Rounding up the best nonfiction for children and teens
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Prince: A Little Golden Book Biography
by Nikki Shannon Smith (Author) and Don Tate (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Happy book birthday to a 24-page picture book biography that celebrates Prince’s boundary-breaking artistry, his fearless self-expression, and his enduring influence on music, fashion, and culture.
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The author and the illustrator are both former students.
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My new Focus on STEM column, Wildfires, is in the May Quick Tips for Schools and Libraries newsletter from Booklist.
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The Glass Pyramid: A Story of the Louvre Museum and Architect I. M. Pei
by Jeanne Walker Harvey (Author) and Khoa Le (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: In 1981, I. M. Pei was on a mission. A successful architect known for his modern designs, Pei was asked by the French president to redesign the Louvre Museum in Paris, home to the Mona Lisa and now famous for the glass pyramid at its center. At the time, the Louvre had many problems and no pyramid.
Pei faced many obstacles, including discrimination because he was Chinese American. Determined to succeed and make the Louvre a welcome place for all, Pei worked hard—and sometimes in secret. This is the story of a visionary who worked patiently and persistently to solve problems and achieve his goals: to plant and grow a glass pyramid.
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Here Is a Book
by Elisha Cooper (Author / Illustrator)
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Booktalk: A love letter to books, showing how many elements and people contribute to making something beautiful, published just in time to share on the first day of Childrens Book Week.
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We Sing From the Heart: How The Slants® Took Their Fight for Free Speech to the Supreme Court
by Mia Wenjen (Author) and Victor Bizar Gómez (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Music is a way to transcend cultures and divides. Simon Tam used his band’s name, The Slants®, to make a powerful statement that racist insults could no longer be hurtful to Asian Americans. But then the U.S. Trade and Patent Office tries to stop him. In his eight-year battle to win trademark protection, Simon would go all the way to the Supreme Court in a landmark case to rout out structural racism in our government systems.
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Nature Spy Guide
by Shelley Rotner (Author / Photographer)
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Booktalk: Children safely explore the outdoors using their five senses to search for colors, shapes, and more in the world around them.
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Your Money and the World: How to Spend, Save, Donate and Invest Sustainably
by Cecile Biccari (Author) and Naïade Lacolomb (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Nora finds a treasure and wonders what she should do with it: spend, invest, donate or save? After she explores each option in a comic, the book for ages 7-11 explains each choice in more detail.
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Earth: Our Home Planet
by Bruce Betts (Author)
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Booktalk: The third planet from the Sun, Earth is our home and the only planet we know of that holds life. Learn how Earth and the Moon orbit the Sun together, how continents form, and how the atmosphere protects. Then learn how satellites show us how Earth will change in the future.
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How to Fool Your Parents: 25 Brain-Breaking Magic Tricks
by David Kwong (Author) and Michael Korfhage (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: This magic book is for the digital generation, giving kids all the tools they need to create, explore, and experiment—whether they’re making magic with a deck of cards or on their smartphone.
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