Portraits and Dreams Delve Deeper Reading List Nonfiction For Younger Readers
Nonfiction For Younger Readers

Handler, Daniel. Girls Standing On Lawns. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, 2014.
This is a collaboration between renowned artist and bestselling children’s book author Maira Kalman and New York Times bestselling writer Daniel Handler, better known as Lemony Snicket. This book contains 40 vintage photographs from the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, more than a dozen original paintings by Kalman inspired by the photographs, and brief, lyrical texts by Handler, offering a meditation on memories, childhood, nostalgia, home, family, and the act of seeing.
Jordan, Sandra and Jan Greenberg. Meet Cindy Sherman. Artist, Photographer, Chameleon. New York, NY: Roaring Brook Press, 2017.
Looking at the life of legendary photographer Cindy Sherman, Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan have created an unconventional biography, that much like Cindy Sherman's famous photographs, has something a little more meaningful under the surface. Infusing the narrative with Sherman's photographs, as well as children's first impressions of the photographs, this is a biography that goes beyond birth, middle age, and later life. It's a look at how we look at art.
Meyer, Carolyn. Girl With A Camera: Margaret Bourke-White, Photographer.New York: Calkins Creek, distributed by Random House, 2017.
Tells the story of how Margaret spent her early years observing the natural world before mastering the art of photography and became the first female war photojournalist in World War II.
Meyerowitz, Joel.Seeing Things: A Kid’s Guide to Looking at Photographs. New York, NY: Aperture, 2016.
Seeing Things is a wonderful introduction to photography that asks how photographers transform ordinary things into meaningful moments.
Proujansky, Alice. Go Photo! An Activity Book for Kids. New York, NY: Aperture; Act edition, 2016.
Go Photo! features 25 hands-on and creative activities inspired by photography. Aimed at children between eight and twelve years old, this playful and fun collection of projects encourages young readers to experiment with their imaginations, get messy with materials and engage with the world in new and exciting ways.
Weatherford, Carole Boston.Dorothea Lange: The Photographer Who Found the Faces of the Depression. Park Ridge, IL: Albert Whitman & Company, 2017.
"Before she raised her lens to take her most iconic photo, Dorothea Lange took photos of the downtrodden from bankers in once-fine suits waiting in breadlines, to former slaves, to the homeless sleeping on sidewalks. A case of polio had left her with a limp and sympathetic to those less fortunate. Traveling across the United States, documenting with her camera and her fieldbook those most affected by the stock market crash, she found the face of the Great Depression. In this picture book biography, Carole Boston Weatherford with her lyrical prose captures the spirit of the influential photographer. "