The Nonfiction Detectives and I are hosting a Non-Fiction Picture Book Challenge. My goal has been to kick off the month with the new nonfiction picture book release titles. December isn't a huge month for new releases, but I am including many titles that I have recently discovered were released in 2012. Please share with me titles that you have found.
January 2012
Touch the Sky: Alice Coachman, Olympic High Jumper by Ann Malaspina; Illustrated by Eric Velasquez
March 2012
Queen of the Track: Alice Coachman Olympic High-Jump Champion by Heather Lang; Illustrated by Floyd Cooper
June 1, 2012
George Bellows: Painter with a Punch! by Robert Burleigh
June 19, 2012
Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert by Gary D. Schmidt; Illustrated by David Diaz
September 18, 2012
From the Good Mountain: How Gutenberg Changed the World by James Rumford
September 26, 2012
Birds of a Feather by Bernadette Gervais
October 1, 2012
Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidatsa Story by S.D. Nelson
Nic Bishop Snakes by Nic Bishop
October 9, 2012
The Extraordinary Music of Mr. Ives: The True Story of a Famous American Composer by Joanne Stanbridge
December 4, 2012
Fifty Cents and a Dream: Young Booker T. Washington by Jabari Asim; Illustrated by Bryan Collier
The links for the above books will take you directly to the IndieBound.org book page for purchasing information, unless otherwise noted. Please note, I do not make anything off these links or profit in anyway from posting the links. If you know of a book that should be included in this list, please include the title and author in the comments section and I will update the list.
Link up your nonfiction picture book reviews below...
