Nonfiction
Sign language, baseball, endangered animals, and various folk and fairy tales make up a diverse selection of titles reviewed in our Preschool to Grade 4 Nonfiction section this month.
This engaging introduction to the work of Will Allen and his organization, Growing Power, should stimulate interest in gardening in schools, homes, and communities.
All three of today’s books are concerned with learning the truth and/or facing responsibility. In Ben Dolnick‘s At the Bottom of Everything, young Adam is trying to avoid facing the mistake he and his best friend made as teenagers. If he could only take responsibility for it, he would be better off. So would his [...]
Studying a photograph of a long-ago event can be both transporting and educational, as the books in "Captured History," a series about photography from Compass Point, show.
In her writing, Doreen Rappaport champions those who have wrestled with authority figures and great personal challenges—often risking their lives for a greater good. Her latest book examines the life of Teddy Roosevelt.
Who knew to what extent some adults and the U.S. Government went to correlate comic books to crime and to try to regulate (and ban) them during the years 1948 to 1955? Find out in 'Bad For You" one of the books highlighted in this month's 'Nonfiction Notes.'
Superb choices for sharing aloud or reading independently, picture book biographies make useful starting points for investigations of subjects that span the curriculum. This year's selections includes artists, activists, and an aviatrix.
Rappaport breathes life into her subject in a way that is sure to spark the interest of the most reluctant reader.
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