Book Pairings: Picture Books and Nonfiction

I've only done a few of these. See the previous ones here. But in reading picture books, I found some pairings.

Mail:

 

Your Friend, Parker: Parker goes on vacation and writes to her friend back home about all her adventures.

Mike Delivers: Mike delivers the mail, but he happens to notice something stuck in the garbage truck.

A Trip to the Post Office: Shares all about mail and the Post Office - a great behind the scenes look.

Voting:

 

Vote For Minnie: Minne's running for President of a club - a great look at running a campaign and how the voting process works.

Lillian's Right To Vote: Lillian is a 100-year-old Black woman and she's voting for the first time - the past comes to life as she climbs the steps to the polls.

Vote For Our Future: The elementary school closes on voting day, but the students help participate in voting and encouraging everyone to vote for a better world.

Stars:

Minnie's Starry Night: Minnie wants to see the stars, but every time they look up, something is blocking their view

Hello Star: One little girl sees a dying star and it sparks a lifelong journey for knowledge about space and stars. It also sparks a dream to travel to space. 

Northern Lights: A great introduction to the Northern Lights.

Camping and Parks:

 

 

Mickey's Camper Day: The gang goes camping but not everyone is focused on the great outdoors.

Acadia National Park and Grand Canyon National Park: Part of series of books that introduces readers to the parks with great photographs.

You are Home: Shares a love of America's National Parks with gorgeous illustrations.

Book Pairings (1)

Welcome to a new posting. In the library world, we talk about Book Pairings all the time. There are libraries that bundle fiction and nonfiction books on the same subject together for check-out.

In this case, these are two recent nonfiction books that I read:

I read Give Us the Vote first, which really helped me when I read Stamped a few days later.

I knew what Jason Reynolds was referring to in terms of voter suppression and more because I had just finished this book. I was happy I had the extra knowledge that was fleshed out a little bit more. 

These two books both deal with race and anti-racism. They are both excellent reads.

Hopefully, I'll be sharing more Book Pairings in the near future...

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I voted this morning before coming into work,
I'm wearing my sticker proudly
There were loads of cars in the parking lot,
and tons of people inside
but I got in and out in under 20 minutes
and I didn't even had time to read the book I brought with me, just in case

Then, when I got to work,
I voted on the new turtle in the children's room
I was the second voter there
but we're letting the kids participate in voting,
which I think is fun,
I wanted the turtle to be called Fudge, after the Judy Blume books,
but that wasn't one of the names chosen..


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