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[Page 2] Praise for The Mother of All Booklists “ The Mother of All Booklists is amazing. A valuable resource and a good read in itself!” —Judy Allen, author of Awaiting Developments and winner of the Whitbread Children’s Novel Award and the Friends of the Earth Award “A brilliant, heartfelt, beautifully written and well-chosen compilation of some of the best books for children, teens, and adults. A fabulous resource for teach- ers, librarians, and parents.” —Dianna H. Aston, author of A Rock Is Lively , a Boston Globe’s Best Children’s Book of the Year “A treasure trove for lovers of nonfiction!” —Don Brown, award-winning author of He Has Shot the President!: April 14, 1865: The Day John Wilkes Booth Killed President Lincoln Martin’s The Mother of All Booklists provides a terrific resource for teachers, stu- dents, librarians, and anyone who loves books. Its focus on nonfiction not only caters to professionals looking for Common Core materials but helps validate the interests of the huge number of readers who have always preferred factual books. Most of all, it’s just a great read and will send people scurrying to the library. — Sneed B. Collard, author of Animal Dads , The Prairie Builders , and Sneed B. Collard III’s Most Fun Book Ever about Lizards “This is a resource I’ll keep nearby, not just to guide my own reading but as a secret reference to use when people ask me to recommend good books for them to read. Martin’s thorough and smart review of recent nonfiction will make me look smart when I’m asked to talk about books worth reading. This book is a must-have for school and public libraries. Patrons and librarians will wear out this resource in their search for great nonfiction books. Teachers at all levels will also find great value in it. Considering how much information this book con- tains, it’s surprisingly easy to navigate, and the author has anticipated readers’ needs by, for example, rearranging the master lists into smaller, subject-defined categories. I also appreciated the short biographies of twenty-five contemporary authors and the extensive bibliographies at the end of the volume. The annota- tions are engagingly written, and the range of books included is impressive. If this book can’t help someone find a nonfiction book they want to read, I don’t know what will.” —Chris Crowe, professor of English at Brigham Young University and author of Death Coming Up the Hill “Now that my children are teenagers, I seem to have forgotten how to select books for kids of any other age. Fortunately, I’m among readers who can ‘listen [Page 3] to mother’ to reliably make choices, and not just for children but for readers of all ages. The mother in this case is Bill Martin, author of A Lifetime of Fiction: The 500 Most Recommended Reads for Ages 2 to 102 and its nonfiction sequel, The Mother of All Booklists: The 500 Most Recommended Nonfiction Reads for Ages 3 to 103 . Bill took on