Tuesday, March 11, 2008

New Award Books

The following books are all Orbis Pictus Award Honor books. The Orbis Pictus Award is given to outstanding nonfiction books for children.

Black and White Airmen: Their True History - John Fleischman
Presents the true story of two men--one African-American, the other white--who lived in the same Ohio neighborhood, went to the same school, joined the Army Air Corps in 1941, and finally became close friends nearly sixty years later.

Muckrakers - Ann Bausum
How investigative reporting was born during the early 20th century.

Venom - Marilyn Singer
Learn about venom and the animals that produce it and use it to survive, including spiders, insects, snakes and other reptiles, frogs and toads, fish, and ocean invertebrates.

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