Moon: A Peek-Through Picture Book, by Britta Teckentrup, is a fantastic selection for the child who loves the night sky, or perhaps a class learning about the moon.
Browsing: Non-Fiction
This picture-book tells the heart-breaking story of James Castle, an artist who grew up unloved by his family and community because of his deafness.
Elizabeth Partridge is a National Book Award finalist, Printz Honor winner, and author of Boots on the Ground: America’s War in Vietnam.
These books are the springboard to help children to bring their ideas to reality by creating apps and games. Coding is the future.
KidLit is Shaking Things Up: Author Susan Hood discusses how children’s books are inspiring the next generation of activists.
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.
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.