Artwork by Sarah S. Brannen ©2017
Every Wednesday I join Alyson Beecher from kidlitfrenzy and other
kidlit bloggers to share wonderful nonfiction picture books.
The intention of today's blog post is to give professionals that work in the
education field new nonfiction reading material and ideas to use
education field new nonfiction reading material and ideas to use
with students to promote a love of reading nonfiction materials.
We have several state award lists in Illinois that are separated by ages. The lists have recently been released and I'm happy to see some of these nonfiction books on the lists!
2019 Monarch nonfiction Nominees - this award is for students in grades Kg-3rd
Coyote Moon
written by Maria Gianferrari
illustrated by Bigram Ibatoulline
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
written by Laurie Ann Thompson
illustrated by Sean Qualls
John Deere, That's Who!
written by Tracy Nelson Maurer
illustrated by Tim Zeltner
Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille
written by Jen Bryant
illustrated by Boris Kulikov
Tooth by Tooth: Comparing Fangs, Tusks, and Chompers
written by Sara Levine
illustrated by T.S. Spookytooth
2019 Bluestem nonfiction Nominees - this award is for students in grades 3-5
Full disclosure - I sat on the reader committee that chose these books. It is very interesting to hear the conversations that occur "in the room where it happens". I will say I am proud of these nonfiction choices and think young Illinois readers are going to have fun reading these books!
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay
written by Susan Hood
illustrated by Sally Wren Comport
Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras
by Duncan Tonatiuh
Game Changer: John Mclendon and the Secret Game
written by John Coy
illustrated by Randy DuBurke
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
written by Debbie Levy
illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley
The Secret Subway
written by Shana Corey
illustrated by Red Nose Studio
Ugly: a memoir
written by Robert Hoge
illustrated by Keith Robinson
What Was the Great Chicago Fire?
written by Janet B. Pascal
illustrated by Tim Foley
Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions
written by Chris Barton
illustrated by Don Tate
2019 Caudill nonfiction Nominees - this award is for students in 4th-8th grades
We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler
by Russell Freedman
March, Book 1
written by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
illustrated by Nate Powell
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team
by Steve Sheinkin
Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story
by Caren Stelson
I think our IL readers have some amazing nonfiction ahead of them.
Maybe I'll read the Tooth book with the new book about Tongues and have a theme about mouths.
ReplyDeleteI've read them all except Undefeated, and will, just don't know when. I love Sheinkin's books. Thanks for sharing, Michele. There are so many wonderful nf books available!
ReplyDeleteI was surprised to see books that are a few years old on these lists. I guess I hadn't understood how state book lists work! But what a great selection to suggest to kids.
ReplyDeleteI was so excited to find out that Coyote Moon was a nominee a few weeks ago, Michele! I'm honored that it's being considered among these wonderful books, some of which are favorites like Laurie Thompson's Emmanuel's Dream, Jen Bryant's Six Dots and Debbie Levy's I, Dissent! Thank you for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteWonderful titles! Of course, would have loved a few more STEM titles there too!
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