Welcome to Nonfiction Monday at books together! My contribution is Me, Frida by Amy Novesky, illustrated by David Diaz (Abrams, 2010), which won a Pura Belpre Illustrator Honor this year. Please comment with a link to your Nonfiction Monday post (and a brief description if you'd like), and I'll round them up here throughout the day. Thanks for participating in this edition of Nonfiction Monday!
Amy at Hope is the Word reviews Martin Jenkins's new book about endangered species. I've read Can We Save the Tiger? and agree that it is gorgeous.
The Coelocanth is in the news again! Robin of Bookmuse knows where to find more information about this mysterious fish.
Alex as The Children's War reviews a workbook for teaching World War II using primary sources. Be sure to check out Alex's other reviews of World War II-themed books for children and young adults, too.
Roberta at Wrapped in Foil has a glowing review of the newest book by Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long, A Butterfly is Patient.
Jennifer at Jean Little Library reviews Puppet Play, a craft book that would be great for a teen puppet program.
Jeff at NC Teacher Stuff reviews an Augmented Reality book about dinosaurs from DK.
And Lori at Lori Calabrese Writes! reviews National Geographic's Dinosaurs for emerging readers.
Shirley at SimplyScience reviews Hummingbirds by Jeanette Larson and Adrienne Yorinks, which offers an interesting combination of facts and folklore about hummingbirds.
Roll up your sleeves for Nonfiction Book Blast's projects from Explorers of the New World by Carla Mooney.
Tammy at Apples with Many Seeds is looking at all kinds of animal eggs.
Brenda at Proseandkahn writes about forces of nature.
Carol at Rasco from RIF features an ABC book that tells a story.
Paula at Pink Me is in with a review of Flesh and Blood So Cheap by Albert Marrin, a middle grade book about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire that took place one hundred years ago this year.
At Bookends today Cindy and Lynn review Meadowlands by Thomas F. Yezerski.
Heidi at Geo Librarian reviews Tom Thumb: The Remarkable True Story of a Man in Miniature by George Sullivan.
Jeanne at True Tales and a Cherry on Top reviewed a picture book biography of artist Josef Albers specifically for books together. Thank you, Jeanne! N.b., Jeanne's next picture book, My Hands Sing the Blues: Romare Bearden's Childhood Journey (illustrated by Elizabeth Zinon, will be out in September.
And Anastasia Suen is in with Spiky, Splimy, Smooth: What is Texture at Picture Book of the Day and The Story of Oil: How it Changed the World at Chapter Book of the Day.
Thanks, everyone!