Winner Children's Non-Fiction The 2020 Best Book Awards
The president works very hard in the White House, but this big house and its yard provide a special place to take a break for exercise too. Running, swimming, basketball, tennis, sailing, fishing, golf, and even Hoover Ball are just a few of the activities that the presidents enjoy as a break from their hard work at the White House. In this book, you will find out if there is a president who shared your favorite sport, game, or exercise to play or watch.
Finalist Children's Non-Fiction The 2020 Best Book Awards
The White House has served as the home and office of the President of the United States for more than two hundred years. Its history fills thousands of books, but the best place to start to learn about the President's House is with the twenty-six letters of the alphabet! You'll find every letter here from A to Z! Five-year-old Rocco Smirne and his mother created this book to share a story for each letter. They will take you to see the Marine Band, the Queens' Bedroom, the Oval Office and rooms that are all red, blue, and green. Rocco's favorite picture is of Marine One, the helicopter drawn for the letter H!
Finalist Children's Non-Fiction The 2020 Best Book Awards
Rural areas cover 97 percent of the United States—yet more than 80 percent of the US population lives in urban areas. What is life like for the millions of children who populate our nation’s cities?
In Urban Playground, Katie Burke interviews fifty children, ages five to nine, who live in San Francisco. In each conversation, she explores one of ten different themes—family, school, pets, vacation, work, heroes, holidays, favorite foods, talents, and sports—followed by insights on the topic. She rounds out each segment with five questions for adults and kids to discuss after they’ve read it together, encouraging open, honest dialogue about young readers’ thoughts on the subject matter at hand. Future books in the series will expand into other major U.S. cities. Fun, accessible, and interactive, Urban Playground is an important window into the ways children in cities think about and describe the most important aspects of their lives—which is every aspect of their lives!
Finalist Children's Non-Fiction The 2020 Best Book Awards
Ever wonder about the inside of an Islamic mosque or a Sikh gurdwara? Ever wonder what the first worship spaces were like? Do you know which religions usually require removing shoes or wearing head coverings? Travel around the world and explore the ins and outs of sacred spaces from seven of the world's major faith traditions - all in one volume. The similarities and differences might surprise you!
Finalist Children's Non-Fiction The 2020 Best Book Awards
A Young Person's Field Guide to Finding Lost Shipwrecks is an autobiographical account of a nautical archeological expedition. Written by the marine geologist in charge of the survey, it discusses and explains the science behind a multibeam sonar and other technology used for the expedition, as well as describing the day-to-day operations aboard a 37-meter research vessel. The story begins alongside a dock in Cadiz, Spain, where three archeologists, two college students on a summer internship, three captains, one cook, one engineer, two scuba divers, one able-bodied seaman and the author are aboard the Hercules getting ready to set sail in search of the Santísima.Readers learn a lot more than science in this true-life account of a scientific expedition. They learn history, eat tapas, and even dance the flamenco, all while in search of a 200-year-old shipwreck.
Finalist Children's Non-Fiction The 2020 Best Book Awards
This rhythmic story about a polar bear cub who was orphaned, rescued, and taken to the Alaska Zoo will surely touch readers’ hearts. Their faces will light up with smiles, and quite possibly a tear or two will drop from their eyes. The author poetically describes Ahpun’s amazing life at the Zoo. She had a brown bear for a roommate, a swimming and fishing hole, and yearly birthday parties celebrated with her Zoo family and visitors from around the world. As a favorite attraction, she delighted people with her silly antics and her extraordinary beauty. Romance is included in this true adventure after a male polar bear arrived and they became a couple. Those who were unfamiliar with Ahpun will gain an understanding of how much she was cared for by her keepers, and those who knew her will relive their memories of times spent with this special, gorgeous animal.
Finalist Children's Non-Fiction The 2020 Best Book Awards
What if you could grow up to be a rockstar and sing at a concert in front of a stadium full of screaming fans? What if you could become such a famous TV actor that everyone would know who you are wherever you go? So famous that sometimes you’d find fans hiding in your closet, and even have to hide from people! Or maybe, you just want to have your own horses to ride and have fun with - that way you could go to places you only dreamed of. Well, what if you could do all those things - it's not impossible, because dreams are nothing more than wishes, as a special little boy named David would find out. David Bruce Cassidy entered the world on April 12, 1950, in Flower Fifth Avenue Hospital in New York City, a 7-pound, 15-ounce bundle born to Evelyn Ward during her eight-year marriage to another actor, Jack Cassidy.
I'm A Superhero! Back To School With COVID by Marianne Drasler
“Why can’t I go to school?” Why do I have to wear a mask?” “COVID who?”
Ever wonder how to answer these questions when your child asks? How they must feel when they need to return to school?
Marianne Drasler the author of “I Am A Superhero: Back To School With COVID,” hopes to alleviate these questions for parents, teachers, and others that have the privilege of working with children.
Marianne has been a preschool teacher for over twenty-four years. She wrote this book to ease some of the worries and fears children have when they need to return to school during and after COVID.
