2010 Nominations: Non-Fiction/Informational Picture Books

The following books have been nominated in the 2010 Non-Fiction/Informational Picture Books category.

1+1=5: and Other Unlikely Additions
by David LaRochelle
Sterling Publishing
Nominated by: Vicki Palmquist
Reviewed by: carwilc


A Picture Book of Cesar Chavez (Picture Book Biography)
by David A. Adler
Holiday House
Nominated by: Pamela Glauber


A Place for Frogs
by Melissa Stewart
Peachtree
Nominated by: Danielle Smith (The1stdaughter)
Reviewed by: slduke | yankeerat


A Polar Bear’s World (Caroline Arnold’s Animals)
by Caroline Arnold
Picture Window Books
Nominated by: Jennifer Glidden


A Rainbow of Animals
by Melissa Stewart
Enslow
Nominated by: Linda Bozzo


All Aboard!: Elijah McCoy’s Steam Engine (Great Idea Series)
by Monica Kulling
Tundra
Nominated by: Nancy Ennis
Reviewed by: carwilc


All Things Bright and Beautiful
by Cecil F. Alexander
Atheneum
Nominated by: Beth


Amazing Animals: Fantastic Forest
by Tony Mitton
Kingfisher
Nominated by: Marina Cambareri


Amazing Animals: Ocean Odyssey
by Tony Mitton
Kingfisher
Nominated by: Della Cheng


Animal Babies: Lift the Flap and Learn
by Pascale Hedelin
Owlkids Books
Nominated by: Kendal Gerard


Astro: The Steller Sea Lion
by Jeanne Walker Harvey
Sylvan Dell Publishing
Nominated by: Caroline Harris
Reviewed by: wrappedinfoil


Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring
by Jan Greenberg
Flash Point
Nominated by: Eric Carpenter


Beautiful Oops!
by Barney Saltzberg
Workman Publishing
Nominated by: Lauren Fernandez


Beco’s Big Year: A Baby Elephant Turns One
by Linda Stanek
Columbus Zoo Books
Nominated by: Ken Blalock


Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation
by Pat Sherman
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Anita Eerdmans


Benno and the Night of Broken Glass (Holocaust)
by Meg Wiviott
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Kara Dean
Reviewed by: jonemac | yankeerat


Biblioburro: A True Story from Colombia
by Jeanette Winter
Beach Lane Books
Nominated by: Shelf-employed


Black Jack: The Ballad of Jack Johnson
by Charles R. Smith
Roaring Brook
Nominated by: Vasilly


Bones
by Steve Jenkins
Scholastic
Nominated by: Mary Ann Scheuer
Reviewed by: carwilc


Born to Be Giants: How Baby Dinosaurs Grew to Rule the World
by Lita Judge
Flash Point
Nominated by: Greg Leitich Smith
Reviewed by: carwilc


Bugs and Bugsicles: Insects in the Winter
by Amy S. Hansen
Boyds Mills Press
Nominated by: Lucy Dirksen
Reviewed by: carwilc | slduke | wrappedinfoil


Busing Brewster
by Richard Michelson
Knopf Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Carol Wilcox
Reviewed by: carwilc | yankeerat


Calico Dorsey
by Susan Lendroth
Tricycle Press
Nominated by: Lisa Regul


Changing of the Guard: The Yellowstone Chronicles
by Ted Rechlin
Outskirts Press
Nominated by: Lisa Barker


Charlie Russell: Tale-Telling Cowboy Artist
by Lois Harris
Pelican Publishing Company
Nominated by: Melanie Glotfelty


Claude Monet: The Painter Who Stopped the Trains
by P. I. Maltbie
Abrams for Young Readers
Nominated by: Veronica Wasserman


Climbing Lincoln’s Steps: The African American Journey
by Suzanne Slade
Albert Whitman & Company
Nominated by: Lorijo Metz


Come See the Earth Turn
by Lori Mortensen
Tricycle Press
Nominated by: Lynne Marie Pisano


Compost Stew
by Mary McKenna Siddals
Tricycle Press
Nominated by: Genny McAuley
Reviewed by: carwilc


Country Road ABC: An Illustrated Journey Through America’s Farmland
by Arthur Geisert
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Nominated by: Madigan McGillicuddy
Reviewed by: jonemac


Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
by Laban Carrick Hill
Little, Brown
Nominated by: Kate Messner
Reviewed by: jonemac


