David Litchfield is the creator of the award-winning The Bear and the Piano and the illustrator of several other books for young readers, including When Paul Met Artie: The Story of Simon & Garfunkel.
Browsing: Non-Fiction
Barry particularly likes nonfiction, and profiling mostly unknown people and events whose stories have never been told in children’s literature. He is the author of The Boo-Boos That Changed the World.
Celebrating the length, diversity and strength of this extraordinary woman’s life, Before She Was Harriet urges readers to remember her humanity as well as her fame.
Fun to read purely for entertainment, these books would also be wonderful as the focus for classroom projects and activities.
Winifred Conkling is an award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction for young readers, including Votes for Women! American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot.
TIME For Kids Heroes of Black History presents the stories of four great American heroes every child should know about in one volume: Harriet Tubman, Jackie Robinson, Rosa Parks, and Barack Obama.
Great Moves: Learning Chess Through History is an active book that offers both a historical and instructional journey of chess through time that will please both the chess amateur and master.
Which five words best describe A FEW RED DROPS: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919?
Claire Hartfield: Gripping, Present Echoes Past, Conversation-starter.
Bumble Bees: Buzzing, Beautiful, Beneficial, Big Bees is an informative book that focuses on the science behind bumblebees.
Bumble bees is not only a fun, informative book, but it’s also an important one. We adults can’t allow the next generation to grow up afraid and ignorant of the role that wild bees play in our lives.