Nonfiction

 The best way to find a book review is to use the SEARCH tool in the right hand column. Here's a list of some of the nonfiction books on Sally's Bookshelf. You can find more kid's nonfiction over at my sister blog, Archimedes Notebook.

A Voice of Her Own (Phillis Wheately) by Kathryn Lasky
About Habitats: Oceans by Cathryn Sill
About Penguins by Cathryn Sill
Alexander Graham Bell Answers the Call, by Mary Ann Fraser
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
 Animal Groups by Jill Esbaum
Animal Helpers: Sanctuaries by Jennifer Keats Curtis
Antsy Ansel: Ansel Adams, a life in nature by Cindy Jenson-Elliott 
At Home in Her Tomb: Lady Dai and the Ancient Chinese Treasures of Mawangdui. by Christine Liu-Perkins
Babe Conquers the World: the legendary life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias by Rich Wallace and Sandra Neil Wallace
Bats: Biggest! Littlest! by Sandra Markle
Be a Changemaker by Laurie Ann Thompson
A Beaver's Busy Year by Mary Holland
Because they Marched: The People's Campaign for Voting Rights that Changed America
by Russell Freedman
Beneath the Sun by Melissa Stewart
Best Foot Forward: Exploring Feet, Flippers, and Claws by Ingo Arndt
Big Tractor by Nathan Clement
A Bird is a Bird by Lizzy Rockwell
Bird Talk by Lita Judge
Birmingham Sunday by Larry Dane Brimner
Blood Brother: Jonathan Daniels and his sacrifice for Civil Rights by Rich Wallace and Sandra Neil Wallace
The Book Boat's In by Cynthia Cotten
The Book of Heroines: Tales of History's Gutsiest Gals, by Stephanie Warren Drimmer 
Bring on the Birds by Susan Stockdale
Bubonic Panic, When Plague Invaded America by Gail Jarrow
Call of the Klondike by David Meissner
 Can I Come Too? by Brian Patten
Carry Me! Animal Babies on the Move by Susan Stockdale
Clouds: a compare & contrast book by Katharine Hall
Cool Melons - Turn To Frogs! The Life And Poems Of Issa by Matthew Gollub
 Cowboy Up! Ride the Navajo Rodeo by Nancy Bo Flood
 The Cuckoo's Haiku and other Birding Poems by Michael J. Rosen
 Dare the Wind by Tracey Fern
Desert Baths by Darcy Pattison
Dirtmeister's Nitty Gritty Planet Earth by Steve Tomecek
Dorothea's Eyes by Barb Rosenstock
 Eat Like a Bear by April Pulley Sayre
Egg: Nature's Perfect Package by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
The Eye of the Whale: A Rescue Story by Jennifer O’Connell 
Face Bug by J. Patrick Lewis
Family Pack by Sandra Markle
Far from Shore: Chronicles of an Open Ocean Voyage by Sophie Webb
Fatal Fever ~ Tracking Down Typhoid Mary by Gail Jarrow
Fearless Flyer: Ruth Law and her flying machine  by Heather Lang
A Friend for Lakota by Jim & Jamie Dutcher
Fresh Delicious: Poems from the Farmer's Market by Irene Latham
 Gemina, The Crooked-Neck Giraffe by Karen B. Winnick
The Girl from the Tar Paper School by Teri Kanefield
Goldie Takes a Stand by Barbara Krasne
The Great Big Green by Peggy Gifford
Hello Ruby: Adventures in Coding by Linda Liukas
Here is the World by Leslea Newman
Hide-and-Seek Science: Animal Camouflage by Emma Stevenson 
The Hole Story of the Doughnut by Pat Miller
I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote by Linda Arms White
ICE! The Amazing History of the Ice Business by Laurence Pringle 
In the Shadow of Liberty by Kenneth C. Davis
In the Trees, Honey Bees by Lori Mortensen   
An Inuksuk Means Welcome by Mary Wallace
The Iridescence of Birds by Patricia MacLachlan
It Can't Be Done, Nellie Bly! by Nancy Butcher
It's Our Garden by George Ancona
John Muir Wrestles a Waterfall by Julie Dannenberg