Declaration of Independence from A to Z, The
by Catherine Osornio
Pelican Publishing Company
Nominated by: Suzanne Pfefferle


Dinosaur Mountain: Digging into the Jurassic Age
by Deborah Kogan Ray
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Nominated by: Raymond Tumarkin
Reviewed by: carwilc


Dinosaurs?!
by Lila Prap
NorthSouth
Nominated by: Heather Lennon


Do!
by Gita Wolf
Tara Books
Nominated by: Maegan Chadwick-Dobson


EcoMazes: 12 Earth Adventures
by Roxie Munro
Sterling Publishing
Nominated by: Katie Connors
Reviewed by: abbylibrarian


Everything Spring (Picture the Seasons)
by Jill Esbaum
National Geographic Children’s Books
Nominated by: Laura Purdie Salas


Everything but the Horse
by Holly Hobbie
Little, Brown
Nominated by: Ames O’Neill


Explorers: Dinosaurs
by Dougal Dixon
Kingfisher
Nominated by: Lorraine Saullo


Explorers: Oceans and Seas
by Steven Savage
Kingfisher
Nominated by: Debbie Lee


Farm
by Elisha Cooper
Orchard Books
Nominated by: Nicola Manning


Fireboy to the Rescue!: A Fire Safety Book
by Edward Miller
Holiday House
Nominated by: Terry Borzumato-Greenberg


Firehouse Light, The
by Janet Nolan
Tricycle Press
Nominated by: Nancy Austin


Fort Mose: And the Story of the Man Who Built the First Free Black Settlement in Colonial America
by Glennette Turner
Abrams for Young Readers
Nominated by: Mary Ann Zissimos


Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
by David A. Adler
Holiday House
Nominated by: Olivia Louise Griffiths
Reviewed by: carwilc


Game, Set, Match, Champion Arthur Ashe
by Crystal Hubbard
Lee & Low Books, Inc.
Nominated by: Miriam Newman


Getting Around in the Past, Present, and Future (Imagining the Future)
by Linda Bozzo
Bailey Books
Nominated by: Marie Drake


Goliath: Hero of the Great Baltimore Fire (True Stories)
by Claudia Friddell
Sleeping Bear Press
Nominated by: Lois Hume


Green Tree Frogs: Colorful Hiders (Disappearing Acts)
by Natalie Lunis
Bearport Publishing
Nominated by: Valerie


Growing Patterns
by Sarah Campbell
Boyds Mills Press
Nominated by: Jennifer Wharton
Reviewed by: jonemac


Henry Aaron’s Dream
by Matt Tavares
Candlewick Press
Nominated by: Margo Tanenbaum
Reviewed by: carwilc | Doret


Hot Diggity Dog: The History of the Hot Dog
by Adrienne Sylver
Dutton Juvenile
Nominated by: Chris
Reviewed by: carwilc


How The Sphinx Got To The Museum
by Jessie Hartland
Blue Apple Books
Nominated by: Tracey Daniels
Reviewed by: carwilc


How to Clean a Hippopotamus: A Look at Unusual Animal Partnerships
by Robin Page
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Nominated by: Janelle
Reviewed by: abbylibrarian | carwilc | Karen


Hurricanes!
by Gail Gibbons
Holiday House
Nominated by: Allan Greenberg


Insect Detective
by Steve Voake
Candlewick Press
Nominated by: heather wilks-jones
Reviewed by: slduke


Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix
by Gary Golio
Clarion Books
Nominated by: michael mccoy


Just One Bite
by Lola Schaefer
Chronicle Books
Nominated by: Nancy Bo Flood


Kinder Gardens: Growing Inspiration for Children
by Michael Glassman Lisa Ely
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd
Nominated by: Ryan Ely


King David Divide
by Kimberly Moore
Clifftop Press
Nominated by: Kimberly Moore


Kingdom: Micro Monsters
by Nam Nguyen
Kingfisher
Nominated by: Angus Killick


Kingdom: Savage Safari
by Nam Nguyen
Kingfisher
Nominated by: Kristin Pecson
Reviewed by: carwilc


Legend of the Werewolf (Legend Has It)
by Thomas Kingsley Troupe
Picture Window Books
Nominated by: Liz Rouse


Life-Size Aquarium
by Teruyuki Komiya
Seven Footer Press
Nominated by: Jill Tullo
Reviewed by: carwilc


Lincoln Tells a Joke: How Laughter Saved the President (and the Country)
by Kathleen Krull
Harcourt
Nominated by: Sarah Wethern
Reviewed by: abbylibrarian


