title: Picturing the World: Informational Picture Books for Children
author:  Kathleen T. Isaacs 
description: Isaacs draws on her considerable experience as a teacher and librarian to produce this useful tool. She begins by clarifying the terminology, followed by a chapter outlining solid criteria for making choices. The remainder of the book consists of seven chapters with such broad titles as "The Natural World Around Us" and "Ourselves and Our World at Home and School," with critical, informative annotations for close to 300 titles, all published within the last 10 years. An appendix provides a list of awards and Best-of-the-Year book lists mentioned in the annotations. Title, author, illustrator, and subject indexes are included. Considering the emphasis on nonfiction in the new Common Core Standards, elementary librarians wishing to flesh out their collections will find this a valuable resource.-Grace Oliff, Ann Blanche Smith School, Hillsdale, NJ(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either
  products of the author’s imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously.
  
  
  Text copyright © 2007 by Liz Kessler  
  Illustrations copyright © 2007 by Natacha Ledwidge  
  Cover illustration copyright © 2007 by Sarah Gibb
  
  
  First published in Great Britain in 2007 by Orion Children’s Books, a division
  of the Orion Publishing Group
  
  
  Published by arrangement with Orion Children’s Books
  
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted, or
  stored in an information retrieval system in any form or by any means,
  graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, taping, and
  recording, without prior written permission from the publisher.
  
  
  First electronic edition 2010
  
  
  The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:  
  Kessler, Liz.  
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