Tag: Nonfiction

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

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

Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans Written and Illustrated by Don Brown

September 20, 2017 by The Picture Book Review

[Review Copy Courtesy of My Public Library.] Drowned City is a multi-award winning graphic novel by acclaimed and prolific author and artist Don Brown. It is an extraordinarily vivid account of Hurricane Katrina from August to October 2005 written for ages 12 to adult. You need to read Drowned City if you haven’t already. It is an important book. Its commentary and representation of what happened during Hurricane Katrina is insightful, enlightening, and will help those of us that haven’t […]

Categories: Comic Books, Nonfiction, Picture Books, Recommended Graphic Novel • Tags: Comic Book, Graphic novel, Nonfiction

Tracks Count: A Guide to Counting Animal Prints by Steve Engel and Illustrated by Alexander M. Petersen

October 27, 2014 by The Picture Book Review

First off, I’m so impressed with this book that I nominated it for a Cybils Award. On to the book: Do you know how many toes a rhinoceros has? What does the footprint of a rhinoceros even look like? How many toes does a wolf have? What does a coatimundi look like? Can you identify the tracks of a tapir? This beautifully charcoal-sketched picture book teaches counting, addition, how to identify animal prints, and the parts of an animal track. […]

Categories: Children's Books, Counting Picture Books, Kidlit, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books, Picture Books about Animals, Picture Books about Nature, Recommended Picture Books • Tags: Alexander Petersen, Animal Prints, Book Review, Children's Books, Counting, Craigmore Creations, Cybils Nominated, Highly Recommended Picture Books, kidlit, Nonfiction, Picture Book, Steve Engel, Tracks Count

See Inside How Things Work by Conrad Mason and Illustrated by Colin King

November 7, 2012 by The Picture Book Review

See Inside How Things Work by Conrad Mason and Illustrated by Colin King. Ages 4 – 8. 16 pgs. Usborne. September 2009. Nonfiction. The Short: I was so happy when I found this book. It enabled me to sit down with my son and look inside various things to see how they work. It is well illustrated and well labeled so I could deftly answer his, “What’s that?” questions as they came in rapid fire. I purchased this book from […]

Categories: Kidlit, Nonfiction Picture Books, Picture Books, Recommended Picture Books, Two year old loved • Tags: Book Review, Children's Picture Books, Colin King, Conrad Mason, Highly Recommended Books, kidlit, Nonfiction, Picture Books, Read this book again and again, Recommended Picture Books, See Inside How Things Work, Usborne