The following books have been nominated in the 2011 Non-Fiction (MG/YA) category.
101 Success Secrets for Gifted Kids
by Christine Fonseca
Prufrock Press
Nominated by: Michelle McLean
50 Poisonous Questions: A Book With Bite
by Tanya Lloyd Kyi
Annick Press
Nominated by: Deborah Hodge
A Girl Named Faithful Plum: The True Story of a Dancer from China and How She Achieved Her Dream
by Richard Bernstein
Knopf Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Gina Ruiz
Reviewed by: Jennie
A Stranger At Home: A True Story
by Christy Jordan-Fenton
Annick Press
Nominated by: Marjorie Coughlan
Africans Thought of It: Amazing Innovations (We Thought Of It)
by Bathseba Opini
Annick Press
Nominated by: Heather
Reviewed by: wrappedinfoil
Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
by Candace Fleming
Schwartz and Wade Books
Nominated by: Monica Edinger
Reviewed by: MrsB | richiespicks | wrappedinfoil
America Is Under Attack: September 11, 2001: The Day the Towers Fell (Actual Times)
by Don Brown
Flash Point
Nominated by: Laura Wadley
Reviewed by: Kara Schaff Dean | wrappedinfoil
Autism Spectrum Disorders (USA Today Health Reports: Diseases and Disorders)
by Ana Maria Rodriguez
Twenty First Century Books
Nominated by: Ana Maria Rodriguez
Reviewed by: wrappedinfoil
Bloody Times: The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Manhunt for Jefferson Davis
by James L. Swanson
Collins
Nominated by: Jeff Barger
Reviewed by: Jennie
Bootleg: Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition
by Karen Blumenthal
Flash Point
Nominated by: Greg Leitich Smith
Reviewed by: Jennie | richiespicks | wrappedinfoil
Can I See Your I.D.?: True Stories of False Identities
by Chris Barton
Dial
Nominated by: Audrey Vernick
Reviewed by: Kara Schaff Dean | sully | wrappedinfoil
Dan Eldon: Safari as a Way of Life
by Jennifer New
Chronicle Books
Nominated by: Colleen Mondor
Reviewed by: wrappedinfoil
Dealing with Stress: A How-To Guide (Lifea How-To Guide)
by Lisa A. Wroble
Enslow
Nominated by: Candice Kelber
Dear Bully
by Megan Kelley Hall and Carrie Jones
HarperTeen
Nominated by: Saundra Mitchell
Digging for Troy: From Homer to Hisarlik
by Jill Rubalcaba
Charlesbridge
Nominated by: Lili Cohen
Reviewed by: Louise | wrappedinfoil
Elephant Talk: The Surprising Science of Elephant Communication
by Ann Downer
Twenty First Century Books
Nominated by: Lindsay Matvick
Elizabeth I, the People’s Queen: Her Life and Times, 21 Activities (For Kids series)
by Kerrie Logan Hollihan
Chicago Review Press
Reason ineligible:
Nominated by: Diana R. Jenkins
Reviewed by: Jennie
Explorers Who Made It… or died trying
by Frieda Wishinsky
Scholastic Canada
Nominated by: Maral Maclagan
Eye-Popping 3-D Bugs: Phantogram Bugs You Can Practically Touch!
by Barry Rothstein
Chronicle Books
Nominated by: Deb Nance
Fake Foods: Fried, Fast, and Processed: The Incredibly Disgusting Story (Incredibly Disgusting Food)
by Paula Johanson
Rosen Publishing
Nominated by: Paula Johanson
Fire Bubbles and Exploding Toothpaste: More Unforgettable Experiments that Make Science Fun
by Steve Spangler
Greenleaf Book Group
Nominated by: Corrin Foster
Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and its Legacy
by Albert Marrin
Knopf Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Jennie Rothschild
Reviewed by: Jennie | richiespicks | wrappedinfoil
Food for a Greener Planet: What You Can Do (Green Issues in Focus)
by Lisa A. Wroble
Enslow
Nominated by: Susan Westley
From Then to Now: A Short History of the World
by Christopher Moore
Tundra
Nominated by: Betsy Bird
Gaia Warriors
by Nicola Davies
Candlewick Press
Nominated by: Heather Wilks-Jones
Garbage: Investigate What Happens When You Throw It Out with 25 Projects (Build It Yourself series)
by Donna Latham
Nomad Press
Nominated by: Mary McKenna Siddals
Reviewed by: wrappedinfoil
Gay Power!: The Stonewall Riots and the Gay Rights Movement, 1969 (Civil Rights Struggles Around the World)
by Betsy Kuhn
Twenty First Century Books
Nominated by: Ben
Ghosts in the Fog: The Untold Story of Alaska’s WWII Invasion
by Samantha Seiple
Scholastic Reference
Nominated by: Karen Ball
Reviewed by: Jennie
Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans
by Kadir Nelson
Balzer + Bray
Nominated by: Susan Kusel
How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous
by Georgia Bragg
Walker Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Karen Yingling
Reviewed by: Jennie | sully | wrappedinfoil
How to Die of Embarrassment Every Day
by Ann Hodgman
Henry Holt
Nominated by: Katie Ahearn
Reviewed by: Jennie
Hummingbirds: Facts and Folklore from the Americas
by Jeanette Larson
Charlesbridge
Nominated by: melanie hope greenberg
Reviewed by: Kara Schaff Dean
Into the Unknown: How Great Explorers Found Their Way by Land, Sea, and Air
by Stewart Ross/Stephen Biesty
Candlewick Press
Nominated by: Laura Wadley
Is the End of the World Near?: From Crackpot Predictions to Scientific Scenarios
by Ron Miller
Twenty First Century Books
Nominated by: Pharon Lundquist
Jane Austen: A Life Revealed
by Catherine Reef
Clarion Books
Nominated by: Alyssa
Reviewed by: Jennie | wrappedinfoil
Learn to Speak Dance: A Guide to Creating, Performing and Promoting Your Moves
by By Ann-Marie Williams, Illustrated by Jeff Kulak
Owlkids Books
Nominated by: Lesley Zimic
Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #24: Dog Heroes: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #46: Dogs in the Dead of Night (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))
by Mary Pope Osborne
Random House Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Abby Johnson
Mathemagic!: Number Tricks
by Lynda Colgan
Kids Can Press, Ltd
Nominated by: Steve L.
