2013 Nominations: Elementary/Middle-Grade Nonfiction

10 Plants That Shook The World

by Gillian Richardson

Annick Press

Nominated by: Flowering Minds

Reviewed by: Alice@Supratentorial | Ellen Zschunke


A Day in the Deep

by Kevin Kurtz/Erin E. Hunter

Sylvan Dell Publishing

Publisher/ Author Submission


A History of Just About Everything: 180 Events, People and Inventions That Changed the World

by Elizabeth MacLeod and Frieda Wishinsky

Kids Can Press, Ltd

Publisher/ Author Submission


A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin

by Jen Bryant

Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: LoriA

Reviewed by: 145lewis | Carol | Ellen Zschunke


Angry Birds Playground: Animals: An Around-the-World Habitat Adventure

by Jill Esbaum

National Geographic Children’s Books

Nominated by: Dr B

Reviewed by: 145lewis


Anubis Speaks!: A Guide to the Afterlife by the Egyptian God of the Dead (Secrets of the Ancient Gods)

by Vicky Alvear Shecter

Boyds Mills Press

Nominated by: Jackie Parker

Reviewed by: Ellen Zschunke | Jennifer | lwad


Assassination and Its Aftermath: How a Photograph Reassured a Shocked Nation

by Don Nardo

Capstone Press

Publisher/ Author Submission


Barbed Wire Baseball

by Marissa Moss

Harry N Abrams

Nominated by: librarygrl2

Reviewed by: 145lewis | Alice@Supratentorial | Carol


Basher Basics: Creative Writing

by Simon Basher

Kingfisher

Nominated by: Becky L.


Bats: Biggest! Littlest!

by Sandra Markle

Boyds Mills Press

Nominated by: Mary Ann Scheuer


Becoming Babe Ruth

by Matt Tavares

Candlewick Press

Nominated by: owlboy

Reviewed by: Alice@Supratentorial | Carol


Beyond the Solar System: Exploring Galaxies, Black Holes, Alien Planets, and More; A History with 21 Activities

by Mary Kay Carson

Chicago Review Press

Nominated by: Brandon


Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909

by Michelle Markel

Balzer + Bray

Nominated by: Brandy Painter

Reviewed by: 145lewis | Alice@Supratentorial | Ellen Zschunke | Franki | lwad


Brilliant

by Michelle Mulder

Orca Books

Publisher/ Author Submission


CALL OF THE KLONDIKE A True Gold Rush Adventure

by by David Meissner and Kim Richardson

Calkins Creek Books

Publisher/ Author Submission

Reviewed by: 145lewis | Jennifer


Canadian Sports Sites for Kids

by Christopher MacKinnon

Dundurn Books

Publisher/ Author Submission


Courage Has No Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America’s First Black Paratroopers (Junior Library Guild Selection (Candlewick Press))

by Tanya Lee Stone

Candlewick Press

Nominated by: Adam (@MrShafferTMCE)

Reviewed by: Alice@Supratentorial | Ellen Zschunke


Cowboy Up!: Ride the Navajo Rodeo

by Nancy Bo Flood

Wordsong

Nominated by: Ann Jacobus

Reviewed by: Carol | lwad


Dirt (Science Slam: Fundamental Experiments)

by Ellen Lawrence

Bearport Publishing

Nominated by: Gina Ruiz

Reviewed by: Jennifer


Eight Dolphins of Katrina: A True Tale of Survival

by Janet Wyman Coleman

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Nominated by: Kristen

Reviewed by: Ellen Zschunke


Electrical Wizard: How Nikola Tesla Lit Up the World

by Elizabeth Rusch

Candlewick Press

Nominated by: Jonemac

Reviewed by: Alice@Supratentorial | lwad


Explore Electricity! With 25 Great Projects

by Carmella Van Vleet/Bryan Stone

Nomad Press

Publisher/ Author Submission


Eye on the Wild: Orangutan

by Suzi Eszterhas

Frances Lincoln Childrens Books

Publisher/ Author Submission


Eye on the Wild: Sea Otter

by Suzi Eszterhas

Frances Lincoln Childrens Books

Publisher/ Author Submission


Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table

by Jacqueline Briggs Martin

Readers to Eaters

Nominated by: Sharron


Flying Solo: How Ruth Elder Soared into America’s Heart

by Julie Cummins

Roaring Brook

Nominated by: Ellen Zschunke

Reviewed by: Alice@Supratentorial | Ellen Zschunke | lwad


Fourth Down and Inches: Concussions and Football: Make-or-Break Moment

by Carla Killough McClafferty

Carolrhoda Books

Nominated by: Ms. Yingling

Reviewed by: 145lewis | lwad


Fox Talk: How Some Very Special Animals Helped Scientists Understand Communication

