From the Good Mountain: How Gutenberg Changed the World
10 best books like From the Good Mountain: How Gutenberg Changed the World (James Rumford): Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas, Draw What You See: The Life and Art of Benny Andrews, Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World, Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle, Mrs. Harkness and the Panda, The Camping Trip That Changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir, and Our National Parks, Minette's Feast: The Delicious Story of Julia Child and Her Cat, Miss Moore Thought Otherwise: How Anne Carroll Moore Created Libraries for Children, Mr. Ferris and His Wheel, Henri's Scissors
| Author | Molly Bang |
| ISBN | 0545273226 |
Acclaimed Caldecott artist Molly Bang paints a stunning, sweeping view of our ever-changing oceans.
In this timely book, award-winner Molly Bang uses her signature poetic language and dazzling illustrations to introduce the oceanic world. From tiny aquatic plants to the biggest whale...
| Author | Kathleen Benson Haskins |
| ISBN | 0544104870 |
Benny Andrews loved to draw. He drew his nine brothers and sisters, and his parents. He drew the red earth of the fields where they all worked, the hot sun that beat down, and the rows and rows of crops. As Benny hauled buckets of water, he made pictures in his head. And he dreamed of a better life—something...
Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World
| Author | Laurie Lawlor |
| ISBN | 0823423700 |
In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Silent Spring, here is a biography of the pioneering environmentalist. "Once you are aware of the wonder and beauty of earth, you will want to learn about it," wrote Rachel Carson, the pioneering environmentalist. She wrote Silent Spring,...
| Author | Claire A. Nivola |
| ISBN | 0374380686 |
Sylvia Earle first lost her heart to the ocean as a young girl when she discovered the wonders of the Gulf of Mexico in her backyard. As an adult, she dives even deeper. Whether she's designing submersibles, swimming with the whales, or taking deep-water walks, Sylvia Earle has dedicated her life to learning...
| Author | Alicia Potter |
| ISBN | 0375844481 |
In 1934, Ruth Harkness had never seen a panda bear. Not many people in the world had.
But soon the young Mrs. Harkness would inherit an expedition from her explorer husband: the hunt for a panda. She knew that bringing back a panda would be hard. Impossible, even. But she intended to try.
So...
| Author | Barb Rosenstock |
| ISBN | 0803737106 |
Caldecott medalist Mordicai Gerstein captures the majestic redwoods of Yosemite in this little-known but important story from our nation's history. In 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt joined naturalist John Muir on a trip to Yosemite. Camping by themselves in the uncharted woods, the two men...
Minette's Feast: The Delicious Story of Julia Child and Her Cat
| Author | Susanna Reich |
| ISBN | 1419701770 |
Minette’s Feast introduces the iconic American chef Julia Child to a new audience of young readers through the story of her spirited cat, Minette, whom Julia adopted when living in Paris. While Julia is in the kitchen learning to master delicious French dishes, the only feast Minette is truly interested...
Once upon a time, American children couldn’t borrow library books. Reading wasn’t all that important for children, many thought. Luckily Miss Anne Carroll Moore thought otherwise! This is the true story of how Miss Moore created the first children’s room at the New York Public Library, a bright,...
| Author | Kathryn Gibbs Davis |
| ISBN | 0547959222 |
Capturing an engineer’s creative vision and mind for detail, this fully illustrated picture book biography sheds light on how the American inventor George Ferris defied gravity and seemingly impossible odds to invent the world’s most iconic amusement park attraction, the Ferris wheel.
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| Author | Jeanette Winter |
| ISBN | 1442464852 |
Step into the colorful world of Henri Matisse and his magnificent paper cutouts in this biography by acclaimed picture book creator Jeanette Winter.
In a small weaving town in France, a young boy named Henri-Emile Matisse drew pictures everywhere, and when he grew up, he moved to Paris and...
The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau
| Author | Michelle Markel |
| ISBN | 0802853641 |
Henri Rousseau wanted to be an artist. But he had no formal training. Instead, he taught himself to paint. He painted until the jungles and animals and distant lands in his head came alive on the space of his canvases. Henri Rousseau endured the harsh critics of his day and created the brilliant paintings...
| Author | Don Tate |
| ISBN | 1600602606 |
Growing up as an enslaved boy on an Alabama cotton farm, Bill Traylor worked all day in the hot fields. When slavery ended, Bill's family stayed on the farm as sharecroppers. There Bill grew to manhood, raised his own family, and cared for the land and his animals.
