singbanshee Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Anyone care to share their favorite Non-Fiction picture books? I'm looking for stuff that isn't Usborne etc and has nice pics not garish or cartoonish. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinivanMom Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 How old are your children and what are their interests? I think you have to start there. Non-fiction interests can be so unique to each child. Our collection mainly centers around Pompeii, mammoths, dinosaurs, and nature. This reflects the preferences of ds7 who is our main non-fiction reader. Some of his favorite books have been: Pompeii: Lost and Found (it has beautiful illustrations based on period frescoes) Pompeii: Buried Alive Mammoths on the Move Mammoths and Mastodons One Small Square (all the books in the series) I find non-fiction books for girls to be trickier. My girls prefer fiction, but they have loved: DK Ballet School DK I Love Gymnastics Good Queen Bess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurelia Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Gail Gibbon's books aren't the most beautiful, but they have excellent information. The One Small Square series is good, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckens Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 --Seymour Simon as an author. --Gail Gibbons. --DK has a youth series. I think it is "DK Readers." http://us.dk.com/nf/Browse/BrowseStdPage/0,,231457,00.html Titles seem to go from Pre-readers to ??Level 4??, whatever that means. ***Some titles are fiction, and tied to Star Wars, Lego, or even Pokemon.*** --Let's Read and Find Out Series I know of at least one mom who used this for homeschooling. She just had her child pick one out from the library each week until they were all read. Level 1 Level 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Best source I know of is Cay Gibson's Picture Perfect Childhood. It is an amazing resource for picture books, both fiction and nonfiction. You can get it through Amazon as a print book, or Lulu as an e-book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I've recently discovered "Aliki". Interesting stuff, with non fiction books at different levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunriseiz Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 If you include biographies in this category, I'd recommend the picture books series by David Adler. http://www.davidaadler.com/the_picture_biography_series__holiday_house__9353.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyforlatin Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Jason Chin's Redwoods and Coral Reefs, both full of information and beautifully illustrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyforlatin Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Jean Craighead George's The Thirteen Moons Series and any of her other picture books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjlcc Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Author Holling C. Holling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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