Our book basket for February will include:

February 3: Rockwell: A Boy and his Dog by Loren Spiotta DiMare; Norman Rockwell born February 3, 1894

February 7: Pioneer Girl: The Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder by William Anderson; Laura Ingalls Wilder born February 7, 1865

February 9: Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs; Wilson A. Bentley born February 9, 1865

February 11: Thomas Edison: Inventor, Scientist, and Genius by Lori Mortensen; Thomas A. Edison born February 11, 1847

February 12: Abe Lincoln the Boy Who Loved Books by Kay Winters, Abe Lincoln Remembers by Ann Turner; Abraham Lincoln born February 12, 1809

February 14: Saint Valentine by Robert Sabuda

February 17: The Story of the H.L. Hunley and Queenie's Coin by Fran Hank; Event February 17, 1864 (more info here and here)

February 19: Nicolaus Copernicus: The Earth is a Planet by Dennis B. Fraden; Nicolaus Copernicus born February 19, 1473

February 22: George Washington by James Giblin, George Washington's Teeth by Deborah Chandra; George Washington born February 22, 1732

February 26: The Sweetwater Run by Andrew Glass; Buffalo Bill Cody born February 26, 1845

February 27: When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson by Pam Munoz Ryan; Marian Anderson born February 27, 1897

February 28: Mr. Williams by Karen Barbour; J.W. Williams born February 28, 1929

Other Books for February:

• Cupid and Psyche by M. Charlotte Craft
• William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale by Bruce Coville
• Katie's Trunk by Ann Turner
• A New Coat for Anna by Harriet Ziefert
• Rain Makes Applesauce by Julian Schneer
• The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela: Through Three Continents in the Twelfth Century by Uri Shulevitz