New Juvenile Non-fiction
Selected by Joan Weiskotten, Reference & Youth Services Librarian.
Scheduled to be published in the Times Union on 8/2004.
| Title: Let's Rock: Rock Painting for Kids Publisher: NorthWord Press 2003 Editor: Linda Kranz Great craft projects for budding artists! Complete with more than 100 patterns, this book gives detailed instructions for turning ordinary rocks into pieces of art. The finished products can be used as paperweights, magnets, doorstops, game pieces or anything else the imagination can come up with. |
| Title: Luba: The Angel of Bergen-Belsen Author: McCann, Michelle Roehm Publisher: Tricycle Press 2003 First person retellings of experiences from the Holocaust are rapidly disappearing as World War II retreats farther into history. This is a story of one woman, herself a prisoner in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, who saved the lives of fifty-four orphaned children who had been left to die of exposure in a field behind her barracks in December 1944. |
| Title: Modern Olympics Author: Middleton, Haydn Publisher: Heineman Library 2003 This book arrives just in time for the Summer Olympics, being held in Athens, Greece for the first time since 1896, when the modern Olympics were born. This thin volume traces the history of the Modern Olympics and describes the sports that are included. There are also notes of interesting little-known facts. Full of color and black and white photographs. |
| Title: The Tarantula Scientist Author: Montgomery, Sy Publisher: Houghton Mifflin 2004 Did you know that tarantulas, those big, hairy spiders, have yellow blood? That's just one bit of information found in this fascinating book which follows a spider scientist as he conducts research on one of the most feared creatures on earth. Learn how the scientist, Sam, prepares for "tarantula hunting" and the type of research he does. Hundreds of photos bring the reader up close and personal to these scary looking arachnids. |
| Title: Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America Author: Robinson, Sharon Publisher: Scholastic 2004 There have been many books written about Jackie Robinson, the African American who broke the racial barrier in Major League Baseball. However, this book is written by Robinson's daughter, who brings a whole different look to his story. Through family photos, MLB records and her own memories, she shows how her father lived his personal life as well as his professional one with integrity and honor, despite the many biases he faced. |