Fan Art Contest Titles: Non-fiction

305.235 ELL Ellis, Deborah, 1960-. Kids of Kabul : living bravely through a never-ending war. Toronto, Ont. ; : Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2012. Examines the lives of children living in Kabul, featuring boys and girls ages ten to seventeen discussing their lives in a country at war. 323.119 LEV Levinson, Cynthia. We've got a job : the 1963 Birmingham Children's March. 1st ed. Atlanta : Peachtree, c2012. Discusses the 1963 Birmingham Children's March in Birmingham, Alabama. 363.8 CRA Craig, Joe. Safeguarding water and food supplies. 1st ed. New York : Rosen Central, 2013. Describes how people are adapting to the increase in the need for safeguarding water and food supplies caused by global warming. 372.6 OCO O'Conner, Patricia T. Woe is I jr. : the younger grammarphobe's guide to better English in plain English. New York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2007. Uses simple language and fun examples to show how to speak English properly. 393 HALL Halls, Kelly Milner, 1957-. Mysteries of the mummy kids. Plain City, Ohio : Darby Creek Pub., c2007. Learn about child mummies from the Incas and other ancient civilizations around the world, plus a Civil War-era mummy from the United States. 398.2 MOR Morris, Gerald, 1963-. The adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008. Relates tales of Sir Lancelot, the bravest knight in King Arthur's court. 398.2 RUM Rumford, James, 1948-. Beowulf, a hero's tale retold. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., c2007. A simplified and illustrated retelling of the exploits of the Anglo-Saxon warrior, Beowulf, and how he came to defeat the monster Grendel, Grendel's mother, and a dragon that threatened the kingdom. 551.21 MAS Masters, Nancy Robinson. Volcanic eruptions. Ann Arbor, Mich. : Cherry Lake Pub., 2012. Combines scientific information about volcanoes with challenging math problems. Readers learn about historical disasters, volcanologists, plate tectonics, and even volcanic eruptions in space. 553.6 KUR Kurlansky, Mark. The story of salt. New York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2006. The story of the only rock we eat, including its origin, the other discoveries made because of it, and tales of salt and the people who have been involved with it through the ages. 560.17 HAR Harrison, David L. (David Lee), 1937-. Cave detectives : unraveling the mystery of an Ice Age cave. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2007. "Follow along as paleontologist Matt Forir and his team of experts unravel a prehistoric mystery."--back cover. 569.9 BER Berger, Lee R. The skull in the rock : how a scientist, a boy, and Google Earth opened a new window on human origins. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2012. Tells the story of how Professor Lee Berger and his nine-year-old son used Google Earth to find a new way to study the history of human evolution. 598.072 HOO Hoose, Phillip M., 1947-. Moonbird : a year on the wind with the great survivor B95. 1st ed. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2012. Chronicles a year in the life of rufa red knot B95, also called Moonbird, following him through his migration pattern and discussing the environmental problems that caused the rufa population to collapsed by nearly eighty percent. 599.88 PIM Pimm, Nancy Roe. The heart of the beast : eight great gorilla stories. Plain City, OH : Darby Creek Pub., c2007. Read biographies of eight real gorillas as you learn about how gorillas are both like and unlike humans. 636.08 HOD Hodgman, Ann. The house of a million pets. 1st ed. New York : H. Holt and Co., c2007. Learn about Ann and her life with all her pets. 636.70092 HOU Houston, Dick. Bulu, African wonder dog. 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2010. Steve and Anna knew that the Zambian bush was a dangerous place for a pet. So when they adopted the runt of a terrier litter, they tried to train and protect him from peril. Still, Bulu had some terrifying, heart-stopping encounters in his life. To their surprise, Bulu also had an astonishing ability to calm and communicate with orphaned animals-warthogs, monkeys, and a newborn bushbuck. 