Little Black Ant on Park Street (Smithsonian’s Backyard Collection)
by Janet Halfmann
Soundprints
Nominated by: Cody Pyfer
Reviewed by: slduke | wrappedinfoil


Little Red Bat
by Carole Gerber
Sylvan Dell Publishing
Nominated by: Mary Kay Carson


Looking Closely in the Rain Forest
by Frank Serafini
Kids Can Press, Ltd
Nominated by: Nicole
Reviewed by: jonemac


Lost Boy: The Story of the Man Who Created Peter Pan
by Jane Yolen
Dutton Juvenile
Nominated by: Becky


Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya
by Donna Jo Napoli
Simon & Schuster
Nominated by: Aline Pereira


Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age
by Cheryl Bardoe
Abrams for Young Readers
Nominated by: Laura Mihalick
Reviewed by: carwilc


Meet the Howlers!
by April Pulley Sayre
Charlesbridge
Nominated by: Aaron Zenz
Reviewed by: carwilc


Mixed: Portraits of Multiracial Kids
by Kip Fulbeck
Chronicle Books
Nominated by: Sarah (aquafortis)


Moon Bear
by Brenda Z. Guiberson
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Nominated by: Debbie Barr


More Life-Size Zoo: An All-New Actual-Size Animal Encyclopedia
by Teruyuki Komiya
Seven Footer Press
Nominated by: morninglightmama
Reviewed by: carwilc


My Uncle Martin’s Big Heart
by Angela Farris Watkins
Abrams for Young Readers
Nominated by: Maria Middleton
Reviewed by: jonemac


Never Smile at a Monkey: And 17 Other Important Things to Remember
by Steve Jenkins
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Nominated by: Sondra Eklund
Reviewed by: carwilc


Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle
by Brian Dennis
Little, Brown
Nominated by: Jen Robinson


Old Abe, Eagle Hero: The Civil War’s Most Famous Mascot
by Patrick Young
Kane/Miller Book Pub
Nominated by: Susan Raab


Oprah: The Little Speaker
by Carole Boston Weatherford
Marshall Cavendish Childrens Books
Nominated by: Kelly Starling-Lyons
Reviewed by: carwilc


Orangutans Are Ticklish: Fun Facts from an Animal Photographer
by Jill Davis
Schwartz and Wade Books
Nominated by: Helen Foster James


Peter Kent’s City Across Time
by Peter Kent
Kingfisher
Nominated by: Christopher Montigelli


Phillis Sings Out Freedom: The Story of George Washington and Phillis Wheatley
by Ann Malaspina
Albert Whitman & Company
Nominated by: Robert Harold


Pop!: The Invention of Bubble Gum
by Meghan McCarthy
Simon & Schuster
Nominated by: Jess Pugh
Reviewed by: abbylibrarian


Rules for School
by Alec Greven
Collins Design
Nominated by: Angie


Saltypie: A Choctaw Journey from Darkness into Light
by Tim Tingle
Cinco Puntos Press
Nominated by: Cynthia Leitich Smith


Seeds of Change: Wangari’s Gift to the World
by Jen Cullerton Johnson
Lee & Low Books, Inc.
Nominated by: Natasha Maw
Reviewed by: carwilc | wrappedinfoil


Service Dog Heroes (Amazing Working Dogs With American Humane)
by Linda Bozzo
Bailey Books
Nominated by: Lisa Corrado
Reviewed by: carwilc


Sharing Our Homeland: Palestinian and Jewish Children at Summer Peace Camp
by Trish Marx
Lee & Low Books, Inc.
Nominated by: Hannah Ehrlich


She Sang Promise: The Story of Betty Mae Jumper, Seminole Tribal Leader
by J.G. Annino
National Geographic Children’s Books
Nominated by: Elizabeth Bird


Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down
by Andrea Pinkney
Little, Brown
Nominated by: Allison Moore
Reviewed by: abbylibrarian | carwilc | Karen | Rasco from RIF


Skit-Scat Raggedy Cat: Ella Fitzgerald
by Roxane Orgill
Candlewick Press
Nominated by: Derek Jones
Reviewed by: abbylibrarian | carwilc | Doret


Soar, Elinor!
by Tami Lewis Brown
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Nominated by: Dianne White


Sonia Sotomayor: Supreme Court Justice
by Carmen T. Bernier-Grand
Marshall Cavendish Childrens Books
Nominated by: Grier Jewell
Reviewed by: jonemac


