Category Archives: Nonfiction Picture Books

Interview with Toni Buzzeo on her personal mission, how research drives her writing process, and what’s essential for her creative life.

May 13, 2019 by The Picture Book Review

Toni Buzzeo author of many, many excellent picture books was kind enough to talk to me about her new book When Sue Found Sue and a bit about writing in general. I’m thrilled and so grateful she was able to take some time and answer my questions. I hope you enjoy!

Categories: 2019, Biography, Nonfiction, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books, Picture Books about Careers, Picture Books about Women • Tags: Interview, paleontologist, Picture Book, Picture Books, sue hendrickson, women

Giveaway May 8th to May 16th at Midnight! POP-UP SHAKESPEARE by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor and Amazing Pop-Upness Artwork by Jeannie Maizels

May 8, 2019 by The Picture Book Review

POP-UP Shakespeare contains an incredible amount of information and tons of interesting facts. Our authors have a great sense of humor, respect, and irreverence for Shakespeare. It’s a non-fiction book completely, but the guys are not afraid to give their opinion — and I love it all.

Categories: Biography, Humor, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books, pop-up picture book, Shakespeare • Tags: Picture Book, Picture Books, Shakespeare, theater

Out Today! Trees: A Rooted History by Piotr Socha and Wojciech Grajkowski

April 9, 2019 by The Picture Book Review

In Trees: A Rooted History, the illustrations on each page are so carefully and delicately crafted that they give us a transcendent-like visual experience that evokes a sense of wonder and awe.

I’m deeply impressed with how this book uses the picture book format to translate the beauty and magnificence of trees in such a way that gives us a new perspective and new appreciation. The art deftly indulges our eyes and focuses our attention on how incredible trees are.

Categories: 2019, Children's Books, Nonfiction, Nonfiction Picture Books, Nonfiction Picture Books about Trees, Picture Books, Picture Books about Nature • Tags: Nonfiction, Picture Books, Polish, trees

Animal Noses by Mary Holland

April 5, 2019 by The Picture Book Review

In Animal Noses, readers will enjoy the large, clear, and enchanting photographs of a wide range of animals and the interesting facts about animal noses and their sense of smell that are placed alongside them. Engaging questions are dotted between facts that have children looking, guessing, and excitedly calling out what they think the answer might be.

Categories: 2019, Nonfiction, Nonfiction Picture Books, Nonfiction Picture Books about Animals • Tags: animal noses, Animals, Books, Nonfiction, Picture Book, Picture Books

What’s the Difference? 40+ Pairs of the Seemingly Similar by Emma Strack and Illustrated by Guillaume Plantevin

November 16, 2018 by The Picture Book Review

[Reviewed from Copy Courtesy of Chronicle Books] Do you know the difference between a rabbit and hare? What about a crocodile and an alligator? A clementine and a mandarin? Peach and a nectarine? Antarctica vs. the arctic? Great Britain vs. England? Holland vs. the Netherlands? A stetson vs a borsalino? (Admittedly, before this book I had never even heard of a borsalino.) An embryo vs. a fetus? (I used to teach anatomy and this is the best explanation of the […]

Categories: Nonfiction, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books • Tags: 2018, Nonfiction, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Book, Picture Books

Microbes by Amy Gallagher

November 13, 2017 by The Picture Book Review

[Review Copy Courtesy of ThunderStone Books] Microbes is a super fun and fantastically illustrated picture book that gives you tons of information about the crazy and amazing world of microbes! The artist and author, Amy Gallagher, makes learning about the world of microscopic organisms interesting, funny, engaging, and memorable. In this nonfiction picture book, information about six different types of microbes: bacteria, viruses, fungi, algae, archaea, and protozoa, is presented in an enthusiastic and playful fashion. She makes these microbes […]

Categories: Children's Books, Kidlit, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Children's Books, kidlit, Microbes, Picture Book, Picture Books

Space Racers – Make Your Own Paper Rockets by Isabel Thomas

October 4, 2017 by The Picture Book Review

Space Racers – Make Your Own Paper Rockets is an impressive combination of art and science that incorporates the best of both didactic and experiential learning. Its innovative approach makes it very accessible to a wide variety of ages and abilities. You’ll read about rocket science and different types of rockets, then make it hands on by building several different kinds of rockets out of paper.

Categories: Activity Book, Children's Books, Kidlit, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books, Picture Books about Rockets, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Children's Books, Isabel Thomas, kidlit, Laurence King Publishing, Nonfiction, Picture Books

Most People by Michael Leannah and Illustrated by Jennifer E. Morris

September 26, 2017 by The Picture Book Review

[Reviewed from Copy Courtesy of Tillbury House Publishers] Most People is a picture book that gives the gift of perspective and reassurance. This picture book, with its beautifully illustrated friendly faces and thoughtful portraits of people, is here to help calm the anxious and reaffirm the hopeful. It’s a picture book that impresses upon us that most people want to be good, do the right thing, and that they want to see you happy, too. “Most People love to smile. Most […]

Categories: Children's Books, Diverse Picture Books, Kidlit, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books, Picture Books about Behavior, Picture Books with Great Characters, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Book Review, Books, Children's Books, Children's literature, kidlit, Picture Books

Who Wins? Created by Clay Swartz and Illustrated by Tom Booth

December 2, 2016 by The Picture Book Review

[Reviewed from copy sent courtesy of Workman Publishing] Who Wins? 100 Historical Figures Go Head-to-Head and You Decide the Winner is possibly one of the funniest, actively engaging, passionately debatable, and entertainingly informative biographies you may ever read. We have been reading and playing Who Wins? since July and it is absolutely fantastic. Here’s how this book works. The book is spiral bound with three separate sections. On the left and right sections there are 50 different historical figures with a long list […]

Categories: Biography, Children's Books, Kidlit, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Book Review, Children's Books, Children's Picture Books, Clay Swartz, Hilarious Picture Books, Historical Figures, History, Humor, kidlit, Picture Book, Picture Books, Read Aloud, Recommended Books, Recommended Picture Books, Tom Booth, Who Wins?

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