725 SAN Sandler, Michael, 1965-. Stupendous sports stadiums. New York : Bearport Pub., c2012. Stupendous sports stadiums -- Cowboys Stadium -- Beijing National Stadium -- ANZ Stadium -- Marina Bay Floating Stadium -- Allianz Arena -- World Games Stadium -- University of Phoenix Stadium -- Rungrado May Day Stadium -- More stupendous stadiums. Photographs and text examine the unique features of sports stadiums and provide facts and information about the Cowboys Stadium, Beijing National Stadium, Allianz Arena, the World Games Stadium, and others. 741.6 SAY Say, Allen. Drawing from memory. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2011. Caldecott medalist Allen Say chronicles his experiences as an artist during World War II, and describes his relationship with his mentor Noro Shinpei, Japan's leading cartoonist. 781.64 BER Bertholf, Bret. The long gone lonesome history of country music. 1st ed. New York, NY : Little, Brown and Co., c2007. A journey through the history of country music. 796.09 RAP Rappoport, Ken. Profiles in sports courage. 1st ed. Atlanta : Peachtree, c2006. Muhammad Ali "The Greatest" -- Lance Armstrong "Captain Courageous" -- Kerri Strug "Standing tall" -- Junko Tabei "No mountain too high" -- Junius Kellogg "Blowing the whistle" -- Jim Abbott "Beating the odds" -- Janet Guthrie "Fast Lane Lady" -- Jackie Robinson "The first" -- Gail Devers "Golden girl" -- Curt Flood "A flood tide" -- Rocky Bleier "Man on a mission" -- Ekaterina Gordeeva "Skating for Sergei". Collection of 12 profiles of athletes who have faced significant challenges in their personal and professional lives that they have overcome through their own courage. 796.092 Stout, Glenn, 1958-. Yes she can! : women's sports pioneers. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. Describe the athletic feats of women who defied social norms to pursue their dreams, including Trude Ederle's efforts to swim the English Channel, Olympic runners Louise Stokes and Tidye Pickett, and Indy car racer Danica Patrick. 796.0922 STO Stout, Glenn, 1958-. Soldier athletes : doing their duty. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. Details the athletic and military records of four brave Americans--Ted Williams, Rocky Bleier, Carlos May, and Pat Tillman--who left successful sports careers to serve their country. 796.3 SOM Sommer, Shelley. Hammerin' Hank Greenberg : baseball pioneer. 1st ed. Honesdale, Pa. : Calkins Creek, c2011. Photographs and text chronicle the life and career of professional baseball player Hank Greenberg, discussing his Jewish American heritage, and describing his childhood, military service during World War II, his role as a baseball executive, and other related topics.

796.32 STE Stewart, Mark, 1960-. Swish : the quest for basketball's perfect shot. Minneapolis [Minn.] : Millbrook Press, c2009. Aiming for the stars : the history of shooting -- Buzzer beaters : amazing game-winning shots -- Sensational scorers : the art of shooting -- Longest, shortest, weirdest, wildest : basketball's most remarkable shots -- Fabulous feats : an inside look at scoring -- For the record : basketball's greatest scoring marks -- Crystal ball : the future of shooting. A history of some notable basketball shots and players. 796.323 COL Macy, Sue. Basketball belles : how two teams and one scrappy player put women's hoops on the map. 1st ed. New York : Holiday House, c2011. Agnes Morley describes growing up on her family's ranch in New Mexico, attending school at Stanford University, and participating in the first basketball game played between two women's college teams on April 4, 1896. 796.33 SAN Sandler, Michael. Eli Manning and the New York Giants : Super Bowl XLVI. New York, NY : Bearport Pub., c2013. Eli Manning knew he would have to play a great game to capture the 2012 Super Bowl. His team, the New York Giants, was facing its rival, the New England Patriots, in a rematch of the 2008 Super Bowl. The Giants had won that game in a huge upset, and now the Patriots were looking for revenge. With Giants fans counting on him, could Eli lead his team to the championship once again?. 796.33 STJ St. John, Warren. Outcasts united : the story of a refugee soccer team that changed a town. 1st ed. New York : Delacorte Press, c2012. American-educated Jordanian Luma Mufleh founds a youth soccer team comprised of children from Liberia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Balkan states, and elsewhere in the refugee settlement town of Clarkston, Georgia, bringing the children together to discover their common bonds as they adjust to life in a new homeland. 