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Miss Moore Thought Otherwise by Jan Pinborough

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This must be the year for picture biographies of world-changing women. Last Read Aloud Thursday I highlighted a new biography of Elizabeth Blackwell, and today I’m sharing a new book I like every bit as much as that one.  Miss Moore Thought Otherwise:  How Anne Carroll Moore Created Libraries for Children by Jan Pinborough is the story of one Anne Carroll Moore, whose life spanned the turn of the twentieth century and who had “ideas of her own.”  At nineteen she made the unconventional decision to become a lawyer like her father.  Then tragedy struck and she became the surrogate mother to her brother’s children after their mother died.  Just about the time she was released from this responsibility by her brother’s marriage, Miss Moore learned that libraries were hiring women librarians.  This possibility exhilarated her, so she headed to New York City to enroll in the Pratt Institute library school.  What followed was a lifetime of passion given to a career for which Miss Moore was perfectly suited.  She eventually became the manager of all the children’s sections of the thirty-six branches of the New York Public Library.  She made all sorts of changes in the libraries, from allowing the children to actually touch the books (!!!) and take them home to improving the book selections.  Finally, the crowning achievement of her career was the development of a fantastic children’s room in the newly constructed New York Public Library (yes, the one with the lions out front).  After the library opened, she did innovative things like inviting children’s authors there to read their works to using a wooden doll she named Nicholas Knickerbocker as a prop to draw shy children out of themselves.  Even after the finally retired, Miss Moore went on a cross-country mission to teach other librarians how to develop their own children’s collections.  Truly, her influence cannot be measured.

Debby Atwell’s acrylic illustrations are colorful and cheerful, just like Miss Moore’s children’s room at the NYPL, and they make an already great story even better.  The refrain throughout this delightful book is the same as the title:  “Miss Moore thought otherwise.”  Aren’t we glad she did?  Highly Recommended.  (Houghton Mifflin, 2013)

I’m linking up today for Nonfiction Monday at Perogies & Gyoza.

Mrs. Harkness and the Panda by Alicia Potter

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Many women down through history have done unexpected things that make them not only champions for their gender, but also heroines for the more obvious reasons. Alicia Potter’s 2012 picture book biography, Mrs. Harkness and the Panda (Knopf, 2012), is the story of just such an unlikely heroine. It is the story of Ruth Harkness, who in 1934 kissed her husband goodbye as he sailed off to China in search of a panda to bring home, the first of its kind to be seen in the United States. Ruth Harkness stayed home and designed tea gowns, as was expected of a woman in her time, though she did expect to join her husband at the end of his expedition. However, tragedy struck, and Ruth received word that William Harkness had died in China. In Ruth Harkness’ own words, “I had inherited an expedition.” She set out for China despite the naysayers and despite complications and difficulties.

After many people told her it couldn’t be done, Ruth found a champion and encourager in a young Chinese man she called Quentin Young, and he helped her on her journey in a multitude of ways, from packing for the trip (no small task!) to navigating the waterways and mountainous terrain. Ruth Harkness and her expedition finally found their panda, and when she brought baby Su Lin home to the U.S., “panda-monium” broke out. In addition to introducing these black and white furry creatures to what quickly became an adoring public, Ruth Harkness also gained for herself a new title: “woman explorer.”

Mrs. Harkness and the Panda was awarded a 2012 Cybils Award in the nonfiction picture category. Not only is this an engaging and well-written tale about a little-known woman from history, it is also beautifully illustrated by the inimitable Melissa Sweet in her trademark watercolor and mixed media style. Using actual maps, Chinese characters, and facsimiles of newspapers, Sweet’s illustrations evoke the feeling of both the time and place in history. This is an excellent biography that appeals to a variety of ages and is well deserving of the accolades it has received. Highly Recommended!

Grab Our Badge!This post was originally posted on the  Kidlit Celebrates Women’s History Month blog and linked up at Nonfiction Monday, hosted by my friend Alice at Supratentorial.  

