Tag Archives: Non-fiction

One Plastic Bag

Title: One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of Gambia Author(s): Miranda Paul Illustrator/Photographer: Elizabeth Zunon Publisher and Year: Millbrook Press, 2015 Number of pages: 28 Tags: Culture, Diversity, Non-Fiction, Picture Book, K-5, Morgan Houk Genre: Non-Fiction Analysis:  This … Continue reading

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Thank You, Mr. Falker

  Title: “Thank You, Mr. Falker”   Author & Illustrator: Patricia Polacco   Publisher and Year:  Philomel Books 1998   Number of Pages: 40   Tags: Disabilities, 2-3, 4-5, 6-8, Non-Fiction, Stephanie Rudi   Genres: Non-Fiction   Analysis: “Thank You, … Continue reading

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Grandma’s Gift

Title: Grandma’s Gift Author & Illustrator: Eric Velasquez Publisher: Walker Publishing Company, 2010 Number of pages: 29 Tags: Culture, Family, Non-fiction, Holidays, Picture Book, Social Science, Grace Sheley Genre: Non-fiction Eric Velasquez’s story centers on his childhood experience of making … Continue reading

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The Three Lucys

Title: The Three Lucys Author: Hayan Charara Illustrator: Sara Kahn Publisher: Lee & Low Books, 2016 Number of pages: 36 Tags: Animal, Culture, Family, Fiction, Award Book, Picture Book, Non-fiction, Emotion, Grace Sheley Genre: Fiction, Non-fiction The story begins with … Continue reading

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Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat

Author and Illustrator: Javaka Steptoe Publisher and Year: Little, Brown and Company, 2016 Number of pages: 38 Genre: Biography This book is about Jean-Michel Basquiat, a famous artist from the 1980s, and how his life led him to art.  From … Continue reading

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Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation

Author and Illustrator: Duncan Tonatiuh Publisher and Year: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014 Number of pages: 40 Genre: Biography This story is about desegregation in 1940s California, anti-Latinx racism, and how one one girl’s family decided to never give … Continue reading

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A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History

Author and Illustrator: Lynne Cherry Publisher and Year: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1992 Number of pages: 25 Genre: Informational Nonfiction This story is about the history of the Nashau River in Massachusetts and its pollution and eventual clean up by environmentalists. … Continue reading

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Lost and Found Cat

Lost and Found Cat: The True Story of Kunkush’s Incredible Journey Written by Doug Kuntz and Amy Shrodes Illustrated by Sue Cornelison Crown Books for Young Readers, 2017 40 pages, Non-fiction Lost and Found Cat is the true story of … Continue reading

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Hair for Mama

Title: Hair for Mama Author(s): Kelly Tinkham Illustrator/Photographer: Amy Bates Publisher and Year: Penguin Young Readers 2007 Number of pages: 32 Genre:  Non-Fiction, Family Analysis: 1)    Summary: The book is about an African American family’s mom having cancer and she … Continue reading

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Bad News for Outlaws: The remarkable life of Bass Reveves.

Title: Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, Deputy U. S. Marshal Author(s): Vaunda Micheaux Illustrator/Photographer: R. Christie Publisher and Year: Carolrhoda Books 2009 Number of pages: 40 Genre: Adventure, Non-Fiction Analysis: 1)    Summary: The reading went … Continue reading

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