Super cool non-fiction picture books
I've been trying to read more non fiction. The students at my school love non fiction, which is fairly unusual according to the other librarians in my district, but my kids check out more non fiction than fiction. I personally tend to read more fiction so I have to work at looking for non fiction. These new ones are so good, that everyone will enjoy them. The first one is a title I've been trying to get a hold of for quite some time. It comes up often on lists of great non fiction books this year. It's called "Pink is for Blowfish" by Jess Keating. This is an informational picture book about different animals. They were chosen for the book because of their color-pink. Each animal has a full page picture and the facing page has a text box with facts like their scientific name, diet, habitat and predators. The facing page also has a cartoony picture of the animal along with a couple of facts about the animal. The book is ...