Nonfiction Picture Book Event: Reading Aloud Nonfiction #nf10for10

It's finally here.  Today is our nonfiction picture book event:  #nf10for10.  This is our 3rd annual nonfiction event.  In the past Mandy Robek of Enjoy and Embrace Learning, Julie Balen of Write at the Edge, and I have cohosted this event.  This year all activity will be collected on our Picture Book 10 for 10 Community.

Ways to participate:

• Write a blog post with your 10 favorite nonfiction books and link your blog to our Picture Book 10 for 10 Google Community.  (You will be unable to post until you have requested to join.  I'll try to keep an eye on requests all day.)  



Please click the 2015 link to post.

• Leave your favorites directly on our Picture Book 10 for 10 Google Community site.  
• Feeling creative?  We love that!  Try a new way to share your titles (a few suggestions).
• Tweet your favorites using the hashtag #nf10for10. 
• Try to comment on at least three posts in the event.  

Please note:  If you've participated in past events, we would love it if you could add your previous posts to the tabbed year of the event.  We're trying to recreate past resources.  

10 Nonfiction Picture Books to Read Aloud

I love picture books, but must admit I still have much to learn about nonfiction.  I look forward to this event because I know many participants work hard to keep up with nonfiction across the year.  Their suggestions always help me to know more.  

In previous nonfiction events, I've shared:

• 2014 Mentor Texts for Young Nonfiction Writers
• 2013 My Top Ten Nonfiction Picture Book 

This year, I thought I'd share 10 nonfiction picture books from 2014 I love to read aloud.  Mr. Schu recently shared Katie DiCamillo's video about the importance of read aloud at Watch.  Connect.  Read..  Sometimes we forget about the possibilities from reading nonfiction text to young readers.  Nonfiction read aloud can help children wonder, ask questions, and be curious about the world around them.  Nonfiction read aloud can help students step into new content and understandings.  New nonfiction picture books are also just delightful to share.  Here are my favorites:  

Star Stuff:  Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos by Stephanie Roth Sisson (2014).

Dear Malala, We Stand with You by Rosemary McCarney (2014).  (Note:  This book contains difficult topics so consider this before reading to a group.)  

Iqbal, A Brave Boy from Pakistan / Malala, A Brave Girl from Pakistan:  Two Stories of Bravery (2014) by Jeanette Winter.  (Note:  This book contains difficult topics so consider this before reading to a group.)  

Creature Features (2014) by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page.

Ivan:  The Remarkable Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla (2014) by Katherine Applegate and illustrated by G. Brian Karas.









The Scraps Book:  Notes from a Colorful Life (2014) by Lois Ehlert.

Hippos Can't Swim and Other Fun Facts (2014) by Laura Lyn DiSiena, Hannah Eliot, Pete Oswald (illustrator).

Feathers:  Not Just for Flying (2014) by Melissa Stewart and Sarah S. Brannen (illustrator).

Have You Heard the Nesting Bird (2014) by Rita Gray and Kinard Pak (illustrator).

Winter Bees and Other Poems of the Cold (2014) by Joyce Sidman and Rick Allen (illustrator).