2015, Written & Illustrated by Don Brown Sibert Honor (2016), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (2017), NCTE Orbis Pictus Award (2016) Drowned City is a non-fiction graphic novel that chronicles when Hurricane Katrina hit the city of New Orleans in August of 2005.
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2003, Written by Kathy-jo Wargin, Illustrated by Karen Latham & Rebecca Latham V is for Viking: A Minnesota Alphabet is a nonfiction picturebook detailing iconic things associated with the state of Minnesota, one for each letter of the alphabet (note: this is one of a series, with other books doing the same thing with other states).
4/15/2017 0 Comments A Penguin Named Patience2015, Written by Suzanne Lewis, Illustrated by Lisa Anchin Keystone to Reading Book Award Nominee (2017) A Penguin Named Patience is the heartwarming true story of the New Orleans Aquarium penguins who are evacuated in the midst of Hurricane Katrina, told through the eyes of one of the penguins named Patience.
4/15/2017 0 Comments New Shoes2014, Written by Susan Lynn Meyer, Illustrated by Eric Valasquez Jane Addams Children's Book Award for Younger Children (2016) New Shoes is the story of how the industrious Ella Mae and her friend Charlotte turn a humiliating Jim Crow law into success.
4/15/2017 0 Comments Marvelous Cornelius2015, Written by Phil Bildner, Illustrated by John Parra Golden Kite Award for Picturebook Illustration (2016), Parents’ Choice Book Awards Gold (2015), Margaret Wise Brown Prize in Children’s Literature (2016) Marvelous Cornelius is the story of a real garbage man named Cornelius who worked hard to keep the streets of New Orleans' French Quarter clean, and the difference he made in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
1997, Written by JK Rowling British Book Award for Children's Book of the Year (1998), American Booksellers Book of the Year for Children (1998) A worldwide-phenomenon that is reaching its 20th anniversary, Harry Potter is undoubtedly a children's classic. Who doesn't love Harry Potter?
2001, Written by Patricia Clark Smith Massachusetts—Rhode Island, 1653. This installment in The Royal Diaries series follows Native American leader Weetamoo when she was a teenager, written as a fictionalized account of her thoughts.
3/25/2017 0 Comments The Crossover2014, Written by Kwame Alexander Newberry Medal (2015), Coretta Scott King Award (2015) 12 year old Josh Bell's world is basketball. He and his twin brother, JB, both play it, and his dad was a professional basketball player back in his day. Told in rap-like verse, The Crossover is a powerful book about growing up, both on and off the court.
2015, Written by Carron Brown, Illustrated by Bee Johnson On the Construction Site is a really cool book exploring all the different things that go on in a construction site. From bulldozers to dump trucks, there so much to see—and even more to see when you shine a flashlight through the pages.
3/25/2017 0 Comments Flotsam2006, Written & Illustrated by David Wiesner Caldecott Medal (2007), Wisconsin Library Association Outstanding Book Award (2007), Red Clover Award (2008) Flotsam is a stunning picturebook about the wonders that lie beneath the sea—told entirely without words.
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