Nonfiction Books
Biography books are nonfiction works describing the life of a real individual.
Autobiography books are a person's written account of his or her own life.
Informational books have the primary purpose of informing the reader by providing an in depth explanation of factual material.
Autobiography books are a person's written account of his or her own life.
Informational books have the primary purpose of informing the reader by providing an in depth explanation of factual material.
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
by Carole Boston
Informational
Harriet escapes the south with God's guidance. She tells God she is all alone and He tells her to go back for her family, which she does. God tells her to help all she can. She is like Moses leading her people to freedom.
Harriet escapes the south with God's guidance. She tells God she is all alone and He tells her to go back for her family, which she does. God tells her to help all she can. She is like Moses leading her people to freedom.
Eleanor
by Barbara Cooney
Biography
When Eleanor was born she not loved by her mother because she was not a boy, but she was loved by her father. Eleanor would go places and see the hardships others had that she did not. Her father leaves her family. Her mother and brother dies, her and her brother move with her Grandma. Her father wrote many letters but she died when Eleanor was nine. Eleanor was an outcast in her own family. When Eleanor was fifteen she was sent to boarding school where she makes friends and is happy. Eleanor bonds with her headmistress Mlle. Souvestre and they travel a lot together. Eleanor becomes Eleanor Roosevelt First Lady of the USA.
When Eleanor was born she not loved by her mother because she was not a boy, but she was loved by her father. Eleanor would go places and see the hardships others had that she did not. Her father leaves her family. Her mother and brother dies, her and her brother move with her Grandma. Her father wrote many letters but she died when Eleanor was nine. Eleanor was an outcast in her own family. When Eleanor was fifteen she was sent to boarding school where she makes friends and is happy. Eleanor bonds with her headmistress Mlle. Souvestre and they travel a lot together. Eleanor becomes Eleanor Roosevelt First Lady of the USA.
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Crane
by Eleanor Coerr
Biography
Sadako lived in Japan from 1943-1955 and was in Hiroshima when the US dropped an atomic bomb. Ten years later she died from radiation.
The book starts on August 6th, Peace Day, when they remember those who died; like Sadako's grandmother. While Sadako was running she gets dizzy and passes out. She finds out she has the Atom Bomb disease, Leukemia. Chizuko, Sadako's friend, makes her a paper crane because if a sick person folds 1000 paper cranes the gods grant her a wish to make her healthy. Her brother promises to hang everyone shes makes. She made 644 paper cranes before she died. The rest of her class made 356 so she could be buried with 1000 paper cranes.
Sadako lived in Japan from 1943-1955 and was in Hiroshima when the US dropped an atomic bomb. Ten years later she died from radiation.
The book starts on August 6th, Peace Day, when they remember those who died; like Sadako's grandmother. While Sadako was running she gets dizzy and passes out. She finds out she has the Atom Bomb disease, Leukemia. Chizuko, Sadako's friend, makes her a paper crane because if a sick person folds 1000 paper cranes the gods grant her a wish to make her healthy. Her brother promises to hang everyone shes makes. She made 644 paper cranes before she died. The rest of her class made 356 so she could be buried with 1000 paper cranes.
My Great Aunt Arizona
by Gloria Houston
Biography
Arizona loved to read and study. When she grew up she became a teacher. She taught her students about all the places they would visit. They would ask her if she visited those places and she would reply only in her mind but she would someday go. She taught for 56 years and died at the age of 93. She never went to those places but she goes with all the people whose lives she touched, she goes with them in her mind.
Arizona loved to read and study. When she grew up she became a teacher. She taught her students about all the places they would visit. They would ask her if she visited those places and she would reply only in her mind but she would someday go. She taught for 56 years and died at the age of 93. She never went to those places but she goes with all the people whose lives she touched, she goes with them in her mind.
And Tango Makes Three
by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
Infromational
In Central Park Zoo their are two male penquins, Silo and Roy, and they are in love. They try to have a baby by doing what the other couples do, but they never get a baby. The keeper gives them a fertilized egg from another couple. Soon Tango is born.
In Central Park Zoo their are two male penquins, Silo and Roy, and they are in love. They try to have a baby by doing what the other couples do, but they never get a baby. The keeper gives them a fertilized egg from another couple. Soon Tango is born.
Here Are My Hands
by Bill Martin Jr.
Informational
Explains body parts and their actions.
Pictures feature children of different races.
Explains body parts and their actions.
Pictures feature children of different races.
Animals Nobody Loves
by Seymour Simon
This book allows children to understand and respect animals that may habe a bad reputation.
