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Children's Booklist - Awesome Non-Fiction


Title: "One is a snail, ten is a crab : a counting by feet book "
Author: April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre
Summary: A counting book featuring animals with different numbers of feet.


Title: I face the wind
Author: Vicki Cobb
Summary: Introduces the characteristics and actions of the wind through simple hands-on activities.


Title: "When bugs were big, plants were strange, and tetrapods stalked the earth "
Author: Hannah Bonner
Summary: "Takes a tour of the Earth three hundred and twenty million years ago, during the Paleozoic Era, and investigates the plants and animals found there."


Title: "Arctic lights, arctic nights "
Author: Debbie S. Miller
Summary: Describes the unique light phenomena of the Alaskan Arctic and the way animals adapt to the temperature and daylight changes each month of the year.


Title: Spinning spiders
Author: Melvin Berger
Summary: Describes the characteristics of spiders and the methods they use to trap their prey in webs.


Title: "Ah, music! "
Author: Aliki
Summary: "Surveys the history and components of music, concentrating on Western musical traditions."


Title: Camp Granada : sing-along camp songs
Author: Frane Lessac
Summary: "Presents the lyrics for an assortment of popular camp songs, such as ""Rise and Shine,"" ""The Peanut Song,"" ""Do Your Ears Hang Low,"" ""This Land Is Your Land,"" and ""Kum Ba Yah."""


Title: I'm still here in the bathtub : brand new silly dilly songs
Author: Alan Katz
Summary: "Well-known songs, including ""Itsy Bitsy Spider"" and ""Farmer in the Dell,"" are presented with new words and titles, such as ""Tiny Baby Brother"" and ""I'm in My Room and Bored."""


Title: The boy on Fairfield Street : how Ted Geisel grew up to become Dr. Seuss
Author: Kathleen Krull
Summary: "Introduces the life of renowned children's author and illustrator Ted Geisel, popularly known as Dr. Seuss, focusing on his childhood and youth in Springfield, Massachusetts."


Title: Capital! : Washington D.C. from A to Z
Author: Laura Krauss Melmed
Summary: "Rhyming text and illustrations present the sights of Washington, D.C., from A to Z."


Title: We are Americans : voices of the immigrant experience
Author: Thomas Hoobler
Summary: "A history of immigration to America, from speculation about the earliest immigrants to the present day."


Title: In defense of liberty : the story of America's Bill of Rights
Author: Russell Freedman
Summary: "Describes the origins, applications of, and challenges to the ten amendments to the United States Constitution that comprise the Bill of Rights."


Title: Tooth and claw : animal adventures in the wild
Author: Ted Lewin
Summary: "Author/illustrator Ted Lewin relates fourteen of his experiences with wild animals while traveling the world, following each anecdote with facts about the featured animal and its habitat."


Title: In your face : the facts about your features
Author: Donna M. Jackson
Summary: "Your face is a one-of-a-kind yet familiar body part. This is your guide to the human face, including how your eyes, ears, mouth and nose work to exploring how different cultures define beauty."


Title: An American plague : the true and terrifying story of the yellow fever epidemic of 1793
Author: Jim Murphy
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Title: Outrageous women of Civil War times
Author: Mary Rodd Furbee
Summary: Biographies of some outspoken and influential women of the North and South who broke barriers both in battle and on the home front.


Title: When Marian sang : the true recital of Marian Anderson : the voice of a century
Author: Pam Muņoz Ryan
Summary: "An introduction to the life of Marian Anderson, extraordinary singer and civil rights activist, who was the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera, whose life and career encouraged social change."


Title: Ben Franklin's almanac : being a true account of the good gentleman's life
Author: Candace Fleming
Summary: "Brings together eighteenth century etchings, artifacts, and quotations to create the effect of a scrapbook of the life of Benjamin Franklin."


Title: York's adventures with Lewis and Clark : an African-American's part in the great expedition
Author: Rhoda Blumberg
Summary: "Relates the adventures of York, a slave and ""body servant"" to William Clark, who journeyed west with the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804-1806."


Title: Knights & castles : exploring history through art
Author: Alex Martin
Summary: