I’ve been thoroughly enjoying my quest for the best new nonfiction titles out there as I lovelovelove a good nonfiction picture book! Here are some of the juicy best I’ve seen thus far: The Street Beneath My Feet, written by …
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fiction favorites…The Twenty-One Balloons
The Twenty-One Balloons, written and illustrated by William Pène Du Bois The Western American Explorer’s Club, in the city of San Francisco, was honored as it had never been honored before in the first week of October 1883 by being …
a list of…five terrific takes on transportation
Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride, written and illustrated by Marjorie Priceman On September 19, 1783, in front of the glittering palace of Versailles, a magnificent crowd of people gathered to see a stunningly-immense, …
