Nonfiction

Making the connection between nonfiction books and the five-paragraph essay.

Enhance your curriculum by showing how these standout nonfiction works reflect strategies of nonfiction writing. 

The winner will be announced during the Youth Media Awards ceremony on January 30.

Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party by Jetta Grace Martin, Joshua Bloom, and Waldo E. Martin, Jr., and The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs by Chana Stiefel are the winners of the 2022 Freedman Award.

Stellar research, unexplored histories, scientific breakthroughs, and heartbreaking truths loom large in this whopping list of 52 choice nonfiction works.

These six selections can boast powerful verse, calls for action, and moving imagery—and poems about animals that sip, slurp, and suck, too.

Hand the these two works exploring the ever-evolving world of architecture to budding architects and any reader curious about the past and future of the buildings that populate our world.

What is the best way to organize picture books for the youngest readers with specific interests?

These titles center on young girls’ experiences during World War II, with one excellent for middle grade readers and the other recommended for teens.