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Narwhals, the Unicorn of the Sea
I must be in a fantastical mindset this weekend as I posted about Bigfoot, Sasquatch and Yeti yesterday and today I’m sharing books about narwhals! Narwhals, the unicorn of the sea is an actual animal that lives in the arctic waters. These cousins of bottlenose dolphins, orcas, and belugas live…
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Four on Friday: King Tut & Ancient Egypt
On this day in 1924, King Tutankhamun’s sarcophagus was discovered. Two full years after Howard Carter had discovered his tomb virtually untouched for thousands of years. Although I have opinions on taking artifacts from their country of origin, I do love being able to learn about history from pieces that…
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Summer of Nonfiction: Graphic Novels
Nonfiction and graphic novels is a little bit of an oxymoron. Something can’t be classified as a novel and as nonfiction, but I never quite know what to call these books – graphic nonfiction or nonfiction comics? I don’t know. What I do know is that nonfiction titles in a…
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Summer of Nonfiction: Poetry
I bet most people don’t immediately think about poetry when you say nonfiction titles, but you’d be surprised by how much poetry is incorporated into nonfiction titles, especially for kids. Explore these great titles in my Summer of Nonfiction: Poetry list this week. I think it’s really important to expose…
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Summer of Nonfiction: Encyclopedias
Is there a kid in your life who won’t necessarily sit down and read a novel? But, if you hand them the Guinness Book of World Records you won’t see them for a couple of hours? My Summer of Nonfiction: Encyclopedias list are nonfiction titles are for that kid –…
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Summer of Nonfiction: Young Adult
In my Summer of Nonfiction: Young Adult list, I tried to include a diverse list of titles including personal memoirs, major historical events, and a few titles about events or people you might not even be aware of! As with my middle grade nonfiction list, there could be a number…
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Summer of Nonfiction: Middle Grade
Middle grade titles are often my wheelhouse and although I don’t read as much nonfiction as I should, I do love the books I have picked up. I’ve said it before – nonfiction titles are nothing like they used to be. I remember growing up reading dry facts with pen…
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Summer of Nonfiction: Picture Books
There are so many nonfiction picture books out there, I was feeling a little daunted by selecting just a few to highlight on this series. I tried to find a wide variety of different types of books but steered clear of picture book biographies because I already created that list…
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Summer of Nonfiction: Easy Readers
Some kids out there are only ever interested in facts, they have no interest in reading stories and that is perfectly fine! For your emerging fact-checker, check out these great easy reader nonfiction titles. The best part? Most of them are full sets about a wide-range of topics allowing your…
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Summer of Nonfiction: Picture Book Biographies
I don’t know about you, but when I was growing up biographies tended to boring, black-and-white chapter books filled with text and maybe a few illustrations if you were lucky. Today, picture book biographies are a work of art! These are perfect books for elementary age students who like to…