by L. E. Carmichael, PhD

Ashby-BP Publishing

Publisher/ Author Submission


Francis and Eddie: The True Story of America’s Underdogs

by Brad Herzog

Why Not Books

Nominated by: Melissa Fox


Frog Song

by Brenda Z. Guiberson

Henry Holt

Nominated by: Aaron Zenz

Reviewed by: Alice@Supratentorial | Carol | Ellen Zschunke | Jennifer | lwad


Gandhi: A March to the Sea

by Alice B. McGinty

Amazon Children’s Publishing

Nominated by: Pat Zietlow Miller

Reviewed by: Ellen Zschunke


Harlem’s Little Blackbird

by Renee Watson

Random House Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: KateHanni


Helen’s Big World: The Life of Helen Keller

by Doreen Rappaport

Disney Hyperion

Nominated by: Patricia Tilton

Reviewed by: Ellen Zschunke


Here Come the Humpbacks!

by April Pulley Sayre, illustrated by Jamie Hogan

Charlesbridge

Publisher/ Author Submission

Reviewed by: Jennifer


Homecourt: The Story of the Greatest Team You’ve Never Heard of

by Larry Needle

New City Community Press

Publisher/ Author Submission


Hoop Genius: How a Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball (Carolrhoda Picture Books)

by John Coy

Carolrhoda Books

Nominated by: Danyelle

Reviewed by: Alysa Stewart | Ellen Zschunke


How Big Were Dinosaurs?

by Lita Judge

Roaring Brook

Nominated by: sara the librarian

Reviewed by: Ellen Zschunke | lwad


Ick! Yuck! Eew!: Our Gross American History

by Lois Miner Huey

Millbrook Press

Publisher/ Author Submission


Is This Panama?: A Migration Story

by Jan Thornhill

Owlkids Books

Nominated by: Reshama


It’s Our Garden: From Seeds to Harvest in a School Garden

by George Ancona

Candlewick Press

Nominated by: Jennifer


Jasper’s Story: Saving Moon Bears

by Authors: Jill Robinson and Marc Bekoff; Illustrator: Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen

Sleeping Bear Press

Publisher/ Author Submission


Jorge from Argentina

by Marlyn Monge, FSP and Jaymie Stuart Wolfe with an Introduction by Cardinal Sean Patrick O’Malley, OFM, Cap; illustrated by Diana Kizlauskas

Pauline Books & Media

Publisher/ Author Submission


Let’s Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

by Barbara deRubertis/Gershom Griffith

Kane Press

Publisher/ Author Submission


Lifetime

by Lola M. Schaefer

Chronicle Books

Publisher/ Author Submission


Locomotive

by Brian Floca

Atheneum

Nominated by: Deb Nance at Readerbuzz

Reviewed by: Alice@Supratentorial | lwad


Look Up!: Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard

by Annette LeBlanc Cate

Candlewick Press

Nominated by: lwad

Reviewed by: Alice@Supratentorial | Jennifer | lwad


Louisa May’s Battle: How the Civil War Led to Little Women

by Kathleen Krull

Walker Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: Alyssa

Reviewed by: lwad


Making Contact!: Marconi Goes Wireless (Great Idea Series)

by Monica Kulling

Tundra

Nominated by: Bobbi Miller


Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song

by Andrea Davis Pinkney

Little, Brown

Nominated by: Maria Burel


Mary Walker Wears the Pants: The True Story of the Doctor, Reformer, and Civil War Hero

by Cheryl Harness

Albert Whitman & Company

Nominated by: Heidi G.

Reviewed by: Alice@Supratentorial


Master George’s People: George Washington, His Slaves, and His Revolutionary Transformation

by Marfe Ferguson Delano

National Geographic Children’s Books

Nominated by: Stef Whelan

Reviewed by: Alice@Supratentorial


Miracle Mud: Lena Blackburne and the Secret Mud That Changed Baseball

by David A. Kelly

Millbrook Press

Nominated by: jane


Miss Moore Thought Otherwise: How Anne Carroll Moore Created Libraries for Children

by Jan Pinborough

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Nominated by: Amy @ Hope Is the Word

Reviewed by: Ellen Zschunke


Monsters and Legends

by Davide Cali

Flying Eye Books

Nominated by: Lizjonesbooks

Reviewed by: Jennifer


My First Day

by Steve Jenkins

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Nominated by: Bridget Wilson

