LibGuides: 'Un'Common Core: Finding Fabulous Nonfiction: Books from Carol Levin's Slides

Photosynthesis

Living Sunlight by Molly Bang (Illustrator); Penny Chisholm
ISBN: 0545044227
Publication Date: 2009-02-01
My Light by Molly Bang (Illustrator)
ISBN: 043948961X
Publication Date: 2004-03-01
Ocean Sunlight by Molly Bang (Illustrator); Penny Chisholm
ISBN: 0545273226
Publication Date: 2012-05-01
Buried Sunlight by Molly Bang; Penny Chisholm
ISBN: 0545577853
Publication Date: 2014-09-30

Dinosaurs and Butterflies

Boy, Were We Wrong about Dinosaurs! by Kathleen V. Kudlinski; S. D. Schindler (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0142411930
Publication Date: 2008-09-18
Dinosaurs Roar, Butterflies Soar! by Chronicle Books Staff; Bob Barner
ISBN: 0811856631
Publication Date: 2009-04-29
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley; Brian Selznick (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0439114942
Publication Date: 2001-10-01
Prehistoric Actual Size by Steve Jenkins
ISBN: 0618535780
Publication Date: 2005-09-26
A Butterfly Is Patient by Dianna Hutts Aston; Sylvia Long (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0811864790
Publication Date: 2011-05-18
An Egg Is Quiet by Dianna Hutts Aston; Sylvia Long (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0811844285
Publication Date: 2006-03-02
A Rock Is Lively by Dianna Hutts Aston; Sylvia Long (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1452106452
Publication Date: 2012-08-29
A Seed Is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston; Sylvia Long (Illustrator); Dianna Hutts Aston
ISBN: 0811855201
Publication Date: 2007-03-01

Holocaust

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank; B. M. Mooyaart (Translator); Eleanor Roosevelt (Introduction by)
ISBN: 0553296981
Publication Date: 1993-06-01
The Anne Frank Case by Susan Goldman Rubin; Bill Farnsworth (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0823423085
Publication Date: 2010-07-01
The Grand Mosque of Paris by Karen Gray Ruelle; Deborah Durland Desaix (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0823423042
Publication Date: 2010-07-01
Marcel Marceau by Gloria Spielman; Manon Gauthier (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0761339620
Publication Date: 2011-01-09
Irena Sendler and the Children of the Warsaw Ghetto by Susan Goldman Rubin; Bill Farnsworth (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0823425959
Publication Date: 2012-06-01
Irena Sendler by Susan Brophy Down
ISBN: 0778725561
Publication Date: 2012-05-15
Irena's Jars of Secrets by Marcia Vaughan; Ron Mazellan (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1600604390
Publication Date: 2011-11-01

Water and Oceans

All the Water in the World by George Ella Lyon; Katherine Tillotson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1416971300
Publication Date: 2011-03-22
Ocean Sunlight by Molly Bang (Illustrator); Penny Chisholm
ISBN: 0545273226
Publication Date: 2012-05-01
Winter's Tail by Juliana Hatkoff; Isabella Hatkoff; Craig Hatkoff
ISBN: 0545348307
Publication Date: 2011-08-01
Down, Down, Down by Steve Jenkins (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0618966366
Publication Date: 2009-05-04
The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau by Dan Yaccarino
ISBN: 0375844708
Publication Date: 2012-05-08
Manfish by Jennifer Berne; Éric Puybaret (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0811860639
Publication Date: 2008-04-23
A Cool Drink of Water by Barbara Kerley
ISBN: 0792254899
Publication Date: 2006-01-10
Our World of Water by Beatrice Hollyer
ISBN: 0805089411
Publication Date: 2009-09-01

Rain Forest

The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
ISBN: 0152026142
Publication Date: 2000-03-06
Where the Forest Meets the Sea by Jeannie Baker (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0688063632
Publication Date: 1988-05-16
Chameleon Chameleon by Joy Cowley; Nic Bishop (Illustrator, Photographer)
ISBN: 0439666538
Publication Date: 2005-04-01
El Regalo de Fernando by Douglas Keister (Photographer)
ISBN: 0871569272
Publication Date: 2001-04-26
Jaguar in the Rain Forest by Joanne Ryder; Michael Rothman
ISBN: 0688129900
Publication Date: 1996-03-15

Examining Historic Bias: Making Big Ideas Personal

Bard of Avon by Diane Stanley (Illustrator); Peter Vennema
ISBN: 0688162940
Publication Date: 1998-08-27
Cleopatra by Diane Stanley (Illustrator); Peter Vennema
ISBN: 0688154808
Publication Date: 1997-09-22
Eleanor, Quiet No More by Doreen Rappaport; Gary Kelley (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0786851414
Publication Date: 2009-02-03

