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  1. 1National Geographic Kids Chapters: Courageous Canine!National Geographic Kids Chapters: Courageous Canine!Three true rescue stories give a new chapter-book reader a clear place to stop and start. Begin with Lilly, the dog who saves her owner, or with the gorilla who comes to the aid of a boy who falls into her zoo enclosure. The photographs and fact boxes give animal lovers more to look at between…0
  2. 2TitanicTitanicStart with one question: Why weren't there enough lifeboats? This illustrated Magic Tree House Fact Tracker looks at the ship, the people on board, and what went wrong. Photographs help a reader picture the real ship while Jack and Annie supply occasional side notes.0
  3. 3Simone Biles (2021)Simone Biles (2021)Published Jan 1, 2021The opening chapter puts you at the 2016 Olympics as Biles prepares for the floor routine that could clinch the all-around title. Later chapters take you back to the daycare outing to a local gym that introduced her to the sport. Marcelo Baez's comic-style illustrations give a young gymnastics fan…0
  4. 4History Smashers: The MayflowerHistory Smashers: The MayflowerTry counting the ships: the Mayflower began the journey with the Speedwell, which was too leaky to go on. Messner uses that detail, comic panels, photographs, and sidebars to show how the familiar one-ship story got simplified. The book also asks what the usual version of the first Thanksgiving…0
  5. 5Rain forests (1999)Rain forests (1999) 8.0/10 on Open LibraryPublished Jan 1, 1999What does a sausage tree look like, and how much rain falls in a rain forest? This nonfiction Fact Tracker lets a reader follow a single question through photographs, illustrations, and short notes from Jack and Annie. It's a good starting point for a child who wants to compare a real forest with…0
  6. 6Who Was George Washington Carver? (2015)Who Was George Washington Carver? (2015)Published Jan 1, 2015This illustrated biography follows Carver from learning to read in the years after the Civil War to teaching and experimenting with crops at Tuskegee. A reader interested in inventions can start with the question of why he tried to find so many uses for peanuts. The story gives that work a purpose…0
  7. 7I Survived True Stories: Five Epic DisastersI Survived True Stories: Five Epic DisastersChoose one account and follow a real person through a disaster. The 1888 Children's Blizzard takes you onto a freezing prairie, and the 2011 Japanese tsunami chapter follows students after the earthquake. With five separate accounts, a child can read one episode and come back for another.0
  8. 8Where is Machu Picchu? (2018)Where is Machu Picchu? (2018)Published Jan 1, 2018Follow the stone steps up into the Inca complex in Peru, then read about when it was built and how people came to know it outside the region. The question in the title gives a new nonfiction reader a clear starting point. The book builds from the place itself to the larger history of the Inca…0
  9. 9National Geographic Kids Chapters: Diving With Sharks!National Geographic Kids Chapters: Diving With Sharks!Cave divers, underwater photographers, and researchers give three kinds of readers a reason to get in the water. Pick this if a child likes a true adventure and wants to see what people do on a dive. The separate stories offer easy stopping points between expeditions.0
  10. 10What Was the Underground Railroad?What Was the Underground Railroad?The name raises a question a child can answer early: Where were the trains? From there the book follows real people escaping slavery and the people who helped them. If a reader loses track of the organizations or routes, the drawings and the separate photo insert provide another way into the…0