Historical Fiction & Nonfiction Mentor Texts Lists

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1 1 Historical Fiction & Nonfiction Mentor Texts Lists Compiled by Marcie Flinchum Atkins December 2014 HISTORICAL FICTION All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom by Angela Johnson, illustrated by E.B. Lewis Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride by Pam Munoz Ryan, illustrated by Brian Selznick Ben Franklin's Big Splash: The Mostly True Story of His First Invention by Barb Rosenstock, illustrated by S.D. Schindler Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney The Flag Maker by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, illustrated by Claire A. Nivola Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue George Washington's Birthday: A Mostly True Tale by Margaret McNamara, illustrated by Barry Blitt Georgia's Bones by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Bethanne Andersen Going North by Janice N. Harrington, illustrated by Jerome Lagarrigue Henry s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine, illustrated by Kadir Nelson Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Kadir Nelson The Mighty Lalouche by Matthew Olshan, illustrated by Sophie Blackall The Noisy Paintbox by Barb Rosenstock by Mary GrandPre Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine by Gloria Whelan, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter

2 2 Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey, illustrated by Gwen Strauss Viva Frida by Yuyi Morales

3 3 NONFICTION Biography Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos written by Deborah Heiligman, illustrated by LeUyen Pham Dream Something Big by Dianna Aston, illustrated by Susan Roth Edward Hopper Paints His World by Robert Burleigh, illustrated by Wendell Minor Jack's Path of Courage: The Life of John F. Kennedy by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by Matt Tavares Miss Moore Thought Otherwise by Jan Pinborough, illustrated by Debby Atwell Nelson Mandela by Kadir Nelson Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein by Don Brown On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein by Jennifer Berne, illustrated by Vladimir Radunsky A Splash of Red by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Melissa Sweet Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos by Stephanie Roth Sisson Thomas Jefferson: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Everything by Maira Kalman The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever by H. Joseph Hopkins, illustrated by Jill McElmurry The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps by Jeanette Winter Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors? The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell by Tanya Lee Stone, illustrated by Marjorie Priceman

4 4 Science An Egg is Quiet by Dianna Aston, illustrated by Sylvia Long (and all others in this series) No Monkeys, No Chocolate by Melissa Stewart and Allen Young, illustrated by Nicole Wong Parrots Over Puerto Rico by Cindy Trumbore, illustrated by Susan Roth Redwoods by Jason Chin Tiny Creatures: The World of Microbes by Nicola Davies, illustrated by Emily Sutton Events/Slice of Life/Niche areas Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers Strike of 1901 by Michelle Markel, illustrated by Melissa Stewart Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas by Lynne Cox, illustrated by Brian Floca Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney Miracle Mud by David A. Kelly My Country 'Tis of Thee: How One Song Reveals the History of Civil Rights by Claire Rudolph Murphy, illustrated by Brian Collier Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin by Gene Barretta Sit In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney Timeless Thomas: How Thomas Edison Changed Our Lives by Gene Barretta We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song by Debbie Levy, illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton

5 5 NF FOR THE YOUNG READER All the Water in the World by George Ella Lyon by Katherine Tillotson Bring on the Birds by Susan Stockdale (she has several NF animal books for young readers) Gravity by Jason Chin The Iridescence of Birds by Patricia MacLachlan Lifetime: The Amazing Numbers in Animal Life by Lola Schaefer, illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal Me Jane by Patrick McDonnell No Monkeys, No Chocolate by Melissa Stewart and Allen Young, illustrated by Nicole Wong