10 Fave #BlPOCinSTEM Picture Book Biographies
Since my recent blog posts featuring #WomeninSTEM and #KidsinSTEM were so well received, I’ve decided to create a list of books by another group that deserves our attention–Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) in STEM. It’s interesting to note than most of these books are written or co-written by white people. I hope that as […]
#KIDSinSTEM Picture Books
Last week I shared some of my favorite picture book biographies about female scientists. As I was compiling that list, I realized I should look at books that feature #KIDSinSTEM too. Here are some terrific titles everyone should know about—some nonfiction and some fiction. 11 Experiments that Failed by Jenny Offill (fiction) Bird Count by […]
10 Fave #WomeninSTEM Picture Book Biographies
Over the last 10 years, I’ve shared a lot of STEM-themed book lists, but it recently occurred to me that I’ve never written a post that highlights some of my favorite picture book biographies about female scientists. There are SO many to choose from, but here are a few that have really stuck with me. […]
6 Summer Reads to Encourage Outdoor Exploration
Being Frog by April Pulley Sayre, Beach Lane Books/Simon & Schuster From award-winning author and photographer April Pulley Sayre comes a stunning photographic look at the fascinating lives of frogs. A frog is a being. It is watching. It is seeing… Frogs are amazing creatures, and this book offers young readers an up-close and revealing […]
5 Kinds of Nonfiction: Expository Literature
Back in 2017, I proposed a five-category system for classifying children’s nonfiction on my blog, and the response was incredible. Teachers loved it. So did librarians and children’s book authors and editors. People praised the clarity it brought to the range of children’s nonfiction available today. In May 2018, School Library Journal published an article […]
5 Kinds of Nonfiction: Narrative Nonfiction
Back in 2017, I proposed a five-category system for classifying children’s nonfiction on my blog, and the response was incredible. Teachers loved it. So did librarians and children’s book authors and editors. People praised the clarity it brought to the range of children’s nonfiction available today. In May 2018, School Library Journal published an article […]
5 Kinds of Nonfiction: Browsable Nonfiction
Back in 2017, I proposed a five-category system for classifying children’s nonfiction on my blog, and the response was incredible. Teachers loved it. So did librarians and children’s book authors and editors. People praised the clarity it brought to the range of children’s nonfiction available today. In May 2018, School Library Journal published an article […]
5 Kinds of Nonfiction: Traditional Nonfiction
Back in 2017, I proposed a five-category system for classifying children’s nonfiction on my blog, and the response was incredible. Teachers loved it. So did librarians and children’s book authors and editors. People praised the clarity it brought to the range of children’s nonfiction available today. In May 2018, School Library Journal published an article […]
Sibert Smackdown Wrap Up
2019 was an incredible year for children’s nonfiction. Maybe even the best yet. There were so many wonderful titles, including some that stretched our thinking about what nonfiction is and what it might be come in the future. The amazing abundance of riches made it so, so, SO difficult to select just 10 nonfiction picture […]
Best Nonfiction of 2019 Roundup
Next Monday is a big day in children’s literature. The winners of the American Library Association’s Youth Media Awards will be announced. So today seems like a good time to look back at some of the highly-regarded titles published last year. There’s no doubt about it. 2019 was a phenomenal year for nonfiction, and it […]