By 1935 Bill was eighty-one and...
| Author | Don Brown |
| ISBN | 1596432667 |
Before Washington crossed the Delaware, Henry Knox crossed Massachusetts in winter—with 59 cannons in tow.
In 1775 in the dead of winter, a bookseller named Henry Knox dragged 59 cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston—225 miles of lakes, forest, mountains, and few roads. It was a feat...
| Author | Kathleen Krull |
| ISBN | 0670011142 |
Always cast in a supporting role in the many books about Marco Polo, the great Kubla Khan now takes center stage in a splendid picture-book biography. He is a wonderful subject-a man who liked to live large, building the imperial city of Beijing from scratch, siring a hundred children, throwing birthday...
| Author | Barbara Kerley |
| ISBN | 0545222680 |
A brilliant portrait of two American heroes from the award-winning creators of The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy)!
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were very different.
John Adams was short and stout.
Thomas Jefferson was tall and lean.
John was argumentative...
| Author | Leda Schubert |
| ISBN | 1596435291 |
Marcel Marceau, the world's most famous mime, enthralled audiences around the world for more than fifty years. When he waved his hand or lifted his eyebrow he was able to speak volumes without ever saying a word. But few know the story of the man behind those gestures . . . Distinguished author Leda Schubert...
| Author | John Coy |
| ISBN | 0761366172 |
Taking over a rowdy gym class right before winter vacation is not something James Naismith wants to do at all. The last two teachers of this class quit in frustration. The students--a bunch of energetic young men--are bored with all the regular games and activities. Naismith needs something new, exciting,...
| Author | Jeri Chase Ferris |
| ISBN | 0547390556 |
Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction
Webster’s American Dictionary is the second most popular book ever printed in English. But who was that Webster? Noah Webster (1758–1843) was a bookish Connecticut farm boy who became obsessed with uniting America through language. He spent twenty...
| Author | Matt Tavares |
| ISBN | 0763656461 |
Matt Tavares’s striking homage to one of baseball’s legends offers a rare view into Babe Ruth’s formative years in "the House that built Ruth."
Before he is known as the Babe, George Herman Ruth is just a boy who lives in Baltimore and gets into a lot of trouble. But when he turns seven, his...
| Author | Nic Bishop |
| ISBN | 0545206383 |
YIKES!!! Join naturalist Nic Bishop for a closer look at scaly, scary snakes!
Snakes are scaly, scary, silent predators. They use powerful venom or crushing strength to overwhelm their victims. Then they swallow them whole!
With breathtaking full-page images, Sibert Medal-winning...
| Author | Deborah Hopkinson |
| ISBN | 0375957065 |
"What is breathtakingly shown here, through accurate, cross-hatched watercolor paintings; excerpts from Sullivan’s correspondence to her former teacher; and concise and poetic language, is the woman’s patience and belief in the intelligence of her student to grasp the concepts of language,"...
| Author | Gloria Whelan |
| ISBN | 1442458852 |
Prince Albert comes up with a royally creative solution to Queen Victoria’s modesty concerns in this true story that reveals an overlooked splash of history.
Poor Queen Victoria! She loves to swim, but can’t quite figure out how to get to the water without her devoted subjects glimpsing...
Thomas Jefferson: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Everything
| Author | Maira Kalman |
| ISBN | 0399240403 |
Renowned artist Maira Kalman sheds light on the fascinating life and interests of the Renaissance man who was our third president.
Thomas Jefferson is perhaps best known for writing the Declaration of Independence—but there’s so much more to discover. This energetic man was interested...
| Author | Bonnie Christensen |
| ISBN | 0375867538 |
Acclaimed author-illustrator Bonnie Christensen adopts the voice of Galileo and lets him tell his own tale in this outstanding picture book biography. The first person narration gives this book a friendly, personal feel that makes Galileo's remarkable achievements and ideas completely accessible...
Hands Around the Library: Protecting Egypt’s Treasured Books
| Author | Karen Leggett Abouraya |
| ISBN | 0803737475 |
The inspiring true story of demonstrators standing up for the love of a library, from a New York Times bestselling illustrator
In January 2011, in a moment that captured the hearts of people all over the world, thousands of Egypt's students, library workers, and demonstrators surrounded...
