31 Days, 31 Lists: 2018 Science and Nature Books

There is a hidden war in the world of children’s books that few discuss. Every year we see ALA award works of nonfiction. And every year someone out there, it might be me, it might be you, counts to see how many of those books are Biographies and how many are about other concepts like Science or Nature. I don’t have to tell you that often Biographies wipe the floor with the other Nonfiction topics. Why? Not sure. If I could speculate I’d say that a lot librarians on award committees are like...