifer in Biography, Kansas, Nonfiction>by Candace Fleming This fascinating biography has lots of photos and well-researched information about Amelia Earhart’s life, including questions researchers have run into about the authenticity of some stories Amelia told about herself. Apparently, she liked to embellish her past a bit to spice things up for the media. Between chapters that follow Amelia through [...]
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Inkblot
Posted on January 11, 2012 by Victoria in Nonfiction>Inkblot: Drip, Splat, and Squish Your Way to Creativity by Margaret Peot Did you know that many famous visual artists and writers have found inspiration in inkblots? This includes author Margaret Peot, who’s been using inkblots for inspiration for decades. Peot wants to share her enthusiasm for this technique with step-by- step projects to inspire [...]
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Animal Tails
Posted on December 13, 2011 by Victoria in animals, Nonfiction> Animal Tailsby Beth Fielding This new book is a fun peek into the variety of animal tails. There’s so much cool information, like how squirrels use their tails as umbrellas and kangaroos use their tails to balance. Caterpillar tails can even frighten off predators by confusing them. And some lizards can grow brand new tails if [...]
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Animal Eggs: An Amazing Clutch of Mysteries and Marvels
Posted on November 15, 2011 by Melendra in Nonfiction>By Dawn Cusick & Joanne O’Sullivan With lots of amazing photographs and interesting facts, this book about all things eggs really is amazing. While no specific type of egg or animal gets much focus, each egg fact is demonstrated vividly with animals ranging from insects to mammals. Did you know that the platypus isn’t the [...]
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I’m a Scientist
Posted on October 27, 2011 by Melendra in Nonfiction>From Dorling Kindersley Geared toward the picture book crowd, this fun nonfiction series presents information related to familiar places, Kitchen and Backyard, as well as of great interest, My Body and Water Fun. With simple experiments that can be performed using household materials, these titles offer parents a fun way to introduce their children to [...]
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A Ghostly Good Time
Posted on October 20, 2011 by Victoria in Nonfiction> by Woman’s Day Magazine A Ghostly Good Time: The Family Halloween Handbook is a one-stop resource for Halloween fun. It’s full of creative and spooky ideas for decorating, costumes, jack-o-lanterns, and recipes. I remember fondly (and perhaps with a touch of selective amnesia) the fun of putting together homemade costumes for my family. It [...]
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