Social Justice from Different Perspectives

Martin's Big Words by Doreen Rappaport; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1423106350
Publication Date: 2007-12-18
Teammates by Peter Golenbock; Paul Bacon (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0152842861
Publication Date: 2010-03-28
Sit-In by Andrea Davis Pinkney; Brian Pinkney (Artist)
ISBN: 0316070165
Publication Date: 2010-02-03
Rosa by Nikki Giovanni; Bryan Collier (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0312376022
Publication Date: 2007-12-26
Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen Krull; David Diaz (Illustrator); Alma Flor Ada (Translator); F. Isabel Campoy (Translator)
ISBN: 0152020985
Publication Date: 2000-02-01
Barbed Wire Baseball by Marissa Moss; Yuko Shimizu (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1419705210
Publication Date: 2013-04-09
Back of the Bus by Aaron Reynolds; Floyd Cooper (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0147510589
Publication Date: 2013-12-26
Roberto Clemente by Jonah Winter; Raúl Colón (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1416950826
Publication Date: 2008-03-04

Journeys in Space and Time

Big Bang! by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano; Michael Carroll (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1570916187
Publication Date: 2005-02-01
Earthdance by Joanne Ryder; Norman Gorbaty (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0805062319
Publication Date: 1999-03-15
On This Spot by Susan E. Goodman; Lee Christiansen (Illustrator); Susan Goodman
ISBN: 0688169139
Publication Date: 2004-03-30
Older Than the Stars by Karen C. Fox; Nancy Davis (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1570917884
Publication Date: 2011-07-01
Boy, Were We Wrong about the Solar System! by Kathleen V. Kudlinski; John Rocco (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0525469796
Publication Date: 2008-09-18

Across Continents

Kofi and His Magic by Maya Angelou; Margaret Courtney-Clarke (Photographer); Isley, Alexander, Design Staff (Designed by)
ISBN: 0517704536
Publication Date: 1996-11-05
Mama Miti by Donna Jo Napoli; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1416935053
Publication Date: 2010-01-05
Mirror by Jeannie Baker (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0763648485
Publication Date: 2010-11-09
If the World Were a Village by David J. Smith; Shelagh Armstrong (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1554535956
Publication Date: 2011-02-01
If America Were a Village by David J. Smith; Shelagh Armstrong (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1554533449
Publication Date: 2009-08-01
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba; Bryan Mealer; Elizabeth Zunon (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0803735111
Publication Date: 2012-01-19

Girls Defying Expectations

The Ballot Box Battle by Emily Arnold McCully
ISBN: 0679893121
Publication Date: 1998-10-13
Mama Went to Jail for the Vote by Kathleen Karr; Malene Laugesen (Illustrator); Bonnie Christensen
ISBN: 0786805935
Publication Date: 2005-04-01
Ballots for Belva by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen; Courtney E. Martin (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0810971100
Publication Date: 2008-09-01
Miss Lady Bird's Wildflowers by Kathi Appelt; Joy Fisher Hein (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0060011076
Publication Date: 2005-02-15
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
ISBN: 0140505393
Publication Date: 1985-11-06
Players in Pigtails by Shana Corey; Rebecca Gibbon (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0439183057
Publication Date: 2003-03-01
Mighty Jackie by Marissa Moss; C. F. Payne (Illustrator, Translator)
ISBN: 0689863292
Publication Date: 2004-02-01
Girl Wonder by Deborah Hopkinson; Terry Widener (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1416913939
Publication Date: 2006-03-01
Dirt on Their Skirts by Doreen Rappaport; Lyndall Callan (Illustrator); Earl Lewis (Illustrator); E. B. Lewis (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0803720424
Publication Date: 2000-03-01
Julia Morgan Built a Castle by Celeste Davidson Mannis; Miles Hyman (Illustrator); Celeste Mannis
ISBN: 0670059641
Publication Date: 2006-10-19
Marvelous Mattie by Emily Arnold McCully
ISBN: 0374348103
Publication Date: 2006-02-21
Rough, Tough Charley by Verla Kay; Adam Gustavson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1582461848
Publication Date: 2007-05-01
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman; Caroline Binch (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0803710402
Publication Date: 1991-09-02
Sky High by Marissa Moss; Carl Angel (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1582462801
Publication Date: 2009-09-08
Nobody Owns the Sky by Reeve Lindbergh; Pamela Paparone (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0763603619
Publication Date: 1998-01-06
Soar, Elinor! by Tami Lewis Brown; François Roca (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0374371156
Publication Date: 2010-10-12