Best Children's Nonfiction Nature Books

In Njau, Gambia, people simply dropped the bags and went on their way. The bags accumulated in ugly heaps alongside roads. This inspirational true story shows how one person's actions really can make a difference in our world. As a girl, Ceesay realized that the goats on which her village relied were dying because they were eating plastic bags. She also saw that people were tossing the used bags on the ground just as they had always thrown away their baskets when no longer useful—except the plastic bags, unlike the baskets, weren't biodegradable. An inspiring account.—Dorcas Hand, Annunciation Orthodox School, Houston, TX "The simple format of this picture book belies the strength of its content, a story lovingly supported by charming collage illustrations.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This books transcends age and gender and race, it will appeal to any audience, and can be used with young children to teach them early the importance of recylcling and protecting our environment everywhere."
"Elizabeth Zunon's vibrant illustrations depict the amazing transformation made by one woman's mission to save her village."
"Peggy is the one that started the women's group that this book is written about."
"I've found that the story is engaging for a wide range of students (1-8 so far, have not read it to high schoolers yet) and the illustrations are bright and colorful for little ones as well."
"Great book to get kids, and their adults, thinking of the consequences of garbage vs reusing and recycling."
"I loved this story so much I bought it as a Christmas present for a child."
"beautiful story!"

White Cat, Black Cat: TWO CATS. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *. On a lovely fine day, with sun filling the sky, Two neighbor cats met in a garden nearby.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"A charming story in rhyme. with important values about love for others no matter what color they are."
"Such an adorable children book to learn beautiful friendship from the cats' point of view."
"Two cats of different colors meet for the first time."
"I like the fact that this book is simple, gives a good children's based introduction to race relations as well."
"This is an awesome kid book😉 My child really loved the colorful characters (no pun intended lol) Waiting for part 2."
"This is very cute and a quick read."
"Cute story with a good lesson."
"That was really funny."

With a specially knitted Christmas jersey, this funny Dachshund carefully takes his first steps onto the soft white snow blanke t. He loves the feeling and excitedly runs around the neighborhood. 5.0 out of 5 stars This will be a holiday favorite for bedtime story requests and early readers for many years.By ShelleLPLoooong Dog Sees his first snowfall and goes on adventures with his owner and her neighbors. Vibrant full-page illustrations will keep children and adults entranced as they watch the pup make snow angels, try to ice skate and even meet Santa.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I’m trying to read for her different books it helps to develop imagination and increase creativity."
"It's a nice Christmas book about the dog and its adventures, each book has a different story."
"Previous books include a trip to the neighborhood park to hang with the local kids and other pets as well as to play in a rain storm in Short Adventures of a loooong Dog: Children's book about funny dog, Adventure book, Book For Kids, Picture Books, Preschool Books, Ages 3-8, Baby Books, Kids Books, Reading before bedtime and Trick or Treating in his neighborhood during Halloween in his costume in Halloween Loooong Dog: Halloween Adventure of a Funny Loooong Dog - Children's Book, Halloween Kids Books (Loooong Dog's Adventures) (Volume 2)."
"Such nice pictures included and the language is easy and understandable for kids, so 5 stars!"
"This one is about the adventures during this wonderful time of the year, and I'm very much enjoyed that my kids are reading this kind and beautifully pictured book."
"We loved reading this book."
"My sister was looking for a Christmas book for her 3 year old son and once she found the series of the Looooong dog adventures , she recommended it to me and my kids too."
"We read together this wery nice book about a funny puppy Billy, who saw the first snow!"
Best Children's Earthquake & Volcano Books

Hot melted rock from the middle of our planet forces its way up through cracks in the Earth’s crusts, exploding violently and sometimes unexpectedly in volcanic fury that can terrorize populations for months, even years. ANNE SCHREIBER is a graduate in Science Education from Cornell University and began her career as an elementary school teacher.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It's very fun to read and it says something in the beginning and it is true I wanted to read it to my mommy."
"Teaching the little inquisitive little mind."
"Love these books...so do my grandchildren!"
"grandson loves these books."
"I am in love with these books."
Best Children's Fossil Books

