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Forty of My Favorite Nonfiction Picture Books

Compiled by Teri Lesesne

TITLE AUTHOR

28 Days: Moments in Black History That Changed the World ........................................................ Charles R. Smith

About Penguins: A Guide for Children ............................................................................................ Cathryn P. Sill

All Different Now: Juneteenth, The First Day of Freedom ............................................................... Angela Johnson

Aviary Wonders Inc. Spring Catalog and Instruction Manual:

Renewing the World’s Bird Supply Since 2031 ............................................................................ Kate Samworth

Bad for You: Exposing the War on Fun! ........................................................................................... Kevin C. Pyle

Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage as the First Black-and-White

Jazz Band in History ................................................................................................................... Lesa Cline-Ransome

Bone Collection: Animals ................................................................................................................. Rob Colson

Dare the Wind .................................................................................................................................. Tracey E. Fern

Dear Malala, We Stand with You ..................................................................................................... Rosemary A. McCarney

Eye—How It Works .......................................................................................................................... David Macaulay

Fly Guy Presents: Sharks .................................................................................................................. Tedd Arnold

Flying Solo: How Ruth Elder Soared into America’s Heart .............................................................. Julie Cummins

Go: A Kidd’s Guide to Graphic Design ............................................................................................. Chip Kidd

Grandfather Gandhi ........................................................................................................................ Arun Gandhi

Gravity ............................................................................................................................................. Jason Chin

Growing Up Pedro ............................................................................................................................ Matt Tavares

Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla ..................................................... Katherina Applegate

JFK ................................................................................................................................................... Jonah Winter

Lifetime: The Amazing Numbers in Animal Lives ........................................................................... Lola M. Schaefer

Locomotive ....................................................................................................................................... Brian Floca

Migrant ............................................................................................................................................ Jose Manuel Mateo

Nelson Mandela ............................................................................................................................... Kadir Nelson

Papa Is a Poet: A Story About Robert Frost ...................................................................................... Natalie Bober

Parrots over Puerto Rico ................................................................................................................... Susan L. Roth

Pluto’s Secret: An Icy World’s Tale of Discovery ............................................................................... Margaret A. Weitekamp

President Taft Is Stuck in the Bath ................................................................................................... Mac Barnett

Queen Victoria’s Bathing Machine .................................................................................................. Gloria Whelan

Reptiles: The Coolest and Deadliest Cold-Blooded Creatures .......................................................... Penelope Arlon

That’s a Possibility A Book About What Might Happen .................................................................. Bruce Goldstone

The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos ....................................................... Deborah Heiligman

The Iridescence of Birds: A Book About Henri Mattise .................................................................... Patricia MacLachlan

The Mad Potter: George E. Orh, Eccentric Genius ........................................................................... Jan Greenberg

The Mystery of Darwin’s Frog .......................................................................................................... Martha L. Crump

The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art ..................................... Barb Rosenstock

The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus ...................................................................................... Jennifer Bryant

The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever ............ H. Joseph Hopkins

Triangles ........................................................................................................................................... David A. Adler

Tuesday Tucks Me In: The Loyal Bond Between a Soldier and His Service Dog .............................. Luis Carlos Montalvan

Viva Frida ........................................................................................................................................ Yuyi Morales

When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop ........................................... Laban Carrick Hill

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