https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks Made with the best of intentions en-us 2017-02-22 03:05:25 UTC 2025-11-17 05:47:59 UTC hello@padlet.com smith_shanteria https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/161013219 This book is a true story about one dog's journey to find a family of his own. This is a good book to use to make a connection with students who have dogs, and it is also important to point out that fourth graders wrote this book so letting students know they can be authors at any age. Read 1/24 ]]> 2017-03-19 18:20:42 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/161013219 smith_shanteria https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/161014896 This book describes what loyalty is and how you can be loyal in your community,   at school, to your friends, and to yourself. This would be a great book to use to teach character education. Read 2/15 ]]> 2017-03-19 18:40:10 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/161014896 smith_shanteria https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/161015963 This book is one of the books in the Safety First series. It talks about how to be safe on the equipment on the playground, what to wear, etc. This will be a good book to use at the beginning of the school year when establishing rules inside and outside the classroom. Read 1/24]]> 2017-03-19 18:50:42 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/161015963 smith_shanteria https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/161016755 This book is one of the books in the Why it Works series. This book focus on the basics of electricity. For example, what is electricity? What does it do? Where does it come from? This book is good when you are teaching. Read 2/14]]> 2017-03-19 19:00:19 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/161016755 smith_shanteria https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/161020387 This book is about the food we eat on a daily basis. It is humorous, contains many food facts, and asks practical and playful questions. This book is good for teaching health. I believe you can also use it talk about solid and liquids. Read 2/28 ("hot" book published in 2016). ]]> 2017-03-19 19:39:00 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/161020387 smith_shanteria https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/161994401 This book is a true story of animals, people, and war. The Japanese army had made every zoo in Japan kill dangerous animals because they felt like if a bomb dropped near the zoo the animals would escape and harm the people. This book is good to read a loud to students when they are learning about World War II. Read 2/29]]> 2017-03-23 00:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/161994401 smith_shanteria https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/162433367 This book is about about a boy who grew up on the Communist side of the Iron Curtain during the cold war. This book could be used for teaching when students are learning about the Cold War. Read 3/24 (Caldecott Medal Award and Sibert Award)]]> 2017-03-24 14:46:06 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/162433367 smith_shanteria https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/165229128 This book is about four men who became the Beatles. It covers their childhood, their school-aged into their adulthood. Using this book you can show students how their humble start led to a successful career and they did not start off any different from the kids today. Read 3/22 ('hot" book published in 2015)]]> 2017-04-06 18:08:37 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/165229128 smith_shanteria https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/165232509 This book has the "I Have a Dream" speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This is an inspiring speech where he talks about freedom, equality, and peace. This would be a great book to use during Black History Month, and also when they are learning about historical figures. Read 2/22]]> 2017-04-06 18:17:51 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/165232509 smith_shanteria https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/165236159 This book is about a girl name Sylvia and her family who helped end school segregation in California. She was denied enrollment to a "Whites only" school. Her parents took action by organizing the Hispanic community and filing a lawsuit in federal district court. They were successful and ended segregated schools in California. This would be a great book to use to teach students about segregation and how her parents and community stuck together to end it. Read 3/15 ("hot" book published in 2014, Pura Belpr Illustrator Honor Book and a 2015 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book?)]]> 2017-04-06 18:28:16 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/165236159 smith_shanteria https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/165241902 This book is about a girl who moved from Korea to America. She was afraid Americans would not like her and would not be able to pronounce her name so she decided not to introduce herself. Therefore, the class made a name jar for her so they can give her a name. With encouragement from her new friends she decided to use her Korean name and help them say it correctly. This book can be used to teach students to be themselves and to not be judgmental, but accept  people as they are. Read 3/7]]> 2017-04-06 18:47:38 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/165241902 smith_shanteria https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/165252614 This book is about Jonah Winter sharing his family history. His father grew up with seven siblings in a tiny house during the Great Depression. This book could be used to teach how families lived during the Great Depression. Read 3/8]]> 2017-04-06 19:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/165252614 smith_shanteria https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/165256405 This book is about a young girl who meets her grandfather and he has a collection of symbolic things in matchboxes because he explains that at her age, he could not read or write. This book can be used to have a discussion about how small ordinary things can have treausre. It also be eye-opening for students to see that in the past everyone could not attend school. Read 3/28]]> 2017-04-06 19:51:51 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/165256405 smith_shanteria https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/165257494 This book is about how Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman physician. She was rejected many times for medical school, and once she finally got accepted she was treated horribly by her classmates until she proved her self to be the smartest one of them all. This book can be used to teach that anyone can be anything they choose to be regardless of gender, race, etc. Read 3/21]]> 2017-04-06 19:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/165257494 smith_shanteria https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/166883293 This book is about Nell Richardson and Alice Burke who drove
around America in order to help women win the right to vote. it was a difficult journey, but they did not give up. This is a good book to be read to students when they are learning about the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote. Read 3/7 ("hot" book published in 2016)]]> 2017-04-18 20:51:11 UTC https://padlet.com/smith_shanteria/nonfictionpicturebooks/wish/166883293