796.332 DOE Doeden, Matt, author. The college football championship : the fight for the top spot. Who's Number 1? A history of college football's championship -- Settling it on the field: great national title games -- Building a legend: dynasties of college football -- Unforgettable: memorable moments of the National Championship -- Challenges and opportunities: the future of college football. In 2015, when Ohio State University took on the University of Oregon in the first College Football Playoff championship game, millions of sports fans tuned in. The game was the most-watched program in the history of cable television in the United States. But back in 1869, when Rutgers University and Princeton University played the first ever college football game, no one predicted the national spectacle that a college football championship game would become. 796.334 STE Stewart, Mark, 1960-. Goal! : the fire and fury of soccer's greatest moment. Minneapolis [Minn.] : Millbrook Press, c2010. Kicking back -- History in the making: 10 great goals -- Finishers: the art of the goal -- Did you see that? amazing goals and goal-scorers -- A little help! the weirdest, wildest goals in soccer history -- For the record: world cup goal-scoring records -- Back of the net: the future of the goal. A look at some of the most famous goals in soccer history and those who scored them. 796.35 BOW Bowen, Fred. No easy way : the story of Ted Williams and the last .400 season. New York, N.Y. : Dutton Children's Books, c2010. Ted Williams hit .406 for the season in 1941--a feat not matched since. In this inspirational picture book, authentic sports writing and rich, classic illustrations bring to life the truly spectacular story of the Red Sox legend, whose hard work and perseverance make him the perfect role model for baseball enthusiasts of all ages.

796.357 Stout, Glenn, 1958-. Able to play : overcoming physical challenges. Boston : Sandpiper/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012. Contains four biographies of baseball players that had disabilities, including pitcher Mordecai Brown who was missing a finger, third baseman Ron Santo who had diabetes, pitcher Jim Abbott had only one arm, and Curtis Pride who was deaf. 796.357 DIC Dickey, R. A. (Robert Allen), 1974-. Throwing strikes : my quest for truth and the perfect knuckleball. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2013. Baseball pitcher R.A. Dickey chronicles his life and a career in baseball. 796.357 LAT Latimer, Clay, 1952-. VIP pass to a pro baseball game day : from the locker room to the press box (and everything in between). Mankato, Minn. : Capstone Press, c2011. "Describes various activities and people who work behind the scenes during a Major League Baseball game"--Provided by publisher. 796.357 VER Vernick, Audrey. Brothers at bat : the true story of an amazing all-brother baseball team. Boston : Clarion Books, 2012. Documents the story of the Baseball Hall of Fame honorees, tracing how the Acerra family of New Jersey formed their own semi-pro baseball team in the 1930s and became the longest-running all-brother team in history. 796.42 MAL Malaspina, Ann, 1957-. Touch the sky : Alice Coachman, Olympic high jumper. Chicago : Albert Whitman, 2012. A biography of the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, from her childhood in segregated Albany, Georgia, in the 1930s, through her recognition at the 1996 Olympics as one of the hundred best athletes in Olympic history. 796.48 BRO Brown, Daniel, 1951- author. The boys in the boat : the true story of an American team's epic journey to win gold at the 1936 Olympics. Young reader's edition. Out of the depths of the Great Depression comes the astonishing tale of nine working-class boys from the American West who at the 1936 Olympics showed the world what true grit really meant. With rowers who were the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washington's eight-oar crew was never expected to defeat the elite East Coast teams, yet they did, going on to shock the world by challenging the German boat rowing for Adolf Hitler. 796.48 CHR Christopher, Matt. Great moments in the summer Olympics. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2012. This fact-filled reference highlights memorable moments in Summer Olympics history, noting the achievements of such famous athletes as Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis, and Mary Lou Retton. 796.48 SYL Sylvester, Kevin. Gold medal for weird. Toronto [Ont.] ; : Kids Can Press, c2007. "How did a man in a tutu wreck a diving competition? How did Mount Vesuvius throw out more than lava? ... find the answers to these questions and others you haven't even thought of!"