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Series Made Simple aims to provide a well-rounded overview of the season’s best and worthwhile nonfiction series selections. Fall 2019's familiar offerings are bountiful. We hope that this curated list will not only inspire your patrons to further explore the highlighted subjects but look more closely at themselves and the world around them.
Eighteen exceptional informational works made SLJ's list of the best nonfiction for children and teens published in 2019.
This empathetic and informative study of August Wilson’s early years explores the complexities of the black experience in America. A book that will resonate not only with bookworms and fans of the playwright but with black children wishing to see themselves reflected in the world around them.
Accomplished poet and author Nikki Grimes dives headfirst into childhood memories for her memoir Ordinary Hazards. Having created a work that simultaneously shares trauma and moments of light, Grimes discusses the process of excavating her personal history.
Illustrious author Barry Wittenstein and award-winning illustrator Jerry Pinkney (A Place To Land), share the books that shaped them as readers and creators.
Wittenstein and Pinkney’s collaboration is an evocative study in King’s speechwriting process. A work that takes a familiar topic and shapes it into a moving portrait of undeterred determination and conviction. Highly recommended for public and school libraries.
Ewing offers the tools of understanding and reciprocity in order to eradicate injustice. Highly recommended for school and public libraries and can serve as an entry point into social justice literature.
Teaming up with illustrator Paulina Morgan, Ewing's new work, An ABC of Equality, aims to celebrate differences and spark a dialogue between adults, caretakers, and young readers.
Katherine Johnson, the famed NASA mathematician, battled adversity to become an undeniably important part of history. We spoke to Johnson about her autobiography, Reaching for the Moon, and her decision to finally tell her story.
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