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It's True: New Non-fiction Books

J 338.54 Blum    Blumenthal, Karen. Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929. 2008.
An account of the six days beginning with Black Thursday, October 24, 1929. Filled with fascinating facts and photos from America’s great stock market crash.

JB Polo          Demi. Marco Polo. 2008.
Marco Polo is the story of the remarkable explorer's journeys - over 33,000 miles and 24 years - particularly remarkable considering the time period and transportation available, 1271-1295AD! Marco Polo is as much a joy to look at as it is to read.

JB Twai           Fleischman, Sid. The Trouble Begins at 8. 2008.
A humorous look at "the adventurous years that turned the unknown Samuel Clemens into the world-famous Mark Twain." Filled with colorful quotations, photographs, and art reproductions, this is a book for older readers.

636.752 Grog    Grogan, John. Marley: A Dog Like No Other. 2007.
A humorous and heartwarming true story of Marley, a lovable and completely incorrigible Labrador Retriever.   This year’s One Book NJ choice for middle-school readers. Better than the movie!

J 386.48 Kend    Kendall, Martha E. The Erie Canal. 2008.
Completed in 1825, the Erie Canal was known as the 8th wonder of the world. The Erie Canal cut a 400 mile long, 60 foot wide path through ancient forests and swamps and cliffs - and was made without dynamite, concrete or power tools! It was the largest in the world, contained 83 locks, and climbed 675 feet! With photos, maps, postcards and drawings, this is a fascinating look at one of America’s greatest achievements

J 796.357 Nels   Nelson, Kadir. We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball. 2008.
We are the Ship recounts the rise and fall of America’s Negro League teams – from the exclusion of blacks from Major League Baseball to the success of Jackie Robinson. A beautifully illustrated book told in “innings,” rather than chapters.

J 974.71 Rapp    Rappaport, Doreen. Lady Liberty: A Biography. 2008.
Lady Liberty is a biography of a national monument, a history of the many people and events necessary to create one of the modern world’s most recognized symbols of freedom. Each “chapter” of this beautifully illustrated picture book consists of a short essay about a person, related in some way to the Statue of Liberty.

JB Scie            Scieszka, Jon. Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Mostly True Stories About Growing up Scieszka. 2008.
Author, John Scieszka, is the National Ambassador for Children’s Literature. Knucklehead is his hilarious life story, full of life's great lessons: 1. Read 2. If it sounds too good to be true - it is 3. Listen 4. Learn to cook (because stirring oatmeal is more fun than picking up dog poop!) 5. Have a sense of humor. Chapter 36, "What's so funny, Mr. Scieszka?" will have the reader in stitches.

J 551.21 Zimm   Zimmerman, Dwight Jon. The Day the World Exploded: The Earthshaking Catastrophe at Krakatoa. 2008.
The Day the World Exploded pulls together all of the pieces that led to the 1883 earthshaking explosion that was heard over 3,000 miles away! Samuel Morse’s telegraph was invented and installed just in time to make Krakatoa’s eruption the first global news story. It was so catastrophic that months after the explosion, New York fire fighters rushed to what they thought was a massive fire, only to find a blood red sky caused by volcanic ash that had drifted across the ocean! For older readers.

JB Linc            Denenber, Barry. Lincoln Shot: A President's Life Remembered. 2008.
This is an oversized book in which each page resembles an aging newspaper from the days of Abraham Lincoln. Photographs, quotes, maps, advertisements (Dr. Sterling's Ambrosia for the Hair. For Sale by Druggists. Price $1), and even a page of Lincoln's handwritten math homework, (If 1 gallon of ale cost 8d what cost 36 gallons), add interest and variety to this story of one of our best-known presidents. Just in time for the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth.

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