John Ronald's Dragons, a J.R.R. Tolkien Story, by Caroline McCallister
The Journey that Saved Curious George, by Louise Borden
Jumping Off Library Shelves by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Kangaroo to the Rescue by Moira Rose Donohue
Keep On! The Story of Matthew Henson by Debora Hopkinson
The Kid from Diamond Street: the extraordinary story of baseball legend Edith Houghton
by Audrey Vernick
The Kite that Bridged Two Nations by Alexis O'Neil  
Lives of the Explorers: Discoveries, Disasters by Kathleen Krull
The Lucky Litter: Wolf Pups Rescued from Wildfire by Jenifer Keats Curtis
Luna & Me: the true story of a girl who lived in a tree to save a forest by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
Matisse's Garden by Samantha Friedman
The Mayflower by Mark Greenwood
Me and Momma and Big John by Mara Rocklif
Miss Lady Bird's Wildflowers by Kathy Appelt
 Nature Recycles, How About You? by Michelle Lord
Nature's Patchwork Quilt: Understanding Habitats by Mary Miche
Newton's Rainbow, by Kathryn Lasky
Noah Webster and His Words by Jeri Chase Ferris
Noisy Bird Sing-Along by John Himmelman
Noisy Bug Sing-Along by John Himmelman
Noisy Frog Sing-Along by John Himmelman
On the Move: Mass Migrations by Scotti Cohn
Paint It: The Art of Acrylics, Oils...  by Mary Bolte
Paws of Courage: True Tales of Heroic Dogs by Nancy Furstinger
Pitter and Patter by Martha Sullivan
A Place for Bats by Melissa Stewart
Pollinators (three EZ readers)
The Poppy Lady by Barbara Walsh
 The Prairie that Nature Built by Marybeth Lorbiecki
Puffling Patrol by Ted and Betsy Lewin 
Pure Grit: How American World War II nurses survived battle and prison camp in the Pacific by Mary Cronk Farrell
Queen of the Track: Alice Coachman by Heather Lang
Recycling Day by Edward Miller
Rethinking Normal: a Memoir in Transition by Katie Rain Hill
Revolutionary Friends (George Washington & Layfayette)  by Selene Castrovilla
Revolutionary Rogues: John Andre and Benedict Arnold, by Selene Castrovilla
Rocket Man: The Mercury Adventure of John Glenn by Ruth Ashby
Samurai Rising: the Epic Life of MinamotoYoshitsune by Pamela S. Turner
Schools of Hope by Norman H. Finkelstein
Scorpions! Strange and Wonderful by Laurence Pringle
Seen from a Distance, the Art of Monet by Seon-hye Jang
Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & her Family's Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh 
Shackles From the Deep: tracing the path of a sunken slave ship by Michael Cottman 
Shark Baby by Ann Downer
The Streak (Joe DiMaggio) by Barb Rosenstock
Stripes of All Types by Susan Stockdale
Sounds of the Savanna by Terry C. Jennings
Sweaty Suits of Armor: Could you survive being a knight? by Chana Stiefel
Teedie: the Story of Young Teddy Roosevelt by Don Brown
Thomas Jefferson Builds a Library by Barb Rosenstock
Thomas Jefferson Grows a Nation by Peggy Thomas
Tiger in Trouble! by Kelly Milner Halls
 Toad Weather by Sandra Markle
Too Hot? Too Cold? by Caroline Arnold
A Tower of Giraffes: Animals in Groups by Anna Wright
Twenty-two Cents~ Muhammad Yunus and the Village Bank by Paula Yoo
The Underground Railroad: navigate the journey from slavery to freedom by Judy Dodge Cummings
Wangari Maathai: The woman who planted millions of trees by Franck Prevot
Water Can Be... by Laura Purdie Salas
Water is Water by Miranda Paul
What's in the Garden? by Marianne Berkes
Whose Hands Are These? by Miranda Paul
The Wing Wing Brothers Geometry Palooza! by Ethan Long
The Wolf~Birds by Willow Dawson

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