Yay! I have read and reviewed all 87 Cybils Nonfiction Picture Books nominations. I have some interesting numbers if anyone would care to share my obsession with statistical data...I don't guarantee all these numbers are correct - tell me if you see a mistake!
Also, a reminder that all of my reviews etc. reflect my opinion and not that of the judging committee, etc.
Animals (including bugs, fish, and birds) (21)
- A butterfly is patient
- A place for fish
- About hummingbirds
- After the kill
- Animal fights
- Animalogy
- Bring on the birds
- Bugs by the numbers
- Can we save the tiger
- Eco dogs
- Gorillas
- Hatch!
- Howler monkey
- Olivia's birds
- Saving animals from oil spills
- Star of the sea
- Guardian team
- Incredible life of Balto
- Thunder birds
- Time to eat
- Zeal of zebras
These books featured the following animals:
- 2 insects
- 1 fish
- 5 birds
- 1 mollusk
- 4 mammal (gorillas, dogs, monkeys)
- 8 covered a variety of animals
- 15 wild animals
- 3 domesticated animal
- A nation's hope: the story of boxing legend Joe Louis
- Before there was Mozart (Joseph Boulogne)
- Ben Franklin
- Diego Rivera
- Eliza's cherry trees (Eliza Scidmore)
- For the love of music (Maria Anna Mozart)
- Henrietta King
- In the bag (Margaret Knight)
- Irena Sendler
- J. R. R. Tolkien
- Jim Henson
- Just being Audrey (Audrey Hepburn)
- Harriet Tubman
- Night Flight (Amelia Earhart)
- Nurse soldier spy (Sarah Edmonds)
- Pablo Neruda
- Queen of the falls (Annie Taylor)
- Sarah Emma Edmonds was a great pretender
- She loved baseball (Effa Manley)
- House Baba built (Ed Young)
- Quite contrary man (Joseph Palmer)
- Watcher (Jane Goodall)
- Tillie the terrible Swede (Tillie Anderson)
- When Bob met Woody (Bob Dylan)
This breaks down to:
- 10 male
- 13 female
- 10 well-known
- 13 obscure
Occupations
- 3 musicians
- 4 sports
- 1 artist
- 4 politician/activist
- 2 business
- 3 author
- 2 actor/entertainer
- 2 other
- 1 being annoying
- 1 scientist
Time period
- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
- Joseph Boulogne (1745-1799)
- Maria Anna Mozart (1751-1829)
- Joseph Palmer (1791-1894)
- Harriet Tubman (1820-1913)
- Henrietta King (1832-1925)
- Margaret Knight (1838-1914)
- Annie Taylor (1838-1921)
- Sarah Edmonds (1841-1898)
- Eliza Scidmore (1856-1928)
- Tillie Anderson (1875-1956)
- Diego Rivera (1886-1957)
- J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973)
- Amelia Earhart (1897-1937)
- Effa Manley (1900-1981)
- Pablo Neruda (1904-1973)
- Irena Sendler (1910-2008)
- Joe Louis (1914-1981)
- Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993)
- Ed Young (1931-still alive)
- Jane Goodall (1934-still alive)
- Jim Henson (1936-1990)
- Bob Dylan (1941-still alive)
Location
- 16 North America
- 1 South America
- 5 Europe
- 1 Asia
Gardening and Food (5)
- Edible alphabet
- First garden: White house garden
- How did that get in my lunchbox
- Rah rah radishes
- Watch me grow
- A walk in London
- Arlington
- Celebritrees
- Cursed grounds
- Only the mountains do not move
- Orani
- T is for Taj Mahal
Destinations in these books by continent
- 2 Europe
- North America
- Africa
- 2 World
- 1 India
History (8)
- Basketball Belles
- Big Wig
- Franklin and Winston
- I feel better with a frog in my throat
- Right where you are now
- Unforgettable season
- Underground
- Wild women of the wild west
Events in history
- 2 sports
- 2 political
- 1 misc.
- 3 timeline (covers a series of events throughout history)
Time periods
- Underground railroad 1860s
- Wild West 1860s
- 1890s
- 2 WWII 1941
- 3 timeline
Geography
- 4 North America
- 3 World
Science (Weather, Nature, Ecology) (12)
- All the water in the world
- Energy island
- How hybrid cars work
- How the weather works
- Meadowlands
- Monster hunt
- Mystery math
- Planting the wild garden
- Prairie storms
- Super science: Feel the force
- Swirl by swirl
- Case of the vanishing golden frogs
Featuring the following scientific...things
- 3 water cycle/weather
- 2 alternate energy
- 1 ecology
- 2 research
- 1 math
- 1 propagation
- 1 physics
- 1 patterns
- Mali under the night sky (no idea. It's not really a biography, or about art, kind of about being a refugee, but not really, not really about activism...of the three libraries in my consortium which own it, 1 put it in picture books and 2 in the 700s for art. But...the featured art isn't by the artist it's about so...)
- Manners mash up (etiquette)
- Picture yourself writing poetry (writing)
- Relativity (doesn't actual explain the concept, so doesn't really have a subject)
- Ruby violet lime (colors - concept)
- Spiky slimy smooth (texture - concept)
- Great big book of families (family relationships)
- Human body (uh, human body)
- Mangrove tree (activism? there isn't enough about the scientist to make it a biography, not enough about the trees to make it science)
- What does it mean to be safe (safety)
- 72 books had illustrations (paint, collage, drawing, etc.)
- 13 books had photographs
- 1 combined photos and illustrations
- 4 were alphabet books
- 3 had movable parts/foldouts/pop ups
And which ones ended up in my library?
I purchased for the library:
- Butterfly is patient
- About Hummingbirds
- All the water in the world
- Edible alphabet
- Can we save the tiger
- Hatch!
- Jim Henson
- Monster hunt
- Planting the wild garden
- Rah rah radishes
- Time to eat
- Watch me grow
Currently on a wishlist/potential order list (obviously my eyes are bigger than my budget):
- Walk in London
- Arlington
- Ben Franklin
- Big wig
- Bring on the birds
- Cursed grounds
- Eco dogs
- Energy island
- Howler monkeys
- I feel better with a frog in my throat
- In the bag
- Just being Audrey
- Mystery math
- Nurse soldier spy
- Ruby violet lime
- Saving animals from oil spills
- Spiky slimy smooth
- Star of the sea
- Swirl by swirl
- Case of the vanishing golden frogs
- Guardian team
- House Baba built
- Watcher
- Thunder birds
- Wild women of the wild west
And, Finally, Storytime Picks!
- Butterfly is patient
- About hummingbirds
- All the water in the world
- Edible alphabet
- Planting the wild garden
- Bring on the birds
- Rah rah radishes
- Swirl by swirl
- Guardian team
- Watcher
1 comment:
What an interesting break-down. I've really enjoyed the nonfiction picture books I've read for my Armchair Cybils challenge. Such a diverse group of books! You judges have a difficult job on your hands.
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