Stand Straight, Ella Kate
by Kate Klise
Dial
Nominated by: Pat Zietlow Miller
Reviewed by: abbylibrarian


Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian
by Margarita Engle
Henry Holt
Nominated by: Jeff Barger
Reviewed by: yankeerat


The Ant’s Nest: A Huge, Underground City (Spectacular Animal Towns)
by Miriam Aronin
Bearport Publishing
Nominated by: Gabe Kaufman
Reviewed by: yankeerat


The Beatitudes: From Slavery to Civil Rights
by Carole Boston Weatherford
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Nominated by: Lara Sissell
Reviewed by: carwilc


The Boy Who Changed the World
by Andy Andrews
Thomas Nelson
Nominated by: Sandra Stiles


The Buzz on Bees: Why Are They Disappearing?
by Shelley Rotner
Holiday House
Nominated by: Sylvie Frank
Reviewed by: abbylibrarian


The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According To Susy)
by Barbara Kerley
Scholastic
Nominated by: Jennifer Donovan
Reviewed by: abbylibrarian | carwilc | jonemac


The Handiest Things in the World
by Andrew Clements
Atheneum
Nominated by: Mary McKenna Siddals


The Humblebee Hunter
by Deborah Hopkinson
Hyperion
Nominated by: Amy Baskin
Reviewed by: jonemac


The Life of Rice: From Seedling to Supper (Traveling Photographer)
by Richard Sobol
Candlewick Press
Nominated by: Jenny Choy


The Shocking Truth About Energy
by Loreen Leedy
Holiday House
Nominated by: Loreen Leedy
Reviewed by: abbylibrarian | carwilc | slduke


Time Zones
by David A. Adler
Holiday House
Nominated by: Kathleen Morandini
Reviewed by: carwilc


Tropical Rainforests
by Seymour Simon
Collins Design
Nominated by: Andromeda Jazmon


Up We Grow!: A Year in the Life of a Small, Local Farm
by Deborah Hodge
Kids Can Press, Ltd
Nominated by: Jennifer Donovan


What Does It Mean To Be Green?
by Rana DiOrio
Little Pickle Press
Nominated by: Terry Doherty


What in the Wild?
by David Schwartz
Tricycle Press
Nominated by: Laura Mancuso


Why Do Elephants Need the Sun?
by Robert E. Wells
Albert Whitman & Company
Nominated by: Michelle Bayuk


Yucky Worms
by Vivian French
Candlewick Press
Nominated by: Jenny Choy


The following nominated books are ineligible:

A Is for Arrr!: A Pirate Alphabet (A+ Books)
by Laura Purdie Salas
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Published August 2009
Nominated by: Kristen


Flowers of India
by
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: board book
Nominated by: Jonathan Yamakami


Fruits of India
by
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: board book
Nominated by: David Dobson


I Feel Better with a Frog in My Throat: History’s Strangest Cures
by Carlyn Beccia
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Publish date is October 25, 2010. Eligible next year.
Nominated by: Brandon


Pele, King of Soccer/Pele, El rey del futbol
by Monica Brown
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Publishing date 2008
Nominated by: Andromeda Jazmon



Red, White and Blue
by Debbie Clement
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Not widely available at this time. Publishing date actually in November 2010.
Nominated by: Debbie Clement


Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story
by Paula Yoo
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Original hardback publish date was 2005
Nominated by: Edi Campbell


Touch the Art: Catch Picasso’s Rooster
by Julie Appel
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: It’s a board book.
Nominated by: Brett Duquette


Touch the Art: Count Monet’s Lilies
by Julie Appel
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: It’s a board book.
Nominated by: Derry Wilkens


Touch the Art: Find King Henry’s Treasure
by Julie Appel
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: It’s a board book.
Nominated by: Susan Lee


Touch the Art: Tickle Tut’s Toes
by Julie Appel
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: It’s a board book.
Nominated by: Robert Agis


Vegetables of India
by
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Board Book
Nominated by: Ben Vertannes


Where Else in the Wild?
by David M. Schwartz
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: published in 2009
Nominated by: Nicole Geiger


Wild Alphabet An A to Zoo Pop-up Book
by Dan Green
Publisher not defined
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Pop-up book and 56 pages in length.
Nominated by: Summer Ogata


You Choose!
by Pippa Goodhart
Random House Children’s Books
Status: Not Eligible
Reason ineligible: Published in 2004
Nominated by: Charlotte Williams