Nonfiction Wednesday

I'm excited that Alyson Beecher, at Kid Lit Frenzy, is continuing her Nonfiction Picture Book Challenge for the third year in a row.

 

 

Here is the children's nonfiction I read this week:

 

 

Gravity by Jason Chin

 

2014-book, creative-nonfiction, nonfiction, nonfiction-challenge-2014, picture-book, science   With very few words, Chin teaches us about the magic of gravity. Beautiful illustrations and a sense of fun make this a great book to add to your classroom library. Good information about gravity completes the book at the end.     A Boy and A Jaguar by Alan Rabinowitz, illustrated by Catia Chien   2014-book, animal-rights, animals, biography, characters-with-disabilities, gifted, mock-sibert-2015, nonfiction, nonfiction-challenge-2014, picture-book     Oh wow. This book gave me chills! Alan Rabinowitz is a stutterer but could always talk easily to animals. His disability turned out to be a gift and now he is an advocate for both wildcats and stutterers. Amazing. Pair this up with the historical fiction novel Paperboy by Vince Vawter.     A Walk in Paris by Salvatore Rubbino   2014-book, grandparents, nonfiction, nonfiction-challenge-2014, picture-book, social-studies-connections, travel   I enjoyed walking through Paris with a young girl and her grandfather, reading about French and Parisian culture and sites. The illustrations are lively and reminiscent of Madeline stories. I was fortunate enough to visit Paris several years ago, so it was fun to read about and see all the places where I got to sightsee. I would like to have this book in my classroom library.

Our walk through Paris, seeing some of the same things mentioned in the book:

 

We got to see the Mona Lisa at the Louvre!

Seine River cruise

Notre Dame

The Louvre

The Eiffel Tower lit up at night

Pompidou Center

Getting dinner at the patisserie and market

 

Paris is such a wonderful city!

 

Off to read what nonfiction YOU read this week!