Nonfiction

Elementary Nonfiction

Nic Bishop Snakes Introduces snakes and provides information on their physical characteristics, how they hunt, and why some snakes are poisonous.

Great Estimations - Bruce Goldstone
Learn to train your eyes and your mind to help you estimate number of objects in a group.

From the Good Mountain:How Gutenberg Changed the World - James Rumford
Describes how Johann Gutenberg's printing press changed the world and how early books were printed.

 You Never Heard of Willie Mays?! - Jonah Winter and Terry Widener
A visual profile of the record-setting baseball star traces his Birmingham childhood, achievements in the Negro Leagues, and fame as a center fielder for the Giants.

Middle/High School Nonfiction

Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America's First Black Paratroopers - Tanya Lee Stone

Examines the role of African-Americans in the military through the history of the Triple Nickles, America's first black paratroopers, who fought against attacks perpetrated on the American West by the Japanese during World War II.

(See "New Fiction" for Jump Into the Sky for historical fiction tie-in.)