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2010 Best Children's Books: Nonfiction (page 3)

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CHILDREN'S
Released: April 1, 2010
Kirkus Star UBIQUITOUS: CELEBRATING NATURE’S SURVIVORS
by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Beckie Prange
"Lovely. (glossary) (Picture book/poetry. 8 & up)"
Sidman delights with another gorgeous collection of poems celebrating the natural world, this time focusing on species remarkable for their ability to adapt and thrive in an often-harsh world. Read full book review >
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CHILDREN'S
Released: March 16, 2010
Kirkus Star THE YEAR OF GOODBYES
by Debbie Levy
"An immensely powerful experience that needs to be read with an adult. (Poetry/nonfiction. 10 & up)"
Writing for modern readers about the Holocaust is fraught, and when children are the intended audience, the difficulties can be insurmountable. Read full book review >
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Feb. 20, 2010
Kirkus Star BIRMINGHAM SUNDAY
by Larry Dane Brimner
"A standout book for its thorough research and comprehensive look at the incident that led to the 1964 passage of civil-rights legislation. (further reading, author's note, source notes, picture credits) (Nonfiction. 10 & up)"
Brimner focuses on the 1963 bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church and successfully illuminates in chronological order the events, social tensions and political reverberations of that terror-filled time. Read full book review >
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Jan. 1, 2010
Kirkus Star THE EXTRAORDINARY MARK TWAIN: (ACCORDING TO SUSY)
by Barbara Kerley, illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham
"A heartwarming tribute to both the writing life in general and the well-loved humorist—oops, sorry Susy… "Pholosopher!" (author's note, how to write a biography, time line, sources) (Picture book/biography. 8-11)"
From 1885 to '86, Mark Twain's 13-year-old daughter Susy Clemens wrote a 130-page biography of her father out of indignation: Her dear Papa was no mere humorist! Read full book review >