Garden State 2010 Nonfiction List/Ballot 

GRADES 3, 4 & 5 

Please note the titles indicated with *** are recommended for 5th graders due to content and reading level.                                     Parent discretion advised

Title

Author

***Anne Frank: The Young Writer Who told the World Her Story                  

Kramer,Ann

Ape

Jenkins, Martin

Caring for Cheetahs: My African Adventure

Hansen, Rosanna

Comets, Stars, the Moon and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings

Florian, Douglas

Flush!: The Scoop on Poop Through the Ages

Harper, Charise Mericle

Groundhog Day

Gibbons, Gail

Hey Batta Batta Swing!: the Wild Old Days of Baseball

Cook, Sally and James Charlton

Knut: How One Little Polar Bear Captivated the World

Hatkoff, Juliana, Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Gerald R. Uhlich

Living Color

Jenkins, Steve

Nic Bishop Spiders

Bishop, Nic

Owen & Mzee: The Language of Friendship

Hatkoff, Isabella, Craig Hatkoff & Paula Kahumbu

Parrotfish and Sunken Ships: Exploring a Tropical Reef

Arnosky, Jim

A Seed is Sleepy

Aston, Dianna Hutts

Stealing Home: Jackie Robinson: Against the Odds

Burleigh, Robert

Strong Man: The Story of Charles Atlas

McCarthy, Meghan

Tap Dancing on the Roof

Park, Linda Sue

Twist: Yoga Poems

Wong, Janet S.

***The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain                                                

Sis, Peter

What's Eating You?: Parasites - The Inside Story

Davies, Nicola

When Fish Got Feet, Sharks Got Teeth, and Bugs Began to Swarm: A Cartoon Prehistory of Life Long Before Dinosaurs

Bonner, Hannah