Rounding up the best nonfiction for children and teens
Aquatics (Amazing Summer Olympics)
by Mari Bolte (Author)
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Booktalk: Water sports at the Summer Games are amazing to watch! From swimming to diving and even water polo, elementary readers will discover the power and grace it takes to win gold in these aquatic events.
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The Korean War (Fighting for Freedom)
by Tom Streissguth (Author)
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Booktalk: This middle grade book presents an overview of the Korean War, including history, important people and battles, and a time line of events.
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My Life with a Parent in the Military
by Mari C Schuh (Author) and Alice Larsson (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Meet Gracen! She likes karate and ice skating. Her dad is in the military. Gracen is real and so are her experiences. Learn about her life and find out what it’s like to move often and have your dad away from home.
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Mami King: How Ma Mon Luk Found Love, Riches, and the Perfect Bowl of Soup
by Jacqueline Chio-Lauri (Author) and Kristin Sorra (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Rejected by the parents of the girl he loves for being poor, Ma Mon Luk strikes out from China and boards a steamship headed for the Philippines in 1918. He vows to make a fortune and return for his beloved. Ma creates a chicken noodle soup he calls mami–“ma” for his name and “mi” for noodles–and peddles it as a street vendor. He eventually earns enough to open his own restaurant and wins the approval of the parents of his true love.
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Everybody’s Book: The Story of the Sarajevo Haggadah
by Linda Leopold Strauss (Author) and Tim Smart (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: This true story begins long ago in Spain, where a bride and groom are gifted a hand-painted haggadah. It is used at many Passover seders until the Spanish Inquisition when the family escapes. The haggadah survived for centuries in different countries. Scholars declared it a treasure. To protect it from the Nazis, a curator smuggled it out of a Sarajevo museum and hid it in a village mosque. On Passover of 1995, with bombs exploding overhead, the Bosnian president brought out the book from an underground vault to show the world that it was safe. The Sarajevo Haggadah has become a symbol of people of many faiths and cultures working together.
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Renewable Energy: Power the World with Sustainable Fuel with Hands-On Science Activities for Kids
by Erin Twamley (Author), Joshua Sneideman (Author), and Micah Rauch (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Scientists ages 9 to 12 learn how switching from nonrenewable energy sources to renewable ones can help make our homes, businesses, cities, and world better, healthier places. What are those renewable resources? Solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal, and bioenergy!
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MAKE YOUR OWN LANDFILL
Landfills are where waste and garbage are buried between layers of soil. They are a crucial part of keeping our planet healthy. But there is a right way and a wrong way to construct one! Landfills need to be built so they can be safely contained far into the future.
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One Day This Tree Will Fall
by Leslie Barnard Booth (Author) and Stephanie Fizer Coleman (Illustrator)
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Booktalk: Discover how a tree’s wounds and decay bring new life to the forest ecosystem in this lyrical nonfiction picture book.
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Worries Big and Small: A child’s guide to talking about feelings
by Hannah Wilson (Author) and Samara Hardy (Illustrator)
Booktalk: This question and answer book gives kids practical strategies for dealing with tricky situations at school, visiting friends, and other places.
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Changemakers in Music: Women Leading the Way
by Ngeri Nnachi (Author)
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Booktalk: Women have been groundbreakers in music of all genres. Young readers will learn about changemakers from the past and present, their musical accomplishments, and their contributions to the industry.
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Wrestling (Amazing Summer Olympics)
by Mari Bolte (Author)
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Booktalk: From technical holds and weight classes to pins and escapes, discover the strength and control it takes to win gold in the Greco-Roman and freestyle events at this year’s Summer Olympic Games.
Snippet: Wrestling is the oldest known sport in the world. In ancient times, Olympic wrestlers were seen as heroes. Wrestling was part of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896.
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