Get Real!
True Stories & Amazing Facts 

Ages 4-8

These books are located in the children’s non-fiction section, in order by Dewey Decimal Number.  Please ask staff for help if you can’t find a book. 

LOCATED IN EASY BOOKS:
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein
E GERST

The Stray Dog: From a True Story by Reiko Sassa by Marc Simont
E SIMON

LOCATED IN CHILDREN’S NONFICTION:
Bermuda Triangle by Andrew Donkin
J 001.94 DONKI

Invaders From Outer Space: Real-Life Stories of UFOs by Philip Brooks
J 001.942 BROOK

Pony Express! By Steven Kroll
J 383.143 KROLL

Volcanoes! Mountains of Fire by Eric Arnold
J 551.21 ARNOL

I Face the Wind by Vicki Cobb
J 551.518 COBB

Stars by Jennifer Dussling
J 523.8 DUSSL

Dino Dung: The Scoop on Fossil Feces by Karen Chin
J 567.9 CHIN

Cave People by Linda Hayward
J 569.9 HAYWA

What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? By Steve Jenkins
J 573.87 JENKI

Big Blue Whale by Nicola Davies
J 599.524 DAVIE

Owen and Mzee: The Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff
J 599.635 HATKO

You Can’t Smell a Flower With Your Ear: All About Your 5 Senses by Joanna Cole
J 612.85 COLE

The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Blériot by Alice and Martin Provensen
J 629.13 PRO

Flying Firefighters by Gary Hines
J 634.9618 HINES

The Cod’s Tale by Mark Kurlansky
J 639.2 KURLA

Ballet School by Naia Bray-Moffatt
J 792.8 BRAY

Pirates by Greg Nickles
J 910.45 NICKL

First Flight: the Story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers by George Shea
J 926.2913 SHEA

The Black Cowboys by John Wukovits
J 923.9 WUKOV

Basketball’s Greatest Players by Sydelle Kramer
J 927.96323 KRAME

Mummies by Joyce Milton
J 932 MILTO

The Trail of Tears by Joseph Bruchac
J 970.19755 BRUCH

Gold Fever! by Catherine McMorrow
J 979.404 MCMOR

LOCATED IN CHILDREN’S BIOGRAPHY:
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
J BENTLEY MAR

America’s Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle by David A. Adler
J EDERLE ADL

A Picture Book of Thomas Alva Edison by David A. Adler
J EDISON ADL

Handel, Who Knew What He Liked by M.T. Anderson
J HANDEL AND

The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley
J HAWKINS KER

I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote by Linda White
J MORRIS WHI

Babe Ruth Saves Baseball! by Frank Murphy
J RUTH MUR

Oh, the Places He Went: A Story about Dr. Seuss — Theodor Seuss Geisel by Maryann N. Weidt
J SEUSS WEI

Young Harriet Tubman: Freedom Fighter by Anne Benjamin
J TUBMAN BEN

Mr. Williams by Karen Barbour
J WILLIAMS BAR