Reading List #2

This is the second of four reading lists for this year's Mock Sibert at the Allen County Public Library (the first list was published in May). We'd love to hear what you think about these books. Please leave comments about each title on its blog post. If you would like to suggest a book for the next list, send me an email or leave a comment.

• As Good As Anybody: Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel's Amazing March Toward Freedom by Richard Michelson

• Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman by Marc Tyler Nobleman

• Duel!: Burr and Hamilton's Deadly War of Words by Dennis Brindell Fradin

• How I Learned Geography by Uri Shulevitz

• How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global Warming by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch

• I, Matthew Henson: Polar Explorer by Carole Boston Weatherford

• Lady Liberty: A Biography by Doreen Rappaport

• Life On Earth -- And Beyond: An Astrobiologist's Quest by Pamela S. Turner

• Painting the Wild Frontier: The Art and Adventures of George Catlin by Susanna Reich

• Paleo Bugs: Survival of the Creepiest by Timothy J. Bradley

• Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai by Claire A. Nivola

• The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West by Sid Fleischman

• Wild Tracks: A Guide to Nature's Footprints by Jim Arnosky
  

The actual mock election will take place on Saturday, January 17th from 2 to 6pm at the Main Library. To sign up for the program, send me an email. If you can't make it to Fort Wayne in January, please comment on the blog. All comments will be considered during the mock election program.