Eggs 1, 2, 3: Who Will the Babies Be? by Janet Halfmann

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Eggs 1, 2, 3:  Who Will the Babies Be? by Janet Halfmann is a 2012 Cybils finalist in the nonfiction picture books category and the second book by Janet Halfmann we’ve enjoyed.  (Her Star of the Sea was a Cybils nominee last year.)   This is a wonderful introduction to the nonfiction/informational genre for the youngest listeners, for it is a counting book.  From one to ten, the eggs are numbered and counted, and then–a chance to make a prediction:  “Who will the babies be?”  The animals in the book are not the run-of-the-mill ones you’d expect:  included are platypus puggles (imagine our delight at reading this since the DLM is a Puggle at AWANA at church!) and firefly glowworms and the fry of some sort of fish.  Halfmann does a fabulous job of including additional information in the three sentences that grace each two page spread.  For example, quite a bit of information can be gleaned from the three pages about the platypus:

Two eggs, stuck together, warmed by a furry tail in a tunnel by a stream.

Who will the babies be?

Two platypus puggles, wth bills like ducks, slurping milk like kittens.

That’s a lot of information packed into three sentences:  where the puggle eggs are incubated and how;  something unusual about the platypus–that it has a bill like a duck; and that they are mammals.  This science presented in an artful and elementary way that appeals to young listeners.  Betsy Thompson‘s cut-paper collage illustrations (?) are simple, graphic, and colorful.  At first glance I thought another type of illustrations would’ve suited this book better, especially when it is considered as a science book.  However, due to their simplicity these illustrations work well for young readers.  I love how the book ends–with all ten types of eggs side-by-side, and then with all the babies side-by-side.  My only criticism of the book is one that is probably more of a personal preference than anything.  Each two-page spread in this includes a page-sized flap to be opened to reveal the babies in those particular eggs.  I’m not a fan of this format, mostly because it makes the book too fragile for handling by young hands and for library use.  In fact, I ended up cutting the copy of the book we read because I didn’t realize that the flaps opened both vertically and horizontally, so I thought one of the flaps hadn’t been cut by the publisher.  I made about an 1.5″ cut before I realized the flap opened the other way.  :-(   I will say that this interactive element is probably appealing to young children, but it doesn’t make for a sturdy picture book.  After being privy to discussion of this title during the Cybils Awards as a round 2 panelist, I realize that there is a question of accuracy regarding what the pictures depict (i.e. how many eggs a certain animal might actually produce, etc.)  Still, for the youngest of listeners, this is a book chock-full of potential for wonderful observations and discussion.  Highly Recommended.  (Blue Apple, 2012)

Related links:

This year’s Armchair Cybils challenge is officially over, but since as a round 2 panelist in the Nonfiction Picture Books category I couldn’t review any of the finalists until the winner was announced, I’m a little behind with this review.  I am also submitting this post to this week’s Nonfiction Monday roundup at Wrapped in Foil.

 

 

 

 

The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy) by Barbara Kerley

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I was so pleased to find The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy) by Barbara Kerley while browsing the picture books at one of our libraries.  I remembered that it got a bit of positive attention after it was published, and indeed, after checking I realized it was the Cybils 2010 nonfiction picture book winner.  It’s one I had wanted to read, but it had fallen off my radar.    This year I happened to nominate Kerley‘s Those Rebels, John and Tom for this year’s Cybils in the nonfiction picture category, and for both books she teamed up with illustrator Edwin Fotheringham.  Having read two books by this author/illustrator team, I can say that whatever they’re cooking up next, I want to read it and share it with my children!

The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy) is a picture biography based on what Twain’s own daughter, Susy, wrote about him beginning when she was about thirteen.  Interspersed between many of the pages are little booklets from Susy’s journal which are “drawn from the original manuscript,” as are some of Twain’s own handwritten notes.  Through Susy’s eyes we meet a man who is so much more than the humorist he is remembered for being:  a man of many moods and emotions, he loved his cats and took great offense when his shirts were missing buttons. He often wrote from breakfast until just before supper time without a break, and he often got up during (or stayed up until) the wee hours of the morning when he was particularly inspired.  He was the most famous resident of Hartford, Connecticut, and as such couldn’t help but attract more attention than he usually wanted.  He often escaped with his family to Quarry Farm in New York, where they played tennis together and tried to get their donkey, Kiditchin, accustomed to carrying them on his back.  It was not all fun and games, though–Twain had a special writing study at Quarry Farm, and his wife would often expurgate his work for him. In the end, Susy wrote over 130 pages about her father and his personality and the various pursuits that aroused his passionate attention, from writing to copyright law.  This picture biography provides a very balanced look at his life at home with his family.  Kerley positively peppers this book with quotes both from Susy’s hand and from Twain himself, and they really make Twain come to life.  This is my favorite, which is attributed to Twain himself regarding all the visitors he received at home:

But sometimes Papa had to suffer when, as he put it, some “mentally dead people brought their corpses with them for a long visit.”

