{"id":7667,"date":"2012-01-05T23:20:52","date_gmt":"2012-01-06T03:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=7667"},"modified":"2012-01-05T23:39:25","modified_gmt":"2012-01-06T03:39:25","slug":"2011-sonderbooks-standouts-childrens-nonfiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=7667","title":{"rendered":"2011 Sonderbooks Standouts: Children’s Nonfiction"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Children’s Nonfiction books I read in 2011, I had a clear favorite. It’s not one I’ve heard about on book blogs, but when I did hear about it, I immediately ordered a copy and completely loved it. The book is You Can Count on \"\"<\/a>Monsters<\/em>, which, like my Prime Factorization Sweater<\/a>, does great stuff visualizing the prime factorization of numbers up to 100. I confess I also like it because it’s somewhat similar to a book I was writing at the time called Colors and Codes<\/em> that shows how to use Math to make cyphers using colors and patterns. I’ve since finished the book, but am holding onto it while I figure out how to present it to agents or editors. But I was completely delighted that someone had done such a great job presenting a somewhat similar concept. (Not to mention that I find these concepts endlessly fascinating.)<\/p>\n

I grant you, I am a math nut, so I don’t necessarily expect to find this book on the top of too many other children’s book lists. But I sure loved it!<\/p>\n

Here are my favorite Children’s Nonfiction books read in 2011:<\/p>\n

1. You Can Count on Monsters<\/a><\/em>, by Richard Evan Schwartz
\n2. Me. . . Jane<\/a><\/em>, by Patrick McDonnell
\n3. Queen of the Falls<\/a><\/em>, by Chris VanAllsburg
\n4. Drawing from Memory<\/em>, by Allen Say
\n5. Amelia Lost<\/a><\/em>, by Candace Fleming
\n6. All the Way to America<\/a><\/em>, by Dan Yaccarino
\n7. Sugar Changed the World<\/a><\/em>, by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos<\/p>\n

Happy Reading!<\/p>\n

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