--Inside dust jacket. 796.98 MAC Macy, Sue. Freeze frame : a photographic history of the Winter Olympics. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2006. Highlights in the history of the Winter Olympics from their inception in 1924 to today, including profiles of the Olympic athletes and information on the lesser-known winter sports. Also includes an Olympic almanac with information about each Olympiad. 811 LEV Levine, Gail Carson. Forgive me, I meant to do it : false apology poems. 1st ed. New York, NY : Harper, c2012. Inspired by William Carlos Williams' famous poem "This Is Just to Say," Gail Carson Levine delivers a wickedly funny collection of her own false apology poems, imagining how tricksters really feel about the mischief they make. 811.54 Woodson, Jacqueline. Brown girl dreaming. New York : Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), [2014]. "The author shares her childhood memories and reveals the first sparks that ignited her writing career in free-verse poems about growing up in the North and South"--Provided by publisher. 812 SCH Schlitz, Laura Amy. Good masters! Sweet Ladies! : voices from a medieval village. 1st ed. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, c2007. Hugo, the Lord's nephew -- Taggot, the blacksmith's daughter -- Will, the plowboy -- Alice, the shepherdess -- Thomas, the doctor's son -- Constance, the pilgrim -- Mogg, the villein's daughter -- Otho, the miller's son -- Jack, the half-wit -- Simon, the knight's son -- Edgar, the falconer's son -- Isobel, the Lord's daughter -- Barbary, the mud slinger -- Jacob Ben Salomon, the moneylender's son and Petronella, the merchant's daughter -- Lowdy, the varlet's child -- Pask, the runaway -- Piers, the glassblower's apprentice -- Mariot and Maud, the glassblower's daughters -- Nelly, the sniggler -- Drago, the tanner's apprentice -- Giles, the beggar. A collection of short one-person plays featuring characters, between ten and fifteen years old, who live in or near a thirteenth-century English manor. 818.54 AGE Agee, Jon. Orangutan tongs : poems to tangle your tongue. 1st ed. [New York, N.Y.] : Disney/Hyperion Books, 2009. Have you ever gotten tripped up trying to say a silly succession of similar syllables? Try out these hilarious tongue twisters for lots of fun!. 910.9 TEM Temple, Bob. The Titanic : an interactive history adventure. Mankato, Minn. : Capstone Press, c2008. All aboard! -- A first-class experience -- On the way to America -- To protect and serve -- After the disaster. Describes the events surrounding the sinking of the ship Titanic in 1912. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from the perspective of a first-class passenger, a third-class passenger, and a crewmember. 930.1 SCH Schlitz, Laura Amy. The hero Schliemann : the dreamer who dug for Troy. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, c2006. A biography of the archaeologist who discovered the lost city of Troy. 970.01 WAL Walker, Sally M. Their skeletons speak : Kennewick Man and the Paleoamerican world. Minneapolis, MN : Carolrhoda Books, c2012. Explores the discovery and identification of the Kennewick Man, a nine thousand year old skeleton whose remains where found in a river bed in Washington State in 1996. 972.91 ENG Engle, Margarita. Enchanted air : two cultures, two wings: a memoir. 1st ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2015]. "In this poetic memoir, Margarita Engle, the first Latina woman to receive a Newbery Honor, tells of growing up as a child of two cultures during the Cold War."--Amazon. 973.7 KEN Kennedy, Robert Francis, 1954-. Robert Smalls : the boat thief. 1st ed. New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2008. "Robert Smalls was a true American patriot. Despite the burdens America laid upon him, he loved our country. He believed in the "inherent justice" of American democracy and in the principles espoused in the Declaration of Independence"--Afterword. 973.7 SHE Sheinkin, Steve. Lincoln's grave robbers. New York : Scholastic Press, 2013, c2012. Describes the 1876 attempt to steal and ransom Lincoln's body to secure the release of an imprisoned leader of a counterfeiting ring. 973.917 MAR Marrin, Albert, author. FDR and the American crisis. Was Franklin D. Roosevelt a champion of the poor and a defender of freedom, or was he an elite who violated civil rights? In fact, America's thirty-second president was all of these things - and more.