Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear
by Lindsay Mattick
illustrated by Sophie Blackall
Age: 4+
Interests: bears, Winnie-the-Pooh books, history, family history, nonfiction
Finding Winnie
24 Oct 2016 2 Comments
in Books, books 4+ Tags: bears, family history, history, nonfiction, zoo
Daniel Boone
24 Sep 2014 2 Comments
in Books, books 10+ Tags: adventure, American history, biography, First Nations, history, nonfiction, pioneer life, violence, war
Daniel Boone
written and illustrated by James Daugherty
Age: 10+
Interests: American history, history, pioneer life, biography, war, violence, adventure, First Nations
Invincible Louisa
28 May 2013 Leave a comment
in books 11+ Tags: American history, biography, nonfiction, strong girls, war, writers
Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of “Little Women”
by Cornelia Meigs
Age: 11+
Interests: biography, writers, nonfiction, American history, strong girls, Little Women
The Story of Mankind
07 May 2013 5 Comments
in Books, books 12+ Tags: American history, ancient history, British history, economics, history, medieval history, nonfiction, politics, war
Going Solo
05 Nov 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 10+ Tags: adventure, Africa, airplanes, autobiography, biography, history, nonfiction, travel, war
by Roald Dahl
London: Jonathan Cape, 1986
210 pp.
Age: 10+
Interests: biography, travel, Africa, adventure, airplanes, war, history
Also by Roald Dahl: Boy: Tales of Childhood (autobiography about the years preceding this book)
Related Posts: A Roald Dahl Reading List More
Boy: Tales of Childhood
01 Oct 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 9+ Tags: autobiography, boarding school, England, family history, nonfiction, school
by Roald Dahl
London: Jonathan Cape, 1984
160 pp.
Age: 9+
Interests: biography, history, nonfiction, British boarding schools, family history
Next: Going Solo (the sequel to this book), also War Boy: A Country Childhood by Michael Foreman
Related Posts: A Roald Dahl Reading List
War Boy: A Country Childhood
22 May 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 9+ Tags: airplanes, autobiography, biography, British history, country life, England, history, nonfiction, war
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1989
by Michael Foreman
Pavilion Books, 1989
92 pp.
Age: 9+
Interests: history, war, World War II, autobiography, England, airplanes
Next (also by Foreman): War Games: Village Green to No Man’s Land, After the War Was Over
Related Movies: Hope and Glory
Horses in Battle
12 Mar 2012 2 Comments
in Books, books 10+ Tags: American history, British history, history, horses, knights, nonfiction, war
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1975
by Victor Ambrus
Oxford, 1975
39 pp.
Age: 10+
Interests: nonfiction, history, horses, war, knights
Also by this author: The Three Poor Tailors, Mishka, Drawing Animals, Drawing on Archaeology
Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions
26 Jan 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 6+ Tags: Africa, alphabet, country life, family, folktales, geography, nonfiction
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1977
Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions
Margaret Musgrove, text
Leo and Diane Dillon, illustrations
Dial Books, 1976 (now available: Picture Puffin Books)
28 pp.
Age: 6+
Interests: Africa, folklore, traditions, rituals, family life, alphabet books, geography
Also by these illustrators: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears; The People Could Fly – The Picture Book; Who’s in Rabbit’s House: A Masai Tale; Pish, Posh Said Hieronymus Bosch
Rarest Kind of Best 
Farewell Britannica – End of Empire
15 Mar 2012 1 Comment
by Kim in Commentary, Technology Tags: nonfiction, reference
In an inevitable yet still somewhat shocking move, Encyclopedia Britannica has announced that they will no longer be issuing their encyclopedia in book form.
I don’t have any fond memories of leafing through the actual Britannica as a child – our shelves were inhabited by the more prosaic World Book Encyclopedia…
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