March 2023 – Nonfiction Monday

March 27, 2023March 26, 2023

I Begin with Spring

I Begin with Spring: The Life and Seasons of Henry David Thoreau
by Julie Dunlap (Author) and Megan Elizabeth Baratta (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Formatted like a nature notebook, this exploration of seasonal changes in Thoreau’s day is also a visual story of his life and times with an introduction to climate change in the back matter showing the use of his 150-year-old observations in our time.

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March 20, 2023March 19, 2023

Courage Like Kate

Courage Like Kate: The True Story of a Girl Lighthouse Keeper
by Anna Crowley Redding (Author) and Emily Sutton (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Fayerweather Island had seen blustery blizzards and rip-roaring tides, but it had never seen a pint-sized hurricane until Kate Moore claimed that tiny island as her own. Little Kate was supposed to be the lighthouse keeper’s daughter, but she thought of herself as Papa’s assistant.

The thirty-three spiraling lighthouse stairs finally took a toll on Papa’s body, and so twelve-year-old Kate stepped up. Over the years, she kept the flame lit to guide ships to safety, listened for cries for help, and, time and again, pulled men to safety–twenty-three of them in all. At the age of forty-seven, Kate received word–she had been named the official lighthouse keeper of Fayerweather Island.

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March 13, 2023March 12, 2023

Fighting for YES!

Fighting for YES!: The Story of Disability Rights Activist Judith Heumann
by Maryann Cocca-Leffler (Author), Vivien Mildenberger (Illustrator), and Judith Heumann (Afterword)
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Booktalk: From a very young age, Judy Heumann heard the word NO. When she wanted to attend public school, the principal said, “NO.” When she wanted her teaching license, the New York Board of Education said, “NO.” Judy and people with disabilities everywhere were tired of hearing “NO.”

In the 1970s an important disability rights law, Section 504 of The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, was waiting to be signed. Judy and other disability rights activists fought for “YES!” They held a sit-in until Section 504 was signed into law. Section 504 laid the foundation for the Americans with Disabilities Act, which was established thanks in large part to the ongoing work of Judy and her community.

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March 6, 2023March 5, 2023

Troublemakers in Trousers

Troublemakers in Trousers: Women and What They Wore to Get Things Done
by Sarah Albee (Author) and Kaja Kajfez (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Meet twenty-one women throughout history who broke fashion and norms to do something groundbreaking in this middle-grade collection that celebrates trailblazers and troublemakers.

Snippet: In ancient and medieval times, men did not wear pants. They wore dress-like attire. Go ahead and call it a tunic, toga, loincloth, chiton, kilt, sarong, or robes. Whatever. Men did not wear pants. (In many countries today, men still don’t.)

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