Migrant Mother: How a Photograph Defined the Great Depression (Captured History)
by Don Nardo
Compass Point
Nominated by: Jennifer Glidden
Music Was It: Young Leonard Bernstein (Junior Library Guild Selection (Charlesbridge Hardcover))
by Susan Goldman Rubin
Charlesbridge
Nominated by: Emily Mitchell
Reviewed by: Jennie | richiespicks | wrappedinfoil
Mysterious Bones: The Story of Kennewick Man
by Katherine Kirkpatrick
Holiday House
Nominated by: Mary Machado
Reviewed by: Louise | wrappedinfoil
Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools around the World
by Susan Hughes
Owlkids Books
Nominated by: Kendal Gerard
Reviewed by: wrappedinfoil
Oil Spill!: Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico
by Elaine Landau
Millbrook Press
Nominated by: Karin Lackmann
Reviewed by: Jennie | Louise | MrsB | wrappedinfoil
Please Read (if at all possible): The Girl Project
by Kate Engelbrecht
Rizzoli USA
Nominated by: Lalitha Nataraj
Reviewed by: Jennie
Prince William & Kate: A Royal Romance (Gateway Biographies)
by Matt Doeden
Lerner Publishing Group
Nominated by: Crys Hodgens
Reviewed by: wrappedinfoil
Rachel Carson (Conservation Heroes)
by Marie-therese Miller
Chelsea House
Nominated by: Erin Peterman
Raggin’ Jazzin’ Rockin’: A History of American Musical Instrument Makers
by Susan VanHecke
Boyds Mills Press
Nominated by: Nancy Hogan
Reviewed by: Jennie | wrappedinfoil
Running to extremes : Ray Zahab’s amazing ultramarathon journey
by Steve Pitt and Ray Zahab
Puffin Toronto
Nominated by: Justin Stoller
Scorpions: Armored Stingers (Arachnid World)
by Sandra Markle
Lerner Publishing Group
Nominated by: Sandra Markle
Reviewed by: wrappedinfoil
Scribbling Women: True Tales from Astonishing Lives
by Marthe Jocelyn
Tundra
Nominated by: Catherine Nichols
Reviewed by: sully | wrappedinfoil
Silk and Venom: Searching for a Dangerous Spider
by Kathryn Lasky
Candlewick Press
Nominated by: Jone MacCulloch
Reviewed by: Jennie | wrappedinfoil
So You Thought You Couldn’t Cut It, A Beginner’s Guide to Wood Carving
by Jim Calder
Community Voice Media
Nominated by: Michael Carducci
Start It Up: The Complete Teen Business Guide to Turning Your Passions into Pay
by Kenrya Rankin
Zest Books
Nominated by: Jennifer Wharton
Stuff That Scares Your Pants Off!: The Science Scoop on more than 30 Terrifying Phenomena!
