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June 17, 2013

Today in honor of Nonfiction Monday, I'm reviewing a stunning picture book biography, Spirit Seeker: John Coltrane's Musical Journey, by Gary Golio, with paintings by Rudy Gutierrez.

Happy reading!



The Arts
Colorful Dreamer
Colorful Dreamer
by Marjorie Blain Parker
illustrated by Holly Berry

I Dreamed of Flying Like a Bird
I Dreamed of Flying Like a Bird
by Robert B. Haas

A Is For Art
by Stephen T. Johnson

Artist to Artist




Biography
Spirit Seeker
Spirit Seeker
by Gary Golio
paintings by Rudy Gutierrez

Stay
Stay
The True Story of Ten Dogs

by Michaela Muntean
photographs by K. C. Bailey and Stephen Kazmierski

The Day-Glo Brothers
by Chris Barton
illustrated by Tony Persiani

A River of Words
by Jen Bryant
illustrated by Melissa Sweet

Barnum's Bones
by Tracey Fern
illustrated by Boris Kulikov

The Trouble Begins at 8
by Sid Fleischman

The Lincolns
by Candace Fleming

Amelia Lost
by Candace Fleming

Rosa
by Nikki Giovanni, illustrated by Bryan Collier

Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek
by Deborah Hopkinson
illustrated by John Hendrix

Me . . . Jane
by Patrick McDonnell

Temple Grandin
by Sy Montgomery

Me, Frida
by Amy Novesky
illustrated by David Diaz

Helen's Big World
by Doreen Rappaport
illustrated by Matt Tavares

Drawing from Memory
by Allen Say

Martin de Porres
The Rose in the Desert

by Gary D. Schmidt
illustrated by David Diaz

Knucklehead
by Jon Scieszka

Sandy's Circus
by Tanya Lee Stone
illustrated by Boris Kulikov

Balloons Over Broadway
by Melissa Sweet

Smile
by Raina Telgemeier

Wise Guy
by M. D. Usher
pictures by William Bramhall

Queen of the Falls
by Chris Van Allsburg

All the Way to America
by Dan Yaccarino

The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau
by Dan Yaccarino

Erika's Story
by Ruth Vander Zee
illustrated by Roberto Innocenti



Folklore & Literature
Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal
Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal
by Paul Fleischman
illustrated by Jane Paschkis


History
When Stravinsky Met Nijinsky
When Stravinsky Met Nijinsky
by Lauren Stringer

I Have a Dream
I Have a Dream
by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
paintings by Kadir Nelson

Sugar Changed the World
by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos

Bootleg
by Karen Blumenthal

14 Cows for America
by Carmen Agra Deedy
in collaboration with Wilson Kimeli Naiyomah
photographs by Andy Comins

Energy Island
by Allan Drummond

Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice
by Philip Hoose

Titanic
Voices from the Disaster

by Deborah Hopkinson

We've Got a Job
by Cynthia Levinson

Truce
by Jim Murphy

We Are the Ship
by Kadir Nelson

Heart and Soul
by Kadir Nelson

Pale Male
by Janet Schulman
illustrated by Meilo So

Bomb
by Steve Sheinkin

The Wall
by Peter Sis

Almost Astronauts
by Tanya Lee Stone

The Secret of Priest's Grotto
by Peter Lane Taylor with Christos Nicola



Mathematics
Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar
Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar
by Masaichiro and Mitsumasa Anno

How Many Jelly Beans?
How Many Jelly Beans?
by Andrea Menotti
illustrated by Yancey Labat

The Cat in Numberland
by Ivar Ekeland
illustrated by John O'Brien
Just a Second
by Steve Jenkins

Greater Estimations
by Bruce Goldstone

You Can Count on Monsters
by Richard Evan Schwartz

If America Were a Village
by David J. Smith
illustrated by Shelagh Armstrong



Poetry
Edgar Allan Poe's Pie
Edgar Allan Poe's Pie
by J. Patrick Lewis
illustrated by Michael Slack

Guyku
Guyku
by Bob Raczka
illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds

My People
by Langston Hughes
photographs by Charles R. Smith Jr.

I Heard God Talking to Me
by Elizabeth Spires

Why War Is Never a Good Idea
by Alice Walker
illustrations by Stefano Vitale

Won Ton
A Cat Tale Told in Haiku

by Lee Wardlaw
illustrated by Eugene Yelchin



Science
Wild Horse Scientists
Wild Horse Scientists
by Kay Frydenborg

My First Day
My First Day
by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page

The Periodic Table
Elements With Style!

created by Basher
written by Adrian Dingle

Just the Right Size
by Nicola Davies
illustrated by Neal Layton

Moonbird
by Phillip Hoose

Never Smile at a Monkey
by Steve Jenkins

Dogs and Cats
by Steve Jenkins

Hatch!
by Roxie Munro

The Mighty Mars Rovers
by Elizabeth Rusch

Swirl By Swirl
by Joyce Sidman
pictures by Beth Krommes

The Frog Scientist
by Pamela S. Turner, photographs by Andy Comins