May 2021 – Nonfiction Monday

May 24, 2021May 23, 2021

And I Paint It

And I Paint It: Henriette Wyeth’s World
by Beth Kephart (Author) and Amy June Bates (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: A father and daughter sneak away from their big, busy family to paint in the wild landscape. Together, they paint a lily, bright and white as a star; the green growing into the cap of a strawberry; the blue in the sky running pink. Henriette’s father is N.C. Wyeth, the famous artist, who encourages her to paint what she sees, to awaken into her dreams, and she does, in this picture book inspired by a famous American family of artists.

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So that it’s only Pa and it’s only me,
sensing deeply, like Pa says.
Looking. Seeing. Smelling the air
and the earth,
and the turpentine,
and also that flower.

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May 17, 2021May 16, 2021

The People’s Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art

The People’s Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art
by Cynthia Levinson (Author) and Evan Turk (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: As a child growing up in Lithuania, Ben Shahn yearns to draw everything he sees–and, after seeing his father banished by the Czar for demanding workers’ rights, he develops a keen sense of justice, too. So when Ben and the rest of his family make their way to America, Ben brings both his sharp artistic eye and his desire to fight for what’s right. As he grows, he speaks for justice through his art–by disarming classmates who bully him because he’s Jewish, by defying his teachers’ insistence that he paint beautiful landscapes rather than true stories, by urging the US government to pass Depression-era laws to help people find food and jobs.

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May 10, 2021May 9, 2021

A Shot in the Arm!

A Shot in the Arm!: Big Ideas that Changed the World
by Don Brown (Author / Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Explore the history of vaccinations and the struggle to protect people from infectious diseases, from smallpox–perhaps humankind’s greatest affliction to date–to the COVID-19 pandemic in this nonfiction graphic novel.

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May 3, 2021May 2, 2021

Parents Here and There: A Kid’s Guide to Deployment

Parents Here and There: A Kid’s Guide to Deployment
by Marie-Therese Miller (Author)
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Booktalk: Parents have many different jobs. Some work in the military and are away from home for months or years. When your parent is gone, you miss what you did together. What are some things you can do while they are gone?

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