5 Kinds of Nonfiction

With strong dams and lodges, beavers create a home for many freshwater plants and animals. Dive into the lives of busy beavers and discover how they engineer their ecosystem to fit their needs. Read More →

Splash! Dragging a young tree a beaver enters the water with some new building material for his dam. Using his powerful teeth, he cut down the slender tree trunk. Now he knows exactly where… Read More →

In this book, readers discover careers that require the worker to be brave and often to help others, such as firefighters and police officers. Read More →

Packed with science, this title is a celebration of these striped, fuzzy, and busy insect superheroes that will introduce readers to the fascinating and complicated lives of bees. Using… Read More →

Buzz through the world of busy honeybees and discover what they do all day! You'll learn fascinating facts such as: why bees have a queen how bees talk to each other by dancing… Read More →

Anne Frank’s diary is a gift to the world because of Miep Gies. One of the protectors of the Frank family, Miep recovered the diary after the family was discovered by Nazis, and then… Read More →

What's it like to be a baseball player? From youth leagues to the minors to Major League Baseball, readers will learn how athletes prepare for games and participate in special events off the field. Read More →

Get an exciting behind-the-scenes look at the life of a professional basketball player. Being a professional basketball player is hard work. Most start playing the sport when they are very… Read More →

What does it take to be a football player? Being a professional football player is hard work. Most players start when they're young. The best play college football and then go on to the… Read More →

Learn what it takes to become a professional gymnast! Being a gymnast is hard work. Most start training when they're young. They want to work their way up to the elite level of gymnastics.… Read More →

Before they hit the ice for a game, hockey players do a lot to prepare. Give readers an exciting insider's look at the lives of professional athletes in the world of hockey, from training to… Read More →

Soccer captures the attention of fans around the world—but what are the lives of professional soccer players like behind the scenes? Being a professional soccer player is hard work. Most… Read More →

Being a victim of bullying is devastating—but how does it feel when it happens to you? Every year, countless young people are subjected to bullying. This book explains what it is like to be… Read More →

Becoming homeless happens—but how does it feel when it happens to you? Being homeless is a devastating and life-changing experience that happens to thousands of young people every year.… Read More →

Becoming part of a gang happens—but how does it feel when it happens to you? Being part of a gang is a dangerous and life-changing experience that happens to thousands of young people every… Read More →

Pennsylvania School Librarians Association YA Award, Top Forty Non-Fiction Gelett Burgess Children's Book Honor Winner Mom’s Choice Awards, Gold Medal Being Me gives kids the tools they need… Read More →

Nemesio Guilló didn’t travel from Cuba to the United States as an eleven-year-old boy just so he could find a new sport to introduce to his home country. But that’s exactly what happened!… Read More →

He was popular with his troops. And he was such a good soldier that Benedict Arnold became a major general in the Colonial Army. So how did a Revolutionary hero become known as one of the… Read More →

Gazing up at the stars, Benjamin Banneker longed to understand how and why things worked as they did. In a time when most black Americans were slaves, Banneker lived a life of freedom and… Read More →

In 1969, Bernice Sandler was finishing her doctorate in education at the University of Maryland, teaching part-time at the university, and trying to secure a full-time position. Despite her… Read More →