by Glenn Murphy
Flash Point
Nominated by: Debbie
Reviewed by: Louise | sully
Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science
by Marc Aronson
Clarion Books
Nominated by: Edith Campbell
Reviewed by: Jennie | MrsB | wrappedinfoil
Terezin: Voices from the Holocaust
by Ruth Thomson
Candlewick Press
Nominated by: Heather Wilks-Jones
Reviewed by: wrappedinfoil
The Elephant Scientist (SITF) (Scientists in the Field Series)
by Donna M. Jackson
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Nominated by: The Brain Lair
Reviewed by: Louise | wrappedinfoil
The Look Book: 50 Iconic Beauties and How to Achieve Their Signature Styles
by Erika Stalder
Zest Books
Nominated by: E. Kristin Anderson
The Manatee Scientists (SITF): Saving Vulnerable Species (Scientists in the Field Series)
by Peter Lourie
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Nominated by: Kristy
The Many Faces of George Washington: Remaking a Presidential Icon (Exceptional Social Studies Titles for Intermediate Grades)
by Carla Killough McClafferty
Carolrhoda Books
Nominated by: Elizabeth Dingmann
Reviewed by: Jennie | MrsB
The Mysteries of Angkor Wat (Traveling Photographer)
by Richard Sobol
Candlewick Press
Nominated by: Laura Rivas
Reviewed by: Jennie | Louise | wrappedinfoil
The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery
by Steve Sheinkin
Flash Point
Nominated by: Angela Frederick
Reviewed by: wrappedinfoil
The Story of Britain from the Norman Conquest to the European Union
by Patrick Dillon
Candlewick Press
Nominated by: Rachel Johnstone
Thomas Jefferson for Kids: His Life and Times with 21 Activities (For Kids series)
by Brandon Marie Miller
Chicago Review Press
Nominated by: Brandon Miller
Reviewed by: Jennie
To Timbuktu: Nine Countries, Two People, One True Story
by Casey Scieszka
Roaring Brook
Nominated by: Kristen Harvey
Reviewed by: Jennie
Tom Thumb: The Remarkable True Story of a Man in Miniature
by George Sullivan
Clarion Books
Nominated by: Paul W. Hankins
Tornado!: The Story Behind These Twisting, Turning, Spinning, and Spiraling Storms (National Geographic Kids)
by Judy Fradin
National Geographic Children’s Books
Nominated by: Shannon Houghton
Reviewed by: Louise
Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert
by Marc Aronson
Atheneum
Nominated by: Becky
Reviewed by: richiespicks | wrappedinfoil
Unraveling Freedom: The Battle for Democracy on the Home Front During World War I
by Ann Bausum
National Geographic Children’s Books
Nominated by: Susan Thomsen
Reviewed by: Jennie
We All Fall Down: Living with Addiction
by Nic Sheff
Little, Brown
Nominated by: Lisa Sabater
Reviewed by: sully | wrappedinfoil
Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way)
by Sue Macy
National Geographic Children’s Books
Nominated by: Cristiana Clerici
Reviewed by: Jennie | wrappedinfoil
Wideness and Wonder: The Life and Art of Georgia O’Keeffe
by Susan Goldman Rubin
Chronicle Books
Nominated by: Anamaria Anderson
Reviewed by: Jennie | Louise | wrappedinfoil
World Without Fish
by Mark Kurlansky
Workman Publishing
Nominated by: Jill Broderick
You Just Can’t Help It! Your Guide to the Wild and Wacky World of Human Behavior
by Written by Jeff Szpirglas, illustrated by Josh Holinaty
Owlkids Books
Nominated by: Karen Stevens
The following nominated books are ineligible:
A Study in Valor: The Faith of a Bataan Death March Survivor
by William T. Garner
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Nominated by: JB Howick
Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917
by Sally M Walker
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Publication date Nov 22, 2011. Eligible next year.
Nominated by: Loree Griffin Burns
Can I See Your ID? True Stories of False Identities
by Chris Barton author/Paul Hoppe Ilustrator
Dial
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Duplicate nomination. Ann, if you haven’t already done so, please feel free to nominate another title.
Nominated by: Ann Denkler
Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London
by Andrea Warren
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Pub date seems to have changed to November 29, 2011; making it ineligible.
Nominated by: Kara Schaff Dean
Homework Helpers: Essays & Term Papers
by Michelle McLean
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Published for adults.
Nominated by: Toni Kerr
Journey into the Deep: Discovering New Ocean Creatures (Junior Library Guild Selection)
by Rebecca L. Johnson
Millbrook Press
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Publication date. It was nominated last year.
Nominated by: Cathy Potter
Nur Jahan of India (The Thinking Girl’s Treasury of Real Princesses)
by Shirin Yim Bridges
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Publication date of 10/1/2010 makes it ineligible.
Nominated by: Charlotte
Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools Around the World
by Susan Hughes
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Duplicate nomination
Nominated by: Monica Kulling
The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie: A Doll’s History and Her Impact on Us
by Tanya Lee Stone
Viking
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Publication date. It was nominated last year.
Nominated by: Melissa Fox
They Stood Alone!: 25 Men and Women Who Made a Difference
by Sandra McLeod Humphrey
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Nominated by: Sandra McLeod Humphrey
Yo! Millard Fillmore
by Will Cleveland, Tate Nation, Mark Alvarez
Millbrook Press
Status: Not Eligible
Nominated by: David Wilk
You Can Count on Monsters
by Richard Evan Schwartz
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Early 2010 publication date.
Nominated by: Farida Dowler
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Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Insufficient information to process nomination. Melissa, please feel free to nominate another title.
Nominated by: melissa @ 1lbr