Isn’t that hilarious?  Kerley includes an extensive list of sources as well a timeline in the backmatter of the book.  Edwin Fotheringham‘s are dark, saturated, and often humorous, and they fit the tone of this picture book to a T.  We give this book a Highly, Highly Recommended and can’t wait to see what Kerley and Fotheringham dream up next!  (Scholastic, 2010)

I’m joining in this week’s Nonfiction Monday round-up which is hosted by Abby the Librarian.  

From the Good Mountain by James Rumford

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I have had From the Good Mountain:  How Gutenberg Changed the World by James Rumford from the library for so long that I’m beginning to think of it as our own personal book.  I waited for the longest to read it to my girls, hoping that we’d eventually get to Gutenberg in our history studies and in our CC timeline.  Well, I finally broke down and read it to them (and I actually think they’d already read it themselves), and then finally, finally we learned Gutenberg’s place in our CC timeline.  We’re getting closer to officially learning about him through our history readings in Story of the World, but we’re not there yet.  Although the girls had little context to inform their knowledge of Gutenberg, surprisingly, this doesn’t matter a whole lot with this book.  Written as a series of very descriptive riddles, this book goes through all the materials and processes required in making books in the 1400s.  The left hand pages detail the riddles, and the right hand pages give the solutions:  paper, leather, gold leaf, ink, printing types, the printing press, and finally, Joannes Gutenberg himself.  Next, the book goes through the actual printing process, given in a narrative form.  Learning just what went into making a physical book in the earliest years of printing is enlightening, to say the least.  For example, did you know that ink what sticky and made from flax seed oil and soot?  I didn’t.  James Rumford‘s pen and ink, watercolor, and gouache illustrations are gorgeously evocative of the time period’s illuminated manuscripts.  This is a fantastic story that would add much to any study of the Middle Ages.  It is one we’ll definitely visit again (if the library will let me keep it that much longer!)  when we finally get to that point in our history studies.  Highly Recommended.  (Roaring Brook Press, 2012)

Other books by James Rumford I’ve reviewed:

This book was nominated for a 2012 Cybils Award in the picture nonfiction category.  I am also submitting this review to Nonfiction Monday, hosted this week by Laura Salas.

The Extraordinary Music of Mr. Ives by Joanne Stanbridge

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Aside from piano lessons and all they entail, music education in our homeschool has been hit or miss.  We’ve studied composers in the past but currently we have no official studies underway.  However, I try to include nonfiction picture books at every opportunity in our homeschool during our read-aloud times, so I was very happy to share this new-to-me composer, Mr. Charles Ives, with my girls.  We found The Extraordinary Music of Mr. Ives interesting and engaging, especially given the historical context of World War I in which it is set.   (We’ve never studied World War I officially, but my girls have absorbed a lot of historical knowledge from the fiction they’ve read.)  I like that the story focuses on how Mr. Ives heard music wherever he went:

Even the most ordinary sounds are like songs to Mr. Ives.

He writes music that is as busy as a city street.  There are train whistles in it, and football games and rowdy picnics and cars rushing past.

He hurries to his office, and even that ordinary place sounds like music to him.  The click click click of adding machines and the murmur of good morning are so beautiful that he forgets to say good morning back.

That’s really interesting to me because I imagine that that’s how it is for truly artistic people.  I also like that it makes Mr. Ives’ love of music something so personal that he continues to write music, even when no one appreciates it:

It lives inside him like a friend, and he carries it with him wherever he goes.