From dazzling gemstones to sparkling crystals to molten lava, this brilliantly illustrated book introduces children to the exciting world of rocks and minerals, including both the building blocks and the bling. This high-interest, educationally vetted series of beginning readers features the magnificent images of National Geographic, accompanied by texts written by experienced, skilled children's book authors. Since then she has written over 60 natural science and history books for young readers, and been awarded honors by the NSTA/CBC, the NCSS/CBC, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Library Association, the IRA/CBC Children’s Choice.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I bought this book along with a rock and mineral set for my 7 year olds birthday."
"I got her some break your own geodes and this book she loved it."
"Disappointed with the geodes."
"Very nice pictures and information for the early reader."
"My son loved these for his 6th Birthday present!"
"Love the National Geographic Readers Series!"
"Teaching the little inquisitive little mind."
"I wanted an identifier book for rocks, minerals but it doesn't say what they are."
Best Children's Nonfiction Math Books

Linking to a popular feature in the super successful National Geographic Little Kids magazine, this book brings the browsable fun of the bestselling National Geographic Kids Almanac to a new audience: preschoolers! She has written several popular titles, including Little Kids First Big Book of Why and numerous installments for the National Geographic Readers series.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"One of the reviews said it has misinformation because it classifies humans as "carnivores", but some recent studie shave classified humans as such "based on the percentage of meat in the typical human diet". See: http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/04/20/150817741/for-most-of-human-history-being-an-omnivore-was-no-dilemma. Another negative review said the information is shallow and gave this example: "Some question do not even have answers like this one, 'why some animals are big and some are smalls?'. Why are some animals big and others small?"
"I bought this book and a few others that were similar for my kids (Ages 6 and 12) for Christmas."
"This is one of the best books I've purchased!"
"This was a great book to give my curious 4 year old."
"I bought this for my 4 year old for Christmas and it was a quick favorite."
"I bought this book for my 6 year old daughter."
"A little discombobulated format wise, but the subject matter stimulates valuable discussion between parent and child."
"Not exactly what I expected."
Best Children's Nonfiction Health Books

What follows is a long and frustrating journey with on-again, off-again braces, surgery, embarrassing headgear, and even a retainer with fake teeth attached. Grade 5 Up—When she was in sixth grade, Telgemeier tripped while running and lost her two front teeth. The dental case that Telgemeier documents in this graphic memoir was extreme: a random accident led to front tooth loss when she was 12, and over the next several years, she suffered through surgery, implants, headgear, false teeth, and a rearrangement of her remaining incisors.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"What I liked about this book is that is a comic,well not necessarily a comic, but more like a graphic novel."
"I am in middle school and this book made me feel special that I was strong."
"Great story!"
"My 10 year old daughter loved this book--it encouraged her to love reading."
"This book is excellent."
"She's read "Drama" about six times now, and is once again reading "Smile" this week to keep busy as she anxiously waits for "Sisters" to arrive. Recently my mom was taken to the hospital, thank God she's getting better, but our daughter has even read "Smile" to my mom to cheer her up until she's able to come home."
"I JUST LOVE IT HAVE HAD BRACES WHEN 12 OR SO FOR OVER A YEAR.I THINK RAINA TELGEMEIER BOOK ABOUT HER HVING BRACES IS ONE OF CUTES, AND FUNNIEST COMIC BOOK NOVELS I HAVE EVER READ. HAVING THIS ONE BEING MY FRIST OF BOOKS I MAY READ HER OTHER BOOKS, BUY SMILE AND READ IT YOU WILL LOVE IT LIKE I LOVE IT."
"Another side note - any child going through friend trouble or getting braces may enjoy this book even more than other kids."
Best Children's Nonfiction Transportation

It’s a monster truck! Susan E. Goodman has written numerous works of historical fiction and nonfiction for kids, including the Ultimate Field Trip series and beginning readers such as the Step into Reading titles Motorcycles!
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Find Best Price at Amazon"He was super excited about learning to read this book because there were monster trucks!"
"Grandson loves monster trucks."
"My grandson loves Monster trucks, and was a nice Christmas present for him, he likes the pict."
"My Nephew is crazy about monster trucks, he lives in India and you do not find books on monster truck."
"My son (3) loves monster trucks."
"This is probably my problem....I bought it for my 5 year old grandson and found it way more advanced than expected."