3-4+Nonfiction

//**Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!**// by Mo Willems. A pigeon who longs to drive a bus sees the chance of a lifetime when the driver takes a short break. (Elledge)

//**Saving Audie: A Pit Bull Puppy Gets a Second Chance**// by Dorothy Patent. Audie finds a forever family after being rescued from a dog-fighting ring. (Vela)

//**Emma Dilemma : Big Sister Poems**// by Kristine O'Connell George. " A collection of poems depicting the loving but sometimes frustrating relationship between big and little sisters. (Cochran)


 * //A Boy Called Dickens//** by Deborah Hopkinson. Gives a biography of Charles Dicken's life as a young child. Well Illustrated (Canning)

Winter's Tail by Juliana Hatkoff. A compassionate look at the true odyssey of an orphaned Atlantic bottlenose dolphin.

//**The Titanic : An Interactive History Adventure**// by Bob Temple. Describes the events surrounding the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from the perspective of a first-class passenger, a third-class passenger and a crewmember. (Bellwood)


 * //Snap Books: Girls' Guides To Everything Unexplained//**: individual books about wizards, vampires, mermaids, fairies, zombies and more. This age-appropriate series has everything girls want to know about popular unexplained phenomena, including origins, key characteristics, special powers, and much more. Two authors: Jen Jones and Sheri Johnson (Moon)

//**Mazes around the World**// by Mary D. Lankford. Learn about the many varieties of mazes, from stone to hedge to turf, and about the legends surrounding some of the most famous labyrinths of all time. (Zorn)


 * //Ripley's Believe It or Not! Special Edition 2011//** by Scholastic. The ninth edition of the most unbelievable facts, acts and oddities. 2012 edition comes out the first week in March. (Guirguis)

//**Scrapbook Starters**// by Tracy Maurer. Covers the basics of designing a scrapbook as well as well diagramed more complicated projects. (George).


 * Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo11** by Brian Floca. "Simply told, grandly show, here is the flight of Apollo 11. Here for a new generation of readers and explorers." (Fincher)
 * //I Feel Better with a Frog in My Throat: History's Strangest Cures.//** by Carlyn Beccia. Explains peculiar and interesting remedies for sickness that were used in the past. (Emery)


 * Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle** by Brian Dennis. Heartwarming tale of a United States Marine and his canine friend as they met and bonded in Iraq, and how Nubs came to America. (Ray)


 * Listen to the wind : the story of Dr. Greg and the three cups of tea** by Greg Mortenson. The story of Dr. Greg Mortenson's promise to build a school in a remote Himalayan village after the villagers saved his life. (Meek)


 * Henry Aaron's Dream** by Matt Tavares. Before he became a famous baseball player, Henry (Hank) Aaron was a boy with a dream and not much else. This book goes from his sandlot days, through his time in the Negro Leagues, to his first day at spring training with the Braves. (Rogers)


 * Dave the Potter Artist, Poet, Slave** by Laban Hill. A Caldecott winning biography about and African American Slave named Dave who crafted beautiful jars and inscribed them with poetry. (Lanier)