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F a v o r i t e J u n i o r N o n - f i c t i o n B o o k s |
Chosen by the Youth Services Staff
- Christensen, Bonnie
- In My Grandmother's House: Award Winning Authors tell Stories About their Grandmothers. 2003. J 306.8745 CHR
- Twelve noted authors share memories of their own grandmothers--some sweetly nostalgic, others heartbreaking--that speak to the special relationship between a grandmother and a granddaughter.
- Cleary, Beverly.
- A Girl fromYamhill. 1988. JB CLEARY
- Follows the popular children's author from her childhood years in Oregon through high school and into young adulthood, highlighting her family life and her growing interest in writing.
- Dahl, Roald.
- Boy:Tales of Childhood. 1984. JB DAHL
- Anecdotes from the author's childhood.
- Deak, Erzsi.
- Period Pieces: Stories for Girls. 2003. J808.83 DEA
- A collection of twelve stories about girls' experiences as they begin to menstruate.
- Foreman, Michael.
- War Boy:A Country Childhood. 1989. JB FOREMAN
- Stories about growing up in England during WWII.
- After the War Was Over. 1995. JB FOREMAN
- Stories about growing up in England after WWII.
- Freedman, Russell.
- Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery. 1993. JB ROOSEVELT
- A photobiography of the first wife of a president to have a public life and career of her own. A Newbery Honor book.
- Gold, Alison Leslie.
- Memories of Anne Frank: Recollections of a Childhood Friend. 1997.
JB FRANK
- Recounts the story of Hannah Goslar, a close friend of Anne Frank and one of the last to see her alive.
- Grover, Lorie Ann.
- Loose threads. 2002. J 811.6 GRO
- A series of poems describes how seventh-grader Kay Garber faces her grandmother's battle with breast cancer while living with her mother and great-grandmother and dealing with everyday junior high school concerns. Ages 12 and up.
- Hautzig, Deborah.
- The Endless Steppe. 1968. JB HAUTZIG
- During World War II, when she was eleven years old, the author and her family were arrested in Poland by the Russians as political enemies and exiled to Siberia. She recounts here the trials of the following five years spent on the harsh Asian steppe.
- Jiang, Ji Li
- Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution. 1996. J 951.056
- This fascinating book details the author's experiences as a teenager during the Cultural Revolution in China. Though she tries to be a devoted follower of Chairman Mao, Jiang and her family are subjected to many indignities because her grandfather was once a landlord.
- Kehret, Peg.
- Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio. 1997. JB KEHRET
- The author describes her battle against polio when she was thirteen and her efforts to overcome its debilitating effects.
- Levine. Karen.
- Hana's Suitcase: A True Story. 2002. J 940.5318LEV
- This remarkable book tells the story of Hana Brady, a girl killed at Auschwitz, and how her suitcase,which arrived at a children's Holocaust education center in Tokyo, Japan, in 2000, came to be a part of the Tokyo Holocaust Education Resource Center. In this suspenseful and amazing tale, Fumiko, the center's curator, searches for clues to young Hana and her family, whose happy life in a small Czech town came to an end with the invasion of the Nazis. A CD recording of a radio program based on the book is included.
- Lobel, Anita.
- No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War. 1998. J 940.5318 LOB
- The author, known as an illustrator of children's books, describes her experiences as a Polish Jew during World War II and for years in Sweden afterwards.
- Murphy, Jim.
- The Great fire. 1995. J 977.3 MUR
- A vertible cinematic account of the catastrophe that decimated much of Chicago in 1871, forcing more than 100,000 people from their homes. Jim Murphy tells the story through the eyes of several survivors. These characters serve as dramatic focal points as the fire sweeps across the city, their stories illuminated by fascinating archival photos and maps outlining the spread of fire. 1996 Newbery Honor Book.
- Myers, Walter Dean.
- At Her Majesty's Request: An African Princess in Victoria's England. 1999. J941.08MYE
- Biography of the African princess saved from execution and taken to England where Queen Victoria oversaw her upbringing and where she lived for a time before marrying an African missionary.
- Bad Boy. 2001. JB Myers
- Walter Dean Myers is an award-winning writer of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for young people. He has received the Margaret A. Edwards Award for his contribution to young adult literature and is a five time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award.
- Tillage, Leon.
- Leon's Story. 1997. J 975.655 TIL
- The son of a North Carolina sharecropper recalls the hard times faced by his family and other African Americans in the first half of the twentieth century and the changes that the civil rights movement helped bring about.
- When I Was Your Age:Stories by Well Know Authors about Growing Up. 1996. J 928 WHE
- Ten award-winning authors tell young readers stories drawn from their own childhood memories. Funny, heartbreaking, or both at once, their stories are full of feelings familiar to every child. Mary Pope Osborne, James Howe, Katherine Paterson, Walter Dean Myers and others reveal how the experience of being a child changes through time, and how much it stays the same.
- When I Was Your Age:Stories by Well Know Authors about Growing Up. Volume 2. 1999. J 928 WHE
- Ten award-winning authors tell stories of pivotal moments in their childhoods.
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