Sharks, Bats, Grizzley Bears, Cobras, Vultures, Spiders, Hyenas, Devil Rays, Rattlesnakes, Gila Monsters, Rats, Cockraches, Crocodiles, Skunks, Man-of-War, Fire Aunts, Coyotes, Octopuses, Wasps, Piranahs
Sharks, Bats, Grizzley Bears, Cobras, Vultures, Spiders, Hyenas, Devil Rays, Rattlesnakes, Gila Monsters, Rats, Cockraches, Crocodiles, Skunks, Man-of-War, Fire Aunts, Coyotes, Octopuses, Wasps, Piranahs
Balloons Over Broadway
by Melissa Sweet
Biography of the puppeteer of the Macy's Parade
When he was a little boy, Tony Sarg liked to see how things moved. He became a marionett man and moved to New York. Macy's asked him to make mechanical marionettes for their store windows. The first Thanksgiving Day Parade was in 1924 and they used real animals which scared the children. Macy's asked Tony to make marionette animals. First he tried rubber ballons with wooden sticks but they were too small people couldn't see them. Then he tried rubberized silk filled with Helium, which worked.
When he was a little boy, Tony Sarg liked to see how things moved. He became a marionett man and moved to New York. Macy's asked him to make mechanical marionettes for their store windows. The first Thanksgiving Day Parade was in 1924 and they used real animals which scared the children. Macy's asked Tony to make marionette animals. First he tried rubber ballons with wooden sticks but they were too small people couldn't see them. Then he tried rubberized silk filled with Helium, which worked.
The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rainforest
Infromational
ng down a Kapok tree. He falls asleep. A boa constrictor tells the man the tree is his home and it can't be cut down. A bee's hive is in the tree. A moneky tells him when man cuts down one he always comes back for more. Toucan and Macaw tell him people settle the land where the trees have been cleared and then they clear more trees. The tree frog tells the man the rainforest is home to many animals. Porcupine tells him that trees create oxygen. Anteater asks him to think about tomorrow. Sloth tells him rainforests are beauitful. When the man wakes up he leaves the rainforest.
ng down a Kapok tree. He falls asleep. A boa constrictor tells the man the tree is his home and it can't be cut down. A bee's hive is in the tree. A moneky tells him when man cuts down one he always comes back for more. Toucan and Macaw tell him people settle the land where the trees have been cleared and then they clear more trees. The tree frog tells the man the rainforest is home to many animals. Porcupine tells him that trees create oxygen. Anteater asks him to think about tomorrow. Sloth tells him rainforests are beauitful. When the man wakes up he leaves the rainforest.
Me on the Map
by Joan Sweeney
Informational
The ows a picture of places and then a map. The locations get bigger: room, house, street, town, state, country, world.
The ows a picture of places and then a map. The locations get bigger: room, house, street, town, state, country, world.
The Magic School Bus Weathers the Storm
informational
The kids in Ms. Frizzle's class are learning about the weather. They fly into the clouds and learn that even on a sunny day there is still rain in the clouds.
The kids in Ms. Frizzle's class are learning about the weather. They fly into the clouds and learn that even on a sunny day there is still rain in the clouds.
Baby Whales Drink Milk
by Barbara Juster Esbensen
informational
Whales are mammals because they drink milk, are born alive, and are warm-blooded.
Whales are mammals because they drink milk, are born alive, and are warm-blooded.
Great White Sharks
by Christine Price
informational
It answers several questions about sharks.
How fast can they swim? Which direction they swim? What they eat?
It answers several questions about sharks.
How fast can they swim? Which direction they swim? What they eat?
The Magic School Bus Gets Cold Feet
informational
Liz is has gone to safe place for reptials. The bus turns into an alligator as they try to find Liz. The class learns they need heat because reptials are cold-blooded so their bodies don't produce it.
Liz is has gone to safe place for reptials. The bus turns into an alligator as they try to find Liz. The class learns they need heat because reptials are cold-blooded so their bodies don't produce it.
We the Kids
by David Catrow
Preamble to the Constitution
words defined
words defined
Liberty or Death
by Besty Maestro and Giulio Maestro
It began in Boston, with angry colonists objecting to the tyranny of a king who ruled from an ocean away.It was voiced by patriots such as Sam Adams and Patrick Henry and echoed by citizens from New England all the way to the Carolinas. It was fought by many — colonists and patriots, Loyalists and slaves, Frontiersmen and Indians, British and French soldiers. Over more than ten years, sides were taken, guns drawn, lives lost. But through it all, one man — a general from Virginia named George Washington — held the young colonies together and led them to victory, beating almost impossible odds.