three4me Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 (edited) We grabbed this book about the Statue of Liberty at the library the other day and my kids LOVE it! And, while I also love quality fiction picture book stories, I loved that they were learning something while they enjoyed the writing and the beautiful pictures. So, can you recommend some other picture books like this? I'm not looking for DK type books, but ones that read like a story and have wonderful artwork but also will teach them some history/geography/science or such. ETA: Ok, maybe I'm not necessarily looking for non-fiction (though some recommendations would be nice), but maybe also historical fiction, or fictional stoires set in other areas of the world that still teach us about that area. Edited March 28, 2012 by CamilikinsMama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 I love nicely done picture books! We own and enjoy all these Maestros titles: The Story of Money Discovery of the Americas Exploration and Conquest Struggle for a Continent We also like Diane Stanley biographies (we get these from the library) Joan of Arc Michaelangelo Leonardo Da Vinci Good Queen Bess William Shakespeare Peter the Great Shaka Zulu And more Recently we got into some Cheryl Harness picture books Thomas Jefferson The Adventures of Lewis and Clark The Amazing, Impossible Erie Canal The Pony Express She has others, too. Ds liked that the Lewis and Clark one was linked to a National Geographic online activity. Aliki picture books are great, too: Medieval Feast Shakespeare and the Globe And many others.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Have you seen Aston and Lang's books -- A Egg is Quiet, A Seed is Sleepy, and A Butterfly is Patient? They're beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Have you seen Aston and Lang's books -- A Egg is Quiet, A Seed is Sleepy, and A Butterfly is Patient? They're beautiful. Thank you! These look perfect for my dd next year in K! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 (edited) I always liked this one: The Librarian Who Measured the Earth. And Cactus Hotel (Guiberson) is charming. And DSs thought Motel of the Mysteries was hilarious; I remember many years ago, some one on this Board said their family read this one each year at the beginning of the school year as their fun "intro" into studying History. And all of David Macauley's books are lovely; while most are History-based, the New Way Things Work is a wonder gr. 4+ physics supplement. The photography in the Seymour Simon books (science topics) is stunning (at least the astronomy topics!). Edited March 28, 2012 by Lori D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtoamiracle Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 http://www.amazon.com/The-Great-Kapok-Tree-Amazon/dp/0152026142/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332974641&sr=1-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
three4me Posted March 28, 2012 Author Share Posted March 28, 2012 Great suggestions! Keep 'em coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Have you seen Aston and Lang's books -- A Egg is Quiet, A Seed is Sleepy, and A Butterfly is Patient? They're beautiful. Ooo, they are lovely. AND they jumped right into my Amazon cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc26 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 A few we like: Oh Say can you see So you want to be president The boy who invented TV The Sir Cumference series The scrambled states of America Now and Ben I know I have more as this is one of our favorite types of books to read! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 If you have patience to deal with long lists, this is a great list I've posted several times before, for science books http://www.nsta.org/publications/ostb/ I wish they'd organize by topic instead of by date Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 (edited) We read a *large* number of gorgeous non-fiction picture books. I don't even know where to begin with suggestions. :) To Go Singing Through the World: The Childhood of Pablo Neruda by Deborah Kogan Ray Down the Colorado: John Wesley Powell, the One-Armed Explorer by Deborah Kogan Ray A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero by Gina Capaldi Walt Whitman: Words for America by Barbara Kerley Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas by Cheryl Bardoe The Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark by Carmen Agra Deedy Annie Jump Cannon, Astronomer by Carole Gerber The Man Who Made Parks: The Story of Parkbuilder Frederick Law Olmsted by Frieda Wishinsky Dark Fiddler: The Life and Legend of Nicolo Paganini by Aaron Frisch & Gary Kelley Francis Woke Up Early by Josephine Nobisso (St. Francis of Assisi) Jingle Bells: How the Holiday Classic Came to Be by John Harris Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature by Joyce Sidman The Little Chapel That Stood by A.B. Curtiss (St. Paul’s Chapel, NYC, September 11, 2001) The Fabulous Flying Machines of Alberto Santos-Dumont by Victoria Griffith Marcel Marceau: Master of Mime by Gloria Spielman The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky Benjamin West: The Boy Who Loved to Draw by Barbara Brenner The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon by Jacqueline Davies The Poetry for Young People series are lovely, illustrated books of poetry. Books by Cheryl Harness, Anna Harwell Celenza (composers), Diane Stanley. And that's just a start. :) ETA: We also read these recently: Goran’s Great Escape by Astrid Lindgren (Sweden) The Birds of Killingworth by Robert San Souci (based on a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) Chirchir is Singing by Kelly Cunnane (Kenya) Oh, and books by Peter Sis, Allen Say, Paul O. Zelinsky... Edited March 28, 2012 by Heidi @ Mt Hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 The Mutiny on the Bounty Snowflake Bentley The Fourth of July Story A More Perfect Union Anno's Medieval World Starry Messenger Shakespeare: His Work and His World Good Queen Bess Leonardo Da Vinci (by Diane Stanley) The Giraffe That Walked to Paris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendall Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I love these threads and am excited to see titles that I don't know about. Here are a few I do know about. I put dates on a few of these. Some are fiction but based on a true story, often there are notes at the end that tell what is true. One is fiction but has nice author's notes at the back about the time period. Mailing May by Tunnell Togo by Robert Blake Boxes for Katje by Fleming Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot by Raven The Journey that Saved Curious George by Borden Only one woof / James Herriot (and others, my favorite is Moses the Kitten) Apples to Oregon : being the (slightly) true narrative of how a brave Mailing May by Tunnell 1914 A big cheese for the White House : the true tale of a tremendous cheddar / by Fleming, Candace. 1801 Richard Wright and the library card / by Miller, William, 1925 Sister Anne's hands / by Lorbiecki, Marybeth. 1960s Non Fiction Picture books by Ted Lewin Elephant Quest, Tooth to Claw, Top to Bottom Down Under, I think there are others. I really liked the book mentioned, The Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark by Carmen Agra Deedy But then I read that it was not at all true. It acts like a based on true story, so I did not like that it was not. My understanding was that it wasn't even based on a true story. Just real characters. I'd be happy to be corrected about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 This thread reminded me of "the one that got away", a picture book about Galileo. We read it at a library. I loved it. It was more historical fiction, but there were gobs of facts IIRC and the illustrations were beautiful. I kind of forgot about it until now. I found it on Amazon! Galileo's Leaning Tower Experiment. I'm also getting some others listed here. I both love and hate lists like this. If a book is on a list, I feel like I ought to get it.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
three4me Posted March 30, 2012 Author Share Posted March 30, 2012 Thanks for the recommendations! I agree with pp, that all these great recommendations make me want to get all the books! I'm off to see which ones the library has :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyDays Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Gail Gibbons does some good ones for younger kids. 'Apples' and 'Pumpkins' are favorites here. They're more beginning science titles. I'm subscribing because even though my DS hasn't been into picture books for a while... there are so many good titles that I want to pull in once in a while... like the Maestro books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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