The sinking of the Lusitania and all the horrors of World War I threaten to strip Mr. Ives of his ability to hear his music and write it down, but it is also the shared experience of singing an old hymn–”In the Sweet By and By”– with perfect strangers on the street that restores hope to him.  Mr. Ives composes a rendition of this tune, complete with all the attendant street noises that he heard that terrible day:  ”From Hanover Square, at the End of a Tragic Day, the Voice of the People Again Arose.”  Due to the complexity of the piece, fifty years pass before it is ever performed; in fact, that day doesn’t come until thirteen years after Mr. Ives’ death.  Finally, though, the time for Mr. Ives’ music has come, and since then has has become known as one of America’s greatest composers.

I like this book because it shows the difficulties of being an artist, but it also shares the joys.  Stanbridge‘s prose is lovely and paints a wonderful picture of an unappreciated musician whose music is finally recognized.  While I think the illustrations, which are also by Stanbridge, are a bit too cartoonish to match the tone of the story, this was only mildly distracting.  Besides the illustrations, another quibble I have with the book is the fact that Stanbridge refers to Charles Ives as Mr. Ives throughout the whole story (as I have in this review), and I would’ve appreciated a bit more to connect him to a real person in my mind.  (I didn’t even know his first name until I looked it up in the Author Note.)  I was also disappointed when I looked up the internet link provided in the list of “Further Reading and Listening Resources” to find that the song provided is simply the hymn “In the Sweet By and By” sung by a bluegrass group.  I wanted to hear Charles Ives’ composition!  Noting the lack of such resources in any of the listed sources, I wonder if there is some legal reason for this, but still–I think that would’ve nicely rounded out this story, given the fact that Ives’ music is so unique.  Despite these few weaknesses, this is a good picture book that would make an excellent addition to a history or music study.  (Houghton Mifflin, 2012)

I am submitting this post to this week’s Nonfiction Monday roundup, which is hosted by The LibrariYAn.  This post is also a part of my own Armchair Cybils challenge since this book was nominated in the nonfiction picture books category.

Hanging Off Jefferson’s Nose by Tina Nichols Coury & Nonfiction Monday is here (updated with links!)

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Hanging Off Jefferson’s Nose:  Growing Up on Mount Rushmore by Tina Nichols Coury is just the sort of nonfiction we like:  heavy on the story, but also on the facts–one that when we close it, we feel like we’ve both been entertained and learned something.  Hanging Off Jefferson’s Nose relates the story of Lincoln Borglum, son of sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who lived in South Dakota’s Black Hills from the time he was twelve or so until his death in 1984.  Gutzon Borglum had the idea to carve the visages of a few of the presidents who profoundly shaped our nation into a mountain-sized monument.  After securing financial backing from local businessmen, Gutzon and Lincoln began the task of looking for just the right mountain to carve, and finally, it was time to begin.  This narrative takes the reader through the process and problems encountered.  Behind it all is Lincoln, growing up in the shadow of this great mountain and learning all the jobs himself, which is a good thing since he became the superintendent of the project, and later, the sculptor, himself before the monument’s completion.  Sally Wern Comport‘s illustrations showcase the grandeur and majesty of the monument, as well as the emotion and toil involved in its creation.  My girls were quite interested in the story, especially because Steady Eddie and I visited Mt. Rushmore in our early years of marriage, and they know it’s a place we plan to take them back to visit one day.

My only real quibble with this book–and it’s a small one–is that the title of the story is not really indicative of its tone.  I don’t usually appreciate sensationalized titles, and I feel like this one is a bit sensationalized.  Nothing really exciting happens, unless you consider all the problems the Borglums and their crew encountered in the making of the monument.  The title just set me up to expect an accident or something death-defying, but if you go into it with the expectation that it’s a good story for sharing a bit of Americana with elementary-aged children, you won’t be disappointed.  (Dial Books for Young Readers, 2012)

And now, without further ado, here are your posts for this Nonfiction Monday:

Travis at 100 Scope Notes shares My First Day by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page, a book which provides a look at animals in their first hours of life.  We’re huge Steve Jenkins fans around here, so this looks like a must-read for us!

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 Ms. Yingling Reads shares the book Animals Welcome:  A Life of Reading, Writing and Rescue by Peg Kehret.   This nonfiction memoir by Peg Kehret, prolific author of middle grade fiction, she discusses her life with wild and domesticated animals and her experiences running a cat sanctuary from her home.