Reviewed by: Alice@Supratentorial | Carol


Nelson Mandela

by Kadir Nelson

Katherine Tegen Books

Nominated by: Sarah Potvin

Reviewed by: Ellen Zschunke


No Borders: Kigliqangittuq

by Darla Evyagotailak and Mindy Willett

Fifth House

Publisher/ Author Submission


No Monkeys, No Chocolate

by Melissa Stewart

Charlesbridge

Nominated by: Danielle Smith


Northwest Passage

by Stan Rogers

Groundwood Books

Nominated by: Perogyo

Reviewed by: Perogyo


On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein

by Jennifer Berne

Chronicle Books

Nominated by: LibLaura5

Reviewed by: Amy Broadmoore | Ellen Zschunke


One Step at a Time: A Vietnamese Child Finds Her Way

by Marsha Skrypuch

Pajama Press

Nominated by: T.S. Davis

Reviewed by: Jennifer


Pandemic Survival

by Ann Love and Jane Drake / Bill Slavin

Tundra

Publisher/ Author Submission


Papa Is a Poet: A Story About Robert Frost

by Natalie S. Bober

Henry Holt

Nominated by: jama rattigan

Reviewed by: Carol


Parrots Over Puerto Rico

by by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore, illustrated by Susan L. Roth

Lee & Low Books, Inc.

Publisher/ Author Submission


Pedal It!: How Bicycles are Changing the World (Footprints)

by Michelle Mulder

Orca Books

Nominated by: Sherry Early

Reviewed by: Ellen Zschunke | Jennifer


Python

by Christopher Cheng

Candlewick Press

Nominated by: Sheila Ruth

Reviewed by: Jennifer | lwad


Queenie: One Elephant’s Story

by Corinne Fenton

Candlewick Press

Nominated by: Julie Hedlund


RIVER LIFE: A Journey from Headwaters to the Sea

by Marianne D. Wallace

Butler Books

Publisher/ Author Submission


Scaly Spotted Feathered Frilled: How do we know what dinosaurs really looked like?

by Catherine Thimmesh

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Nominated by: Heidi G.


Seymour Simon’s Extreme Oceans

by Seymour Simon

Chronicle Books

Publisher/ Author Submission


Something to Prove: The Great Satchel Paige vs. Rookie Joe DiMaggio

by Rob Skead, illus. Floyd Cooper

Carolrhoda Books

Publisher/ Author Submission


Stripes of All Types

by Susan Stockdale

Peachtree

Nominated by: aquafortis

Reviewed by: Jennifer


THOMAS JEFFERSON BUILDS A LIBRARY

by by Barb Rosenstock/Illustrated by John O’Brien

Calkins Creek Books

Publisher/ Author Submission

Reviewed by: Alice@Supratentorial | lwad


That’s a Possibility!: A Book About What Might Happen

by Bruce Goldstone

Henry Holt

Nominated by: Mary McKenna Siddals

Reviewed by: Alice@Supratentorial | Ellen Zschunke | Franki


The Beatles Were Fab (and They Were Funny)

by Kathleen Krull

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Nominated by: Sarah Woodard

Reviewed by: Ellen Zschunke


The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos

by Deborah Heiligman

Roaring Brook

Nominated by: diane

Reviewed by: 145lewis | Alice@Supratentorial | lwad | Roberta Gibson


The Case of the Vanishing Honeybees: A Scientific Mystery

by Sandra Markle

Millbrook Press

Nominated by: Sarah Sammis


The Great Human Journey: Around the World in 22 Million Days (Adventures of the Museum Mice)

by Ian Tattersall

Bunker Hill Publishing

Nominated by: Terry Doherty


The Long, Long Journey: The Godwit’s Amazing Migration

by Sandra Markle, illus. Mia Posada

Millbrook Press

Publisher/ Author Submission

Reviewed by: lwad


The Skull in the Rock: How a Scientist, a Boy, and Google Earth Opened a New Window on Human Origins

by Marc Aronson

National Geographic Children’s Books

Nominated by: MotherReader

Reviewed by: Alice@Supratentorial


The Tapir Scientist: Saving South America’s Largest Mammal (Scientists in the Field Series)

by Sy Montgomery

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Nominated by: bevpdx

Reviewed by: 145lewis | Alice@Supratentorial | Ellen Zschunke | Jennifer


Tito Puente, Mambo King/Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo

by Monica Brown

Rayo

Nominated by: Jeff

Reviewed by: Alice@Supratentorial


Toilet: How It Works (My Readers. Level 4)

by David Macaulay

Roaring Brook

Nominated by: DaNae


Volcano Rising

by Elizabeth Rusch, illustrated by Susan Swan

Charlesbridge

Publisher/ Author Submission

Reviewed by: Alice@Supratentorial | lwad | Roberta Gibson


War Dogs: Churchill & Rufus

by Kathryn Selbert

Charlesbridge

Publisher/ Author Submission

Reviewed by: Alice@Supratentorial


What Am I? Where Am I? (I Like to Read)

by Ted Lewin

Holiday House

Nominated by: Mary Machado

Reviewed by: Carol | lwad


What Will Hatch?

