Hello readers!
We are delighted once again to be the portal for Nonfiction Monday! Personally, my recreational reading has been steeped in young adult fiction lately, so my reviews would be amiss in this venue. However, if anyone is looking for some good reading, check out the Hunger Games trilogy and Divergent, if you haven't already. If these books were food, they would be candy! Luckily reading is a calorie-free indulgence.
With that said, ON TO THE NONFICTION REVIEWS! Please leave your review as a comment and I will post them to the blog.
-Mandy Robbins
Capstone Nonfiction Senior Editor
-Jennifer Wharton at Jean Little Library reviewed a new book about the Titanic called Iceberg, Right Aheah! The Tragedy of the TItanic by Stephanie McPherson.
-Myra from Gathering Books reviewed the award-winning book Lily Renee, Escape Artist.
-Alex Baugh at The Children's War blog has an interview with the illustrator of Irena's Jars of Secrets.
-Brenda Kahn at proseandkahn is celebrating Charles Dickens' bicentenary with a review of a scrapbook biography called Charles Dickens: England's Most Captivating Storyteller.
-Tara at A Teaching Life has a review of two Y A biographies - both by Irena Sendler.
-Jen at Perogies and Gyoza reviewed Viola Desmond Won't Be Budged. It's the perfect book for Black History Month.
-Shirley at the SimpleScience blog reviewed The Scientists Behind the Environment by Robert Sneddon.
-Amanda at A Patchwork of Books reviewed A Little Book About Feelings.
-The Nonfiction Detectives have a review of The Boy who Harnessed the Wind.
-The Semicolon blog has a review of Desert Elephants by Helen Cowcher.
-The Wrapped in Foil blog is reviewing Polar Bears by Molly Kolpin
- Bookends is featuring a board book series called My First NHL Books by Christopher Jordan.
-Jeff at NC Teacher Stuff posted a review of a nonfiction iPad book app, Bats! Furry Fliers of the Night.
-Jeanne Walker Harvey reviewed The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind at True Tales & A Cherry On Top.
-Shelf-employed is featuring an interview with the author of Irena's Jars of Secrets, Marcia Vaughan, as part of the Sydney Taylor Award blog tour.
-The Mac Library is all about black holes today with their review of A Black Hole is Not a Hole by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano.
-The Supratentorial blog has a review of You Can Count on Monsters by Richard Evan Schwartz.
-At Apples with Many Seeds, Tammy is looking at three nonfiction graphic novels: Around the World by Matt Phelan, Lost in the Wilderness by Donn Fendler and Hyena in Petticoats by Willow Dawson.
-Archimedes Notebook review's Inside Earthquakes and an interview with the author, Melissa Stewart.
-Over at Booktalking they're Picture Book of the Day is Climbing Lincoln's Steps: The African American Journey and the Chapter Book of the Day is We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March.
-Over at Great Kid Books, they're reviewing Hammerin' Hank Greenberg, by Shelley Sommer. This is a Sydney Taylor Honor Book for Older Readers.
-Heidi at geolibrarian has reviewed For the Love of Music: The Remarkable Story of Maria Anna Mozart.
-Check out Bibliolinks, where you can read an interview with Cynthia Levinson, author of We’ve Got A Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March.
-At Book Dragon they have reviewed the Capstone title Little Rock Girl: 1957.
-The Even in Australia blog reviewed Doreen Rappaport's Eleanor: Quiet No More.
-Janet Squires reviewed Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Russell Freedman.
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