Archive for the 'Nonfiction' Category

The Forbidden Schoolhouse: The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students (Bccb Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Book Award (Awards))

The Forbidden Schoolhouse: The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students (Bccb Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Book Award (Awards)) They threw rocks and rotten eggs at the school windows. Villagers refused to sell Miss Crandall groceries or let her students attend the town church. Mysteriously, her schoolhouse was set on fire by whom and how remains a mystery. The town authorities dragged her to jail and put her on trial for breaking the law.

Her crime? Trying to teach African American girls geography, history, reading, philosophy, and chemistry. Trying to open and maintain one of the first African American schools in America.

Exciting and eye-opening, this account of the heroine of Canterbury, Connecticut, and her elegant white schoolhouse at the center of town will give readers a glimpse of what it is like to try to change the world when few agree with you.
Customer Review: What a story of courage!
This story is about a white woman who taught African American girls. They were tormented, the house was set on fire. Pictures are artifacts.
Customer Review: The Forbidden Schoolhouse
This is a book I will use for a beginning writing class at the university level. It’s a quick read for that purpose and relates a piece of black and white history previously unknown. Because of the size and large print, it has the feel of a children’s book, but it reads like adult nonfiction.





Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery (Clarion Nonfiction)

Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery (Clarion Nonfiction) The intriguing story of Eleanor Roosevelt traces the life of the former First Lady from her early childhood through the tumultuous years in the White House to her active role in the founding of the United Nations after World War II. A Newberry Honor Book.
Customer Review: Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery
My review is simple. I like using Amazon because it is easy, fairly priced and the order comes quickly. If there is a mistake Amazon does not hassle you. What else would I want. It’s all simple.

Chameleon Chameleon (Bccb Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Book Award (Awards))

Chameleon Chameleon (Bccb Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Book Award (Awards))

Experience close-up the many moods (and colors) of chameleons. One brave chameleon ventures from the safety of his tree in search of a new home. On his journey, he meets other rain forest animals, not all of them friendly! Alas, the new tree he chooses is already home to another chameleon. She dons her aggressive coloring until she’s sure that the visitor is friend, not foe. Then they welcome each other with brilliant, happy colors.Incredible photographs and simple text perfect for young children is rounded out with informative backmatter on one of the planet’s most captivating creatures.

Customer Review: Cama cama cama, cama chameleon
The concept of photography as an art is finally coming into its own. Once reluctant art centers are placing their Edward Westons alongside their Claude Monets. As recently as 2004 the very first Caldecott Honor was given to a picture book that contained photography in some way (it was “Knuffle Bunny” by Mo Willems). And Joy Cowley has singlehandedly reinvented the notion of the photographic picture book. Having begun this process with “Red-Eyed Tree Frog” (a title that National Geographic Press must feel they should’ve gotten first dibs on), Cowley has once again paired with photographer extraordinaire Nic Bishop with the multi-colored and magnificent, “Chameleon, Chameleon”. Until these last two books, the notion of a fictional photographic tale has never been properly realized (”Stranger In the Woods” by Carl R. Sams does NOT count). Now all that has changed and Cowley & Bishop can be commended for formenting an entirely new genre in the picture book oeuvre. No small task.

Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: Work from 1970 to the Present

Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: Work from 1970 to the Present From memoir to journalism, personal essays to cultural criticism - this unique, indispensable anthology brings together fifty unforgettable works from all genres of creative nonfiction.

Selected by five hundred writers, English professors, and creative writing teachers from across the country, this collection includes only the most highly regarded nonfiction work published since 1970.

Jo Ann Beard - Wendell Berry - Eula Biss - Mary Clearman Blew - Charles Bowden - Janet Burroway - Kelly Grey Carlisle - Anne Carson - Bernard Cooper - Michael W. Cox - Annie Dillard - Mark Doty - Brian Doyle - Tony Earley - Anthony Farrington - Harrison Candelaria Fletcher - Diane Glancy - Lucy Grealy - William Harrison - Robin Hemley - Adam Hochschild - Jamaica Kincaid Barbara Kingsolver - Ted Kooser - Sara Levine - E. J. Levy - Phillip Lopate - Barry Lopez - Thomas Lynch - Lee Martin - Rebecca McCLanahan - Erin McGraw - John McPhee - Brenda Miller - Dinty W. Moore - Kathleen Norris - Naomi Shihab Nye - Lia Purpura - Richard Rhodes - Bill Roorbach - David Sedaris - Richard Selzer - Sue William Silverman - Floyd Skloot - Lauren Slater - Cheryl Strayed - Amy Tan - Ryan Van Meter - David Foster Wallace - Joy Williams