by Jennifer Ward

Walker Books for Young Readers

Nominated by: Charlotte


What’s In There?

by Robie H. Harris / Nadine Bernard Westcott

Candlewick Press

Publisher/ Author Submission


When I Was Eight

by Christy Jordan-Fenton

Annick Press

Nominated by: Linda Baie

Reviewed by: Perogyo


When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop

by Laban Carrick Hill

Roaring Brook

Nominated by: 145lewis

Reviewed by: 145lewis | Alice@Supratentorial


Who Says Women Can’t Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell (Christy Ottaviano Books)

by Tanya Lee Stone

Henry Holt

Nominated by: Flowering Minds

Reviewed by: Alice@Supratentorial | lwad


Why Do We Fight: Conflict, War, and Peace

by Nikki Walker

Owlkids Books

Publisher/ Author Submission


Wild Boy: The Real Life of the Savage of Aveyron

by Mary Losure

Candlewick Press

Nominated by: Shelf-employed


Wild Horse Scientists (Scientists in the Field Series)

by Kay Frydenborg

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Nominated by: Maria Gianferrari

Reviewed by: Ellen Zschunke


You Never Heard of Willie Mays?!

by Jonah Winter, illustrated by Terry Widener

Schwartz and Wade Books

Nominated by: Audrey Vernick

Reviewed by: Alice@Supratentorial | Carol | lwad


Ineligible

Bones Never Lie: How Forensics Helps Solve History’s Mysteries

by Elizabeth MacLeod

Annick Press

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Just discovered this is a duplicate nomination – a glitch in the system! It has been nominated and is eligible in YANF and will be judged there. JW

Nominated by: Marie


Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidatsa Story

by S. D. Nelson

Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Published October 1, 2012. Eligible titles must be published between October 16, 2012 and October 15, 2013

Nominated by: Nancy Bo Flood


Cool World Cooking: Fun and Tasty Recipes for Kids

by Lisa Wagner

Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: This certainly looks tasty (-:) but we don\’t accept instructional books

Publisher/ Author Submission


Desert Baths

by Darcy Pattison

Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Publication date of June 2012; To be eligible, titles must be published between October 16 2012 and October 15 2013

Nominated by: SevenAcreSky


Draw Out the Story: Ten Secrets to Creating Your Own Comics

by

Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: This one\’s a hard call, but I reviewed it and believe it is more instructional than informational and doesn\’t really have at least 50% narrative text.

Nominated by: Deb Nance at Readerbuzz


Hey, Charleston!: The True Story of the Jenkins Orphanage Band

by Anne Rockwell, illus. Colin Bootman

Carolrhoda Books

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Publication date Nov. 1, eligible titles must be published before Oct. 15, 2013. This title will be eligible next year!

Publisher/ Author Submission


LEGO Play Book

by Daniel Lipkowitz

Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: This is an instructional, rather than informational or narrative title. Awesome but ineligible )-:

Nominated by: Anamaria (bookstogether)


Robotics
Discover the Science and Technology of the Future with 20 Projects

by Kathy Ceceri/Sam Carbaugh

Nomad Press

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Publication August 2012. To be eligible, titles must be published between October 16, 2012 and October 15, 2013.

Publisher/ Author Submission


Secret of the Village Fool, The

by Rebecca Upjohn

Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Publication date, September 2012. To be eligible, needs to be published on or after October 16, 2012.

Nominated by: Monica Kulling


Sneaky Art: Crafty Surprises to Hide in Plain Sight

by Marthe Jocelyn

Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: This is a craft/art book. Nominated titles need to be at least 50% narrative nonfiction.

Nominated by: The Cath in the Hat


The Puppy Place: Guide to Puppies

by Ellen Miles

Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: This is instructional (how to choose and care for a pet) and as such is ineligible. Nominator may choose another title instead.

Nominated by: Camila


Well Earth Well Me!

by Kenda Swartz Pepper

Publisher not defined

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Publication date of 2011; To be eligible, titles must be published between October 16 2012 and October 15 2013

Nominated by: therelaxedmom


When Rivers Burned: The Earth Day Story

by Linda Crotta Brennan (author), Lisa Greenleaf (illustrator)

Apprentice Shop Books

Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Available only from publisher\’s website; does not meet \”widely available\” criteria.

Publisher/ Author Submission