#NF10for10 - Time For Longer Wish Lists

Hurrah, it's #NF10for10 2016. Here's how you do it, according to Mandi Robek at Enjoy and Embrace Learning. Thanks to Mandi and Cathy Mere at  Reflect and Refine: Building A Learning Community hosting at a Google site. I'm looking forward to reading everyone's posts!

               Everyone will probably say how hard this is to choose. There are favorite books in every category I can imagine. I could share books about animals or nature, inspiring people, people from history, diverse books about people, on and on. In past years, I have chosen a topic, but this time I’m going to share my recent top favorites, not always the latest, no matter the category, but adding in that these authors have published other wonderful books, too. If you like this book, there will be more to find! I'm also linking each to my Goodreads review, so if you want to know details, you can take a look. You may know most, but I hope you'll find at least one or two that looks like a "must read"!

The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus - Jen Bryant and Melissa Stewart

          for knowledge and for enjoyment of something that has been presented so beautifully

Big Red Kangaroo - Claire Saxby and Graham Byrne
                  for a good story with information embedded

Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Osofu Yeboah - Laurie Ann        
       Thompson and Sean Qualls 

           for inspiration from someone with little who does something big

You Are Stardust - Elin Kelsey and Soyeon
           for poetry that introduces science concepts within the non-fiction

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Farmer: The Spirit of The Civil Rights Movement -  
            Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes 

           for knowledge of someone we should all know, and for inspiration

Something About A Bear - Jackie Morris        

           for surprise and knowledge

Feathers, Not Just For Flying - Melissa Stewart

           broadening a look at a topic

The Iridescence of Birds: A Book About Henri Matisse - Patricia MacLachlan and Hadley Hooper

           a text to open eyes to art, one of many others

The Robin Makes A LaughingSound: A Birder’s Journal - Sallie Wolf

          a perfect mentor text for nature journaling

Poop Happened: A History of The World From The Bottom Up - Sarah Albee and Robert Leighton

         A favorite n-f author who writes longer and quite thorough texts. Great to interest older students. She's also written Bugged and Why'd They Wear That?.