Animals Welcome: A Life of Reading, Writing, and Rescue

Sue Heavenrich of Sally’s Bookshelf shares another animal rescue book, this one a National Geographic Kids Chapters book.  Tiger in Trouble!  And More True Stories of Amazing Animal Rescues by Kelly Miner Halls answers the question “What happens to tigers–and other wild pets–when their owners can’t take care of them?”  This looks like a fantastic reader for any animal-loving kid.

Jennifer Wharton at Jean Little Library shares an interesting title:  Unusual Creatures by Michael Hearst.  This book is a collection of poems, comics, and information about unusual creatures, but you’ll have to read Jennifer’s review to find out why someone like Lemony Snicket would write a blurb for this title.  Very unsual.  Very interesting.

Both Anastasia at Booktalking and Alice at Supratentorial share this tempting title, Monkey Colors by Darrin Lunde.  Although written in such a way that even a preschooler can appreciate this book, it definitely covers enough territory to satisfy even older children.  Given the fact that my two year old claims to be a brown monkey, I think this one would be a hit here at the House of Hope.

Roberta at Wrapped in Foil shares an interesting historical title, The House That George Built by Suzanne Slade.  Written in a dual poem/informational text format, this book discusses how George Washington oversaw the building of the White House.  This looks like a must-read for us, and as Roberta says, it’s just in time for President’s Day.

Jeanne Walker Harvey at True Tales & A Cherry on Top shares the title Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World by Laurie Lawlor.  This book highlights Rachel Carson’s bravest action in a very adventurous career:  the writing and publishing of her book Silent Spring.  

Jeff Barger at NC Teacher Stuff shares a DK First Facts book entitled Seasons by Marie Greenwood.  Jeff writes from a teacher’s perspective about this beginning reader, pointing out both pertinent facts about the title and how it can be used in an educational setting.  

Mary Ann Scheuer at Great Kid Books shares a nonfiction book app, Bats:  Furry Fliers of the Night by Mary Kay Carson.  Mary Ann says, “This app layers clear text with interesting diagrams, photographs, and interactive features.”  It is also a Cybils finalist in the book app category for this year.  Book apps are uncharted territory here at the House of Hope, but this one certainly sounds like a good place to start.  

 

 Laurie Ann Thompson shares the book Candy Experiments by Loralee Leavitt.  This book, which is “a fun and exciting collection of science experiments, all of which use various kinds of candy,” looks like a homeschooling family’s dream.  I know my girls would love it.  Don’t miss Laurie’s review and interview with the author!

Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan at Bookends share a couple of new books from The Eye on the Wild Series by Suzi Eszterhas.  Eszterhas is a wildlife photographer who chronicles the development of babies from endangered species to adulthood in this series.  This books look perfect (and irresistible!) for the youngest readers.

Sondra Elklund at Sonder Books shares her top nonfiction picks of 2012, with the number one pick being How Many Jellybeans?  by Andrea Menotti and Yancey Labat.  I love book lists, and there are a few new-to-me titles on Sondra’s.  Don’t miss this post!

Many, many thanks to all the fabulous book bloggers from the Kidlitosphere who made this Nonfiction Monday a success!

Seeing Symmetry by Loreen Leedy

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Symmetry montage

Seeing Symmetryby Loreen Leedy is one of those books that happened along at just the right time in our home and homeschool.  (Actually, it didn’t just “happen” along, since I requested that one of our local libraries purchase it.  However, I didn’t remember when I did that that this is a topic that would come up soon in Louise’s math lessons.  Serendipity!)  I already have a huge appreciation for Loreen Leedy’s work, having used her books on graphs and measuring (as well as other topics) in our homeschool.  Symmetry just happens to be one of those topics I personally find fascinating but have somewhat of a hard time communicating to my young elementary-aged children.  Louise is a freshly-minted seven year old and a visual learner, so while I think she “gets” symmetry, it’s still a hard-to-discuss topic.  Reading Seeing Symmetry gave us the words and concepts we needed to put more “meat” on our understanding; now, instead of it being a rather nebulous visual concept we have an understanding of but few tools to discuss, we can use words like linear symmetry, rotational symmetry, line of symmetry, and center point.    Leedy does an excellent job of moving from the familiar to the unfamiliar; she introduces symmetry by listing several places where a child might’ve seen it, and she goes on to explain the simpler concept of line symmetry.  Moving on from there, she discusses how animals, people, and even words have symmetry, and then she introduces rotational symmetry.  She briefly dicusses how important symmetry is for locomotion in animals, and this is then followed by several two-page spreads of different places one might observe symmetry:  in nature, in art, in holiday symbols, in furniture, and in architecture.  The backmatter of the book includes additional explanatory notes on concepts mentioned in the book, activities one can do to demonstrate symmetry (i.e. paper doll-like folding and cutting, paint blot patterns), how symmetry relates to math, and a glossary.  I like how almost every element in the book, from the title page to the dedication (“To Andy, my other half”) somehow demonstrate symmetry.  The only thing that could’ve made this book better, in my opinion, is if real photographs had been been used for illustrations instead of computer-generated graphics.  (There are plenty of other books that show this side of nature, so this is perhaps a small quibble, but one that I think would’ve enhanced this book a lot.)  We give this book a Highly Recommended for anyone from age six to one hundred six!  (Holiday House, 2012)

