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Great Nonfiction Reads for Older Children
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The Big Dig: Reshaping an American City by Peter
Vanderwarker Explores the history and construction of the four major elements of Boston’s Central Artery Project. |
Blizzard! The Storm that Changed America by Jim Murphy
A mesmerizing account of the Blizzard of 1888, which paralyzed the Northeast.
Written from personal accounts and newspaper articles.
Brainstorm: The Stories of Twenty American Kid Inventors by Tom Tucker
Short chapters highlighting the achievements of young inventors ranging in age
from 8 to 19 years old.
Champions: Stories of Ten Remarkable Athletes by Bill Littlefield
The inspiring stories of 10 athletes in 9 different sports who not only excelled
but gave something back
Children Just Like Me: A Unique Celebration of Children Around the World
by Barnabas and Anabel Kindersley
The authors traveled to over 30 countries to photograph and interview children
about their daily lives. A great book for those who are curious about the way
others live.
| The Everything Kids Money Book: From Saving to Spending
to Investing- Learn All About Money by Diane Mayr Includes the history of money as well as many fun facts. |
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Gold and Silver/Silver and Gold: Tales of Hidden Treasure by Alvin
Schwartz
Legends, true stories and tall tales about hunting, finding or losing treasure
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog’s Tale by Laurie Myers
Based on the explorers’ original journals and told from the viewpoint of Seaman,
Meriwether Lewis’s dog
Sacagawea: 1788-1812 by Rosemary Wallner
A short, clearly written and nicely illustrated biography of the life of
Sacagawea and the time she spent with the Lewis and Clark expedition.
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Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The extraordinary
true story of Shackleton and the Endurance by Jennifer Armstrong The exciting tale of adventure, disaster and survival of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 expedition to Antarctica |
The Signers: The 56 Stories Behind the Declaration of Independence by
Dennis Brindell Fradin
Highlights the lives of the 56 men who represented their colonies and boldly
declared their desire for liberty and freedom by signing the Declaration of
Independence.
Selected by the Children’s Department of the Haverhill Public Library
Picture Books
jPic/Dee The Library Dragon by Carmen Agra Deedy
jPb/Pic The Knight and the Dragon by Tomie dePaola
jPic/Fal Dragon Tooth by Cathryn Falwell
jPic/Gra The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame retold by Robert D. San Souci
jPic/Hal Henry and the Kite Dragon by Bruce Edward Hall
jPic/Hoo Where’s the Dragon? By Jason Hook
jPic/How There’s a Dragon in My Sleeping Bag by James Howe
jPic/Kra The Secret in the Dungeon by Fernando Krahn
jPic/LaR The Best Pet of All by David LaRochelle
jPic/Lea Eyes of the Dragon by Margaret Leaf
jPic/Mah The Dragon of an Ordinary Family by Margaret Mahy
jPic/Nes The Book of Beasts by E. Nesbit
jPic/Nol Raising Dragons by Jerdine Nolen
jPic/Nun The Last Dragon by Susan Miho Nunes
jPic/Pee How Droofus the Dragon Lost His Head by Bill Peet
jPb/Pic Dragon’s Fat Cat and other Dragon titles by Dev Pilkey
jPic/Sha Elvira by Margaret Shannon
jPic/Sis Komodo! By Peter Sis
jPic/Sto Emma’s Dragon Hunt by Catherine Stock
jPb/Pic The Popcorn Dragon by Jane Thayer
jPic/Wil Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like by Jay Williams
Emergent Readers
E/Ame The Little Dragon by Heather Amery
E/Law Rumble the Dragon series by Felicia Law
E/Tho Good Night, Good Knight by Shelley Moore Thomas
Poetry
jP/Car Dragons, Dragons and Other Creatures that Never Were by Eric Carle
jP/Nas Custard the Dragon and the Wicked Knight by Ogden Nash
jP/Pre The Dragons are Singing Tonight by Jack Prelutsky
Folklore
J398.042/God The Dragon of Og by Rumer Godden
j398.042/Hod Saint George and the Dragon retold by Margaret Hodges
j398.042/Kin Merlin and the Dragons by Jane Yolen
j398.044/Rot Brave Martha and the Dragon by Susan L. Roth
j398.051/Dav The Paper Dragon by Marguerite W. Davol
j398.2/Bas A Book of Dragons by Hosie and Leonard Baskin
j398.2/Dem Demi’s Dragons and Fantastic Creatures
j398.2/Dra Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons
j398.2/Evs The Dragon of Boeotia by Bernard Evslin
j398.2/Fir Fire and Wings; Dragon Tales from East and West ed., Marianne Carus
j398.2/Pas Dragons: Truth, Myth, and Legend by David Passes
Chapter Books
jBro Freddy and the Dragon by Walter R. Brooks
jPb/3-5 Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville
jPb/3-5/Series Dragons Don’t Throw Snowballs (Bailey School Kids)
jFun Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
jGan My Father’s Dragon; Elmer and the Dragon; The Dragons of Blueland
by Ruth Stiles Gannett
jGra The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame
jKol & jPb/3-5 The Dragonling series (6 books) by Jackie French Koller
jKre The Dragon Circle by Stephen Krensky
jMcC The Harper Hall Trilogy by Anne McCaffrey
jRup The Dragon of Lonely Island by Rebecca Rupp
jYep Dragon of the Lost Sea by Laurence Yep
jYol Here There be Dragons
Real Dragons
j597.95/May Komodo Dragons by Thane Maynard
j597.95/Mil The Bearded Dragon by Jake Miller
j597.95/Mil The Komodo Dragon by Jake Miller
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