This book was nominated for a Cybils Award in the nonfiction picture books category.

This week’s Nonfiction Monday round-up is at Randomly Reading.

Castle: How It Works by David Macaulay with Sheila Keenan

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I handed this level 4 reader to Louise a few weeks ago because I thought she’d enjoy it.  We’ve been studying the Middle Ages this year, and when I read David Macaulay’s original book, Castle, earlier this school year, it was a hit.  Louise has been known to draw elaborate pictures of castles (sort of cut-away versions where you can see the inside) in her spare time, so I had little doubt that she would like Castle:  How It Works.  What I did not anticipate is that she’d like it so much that she’d spend more than an entire hour-long rest time reading it and writing what she learned in an “essay”!  To say that she liked this book is a bit of an understatement, I think.  This book is written directly to the reader in a style akin to those You Wouldn’t Want To. . . books.  This book is very detailed but written as a narrative, which I think is very appealing to elementary aged children.  It provides an inside look at what it would be like to get inside the castle as a friend and then as a foe.  The various defense mechanisms of the castle are described, as well as the various rooms and areas of the castle.  Louise’s favorite detail (which she later recounted to Steady Eddie) is that hay was commonly used for toilet paper in these Medieval castles.   Color illustrations are both detailed and emotive for a nonfiction book, and a glossary and sketch help identify all the parts of the castle. 

For the record, I’m really not sure to whom to give the author attribution for this book.  I’m assuming that Sheila Keenan actually wrote this one based on David Macaulay‘s earlier, more detailed work.  I don’t consider myself much of an expert when it comes to beginning readers, but if this book is a representative of the genre, I might need to give them a second glance.  Highly Recommended.  (MacMillan, 2012)

This week’s Nonfiction Monday round-up is at Wrapped in Foil. 

Electric Ben by Robert Byrd

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Electric Ben:  The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by Robert Byrd is a picture book biography that is vast in its scope.  I mean, how could a life and personality as complex and varied as Benjamin Franklin’s be summed up tidily in fewer than forty pages?  Robert Byrd manages that formidable task very well by dividing Franklin’s life into two-page chronological and topical “chapters.”  This is a large-ish picture book, and each page is divided into halves, with text running the length of both halves and illustrations interspersed with the text.  The effect is newspaper-like in appearance, and the illustrations are both colorful and plentiful and provide a story all their own.  Rendered in ink-line, watercolor, and colored inks, the illustrations are detailed and interesting, with lengthy captions.  I read most of this book aloud to my children, but I don’t think this is a book best read aloud; it lends itself to close study and one-on-one enjoyment.  Bonus features include lots and lots of Ben Franklin quotes both on the inside covers of the book and interspersed throughout its pages, as well as extensive author notes, a timeline, and a bibliography.  In Electric Ben, Robert Byrd has done a fantastic job of capturing the genius of Benjamin Franklin without skimping on the details, despite the compact format of the book.  I can imagine this one being appreciated by all ages.  Highly Recommended.  (Dial Books for Young Readers, 2012)

Reviews Elsewhere and Related Links:

This book has been nominated in the Nonfiction Picture Books category of this year’s Cybils.

 

I am also adding this review to the list of links at Perogies and Gyoza, this week’s host of Nonfiction Monday. Perogies and Gyoza is also a participant in this year’s Armchair Cybils!