5 Kinds of Nonfiction

In 1936, Adolf Hitler attempted to make the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany, a showcase of Nazi superiority with a new stadium and the first television broadcast of the Games. He didn't… Read More →

Jesse Owens spent his childhood running along the dirt roads of Alabama with his father. It wasn’t long until he was breaking records in high school and dreaming of competing in the Olympics. Read More →

Incluso después de que la esclavitud se convirtiera en ilegal, el legado de la esclavitud se perpetuó en las injusticias creadas por las leyes de Jim Crow. Aprende más sobre estas leyes… Read More →

The Civil War brought an end to the institution of slavery in the US. Despite slavery becoming illegal, racism persisted and the legacy of slavery continued through injustices created by the… Read More →

How did Jimmy Carter help people? What jobs did he have before he became president? How did Jimmy show friendship toward others? Read this book to discover the answers! Read More →

Raised on a peanut farm in rural Georgia, Jimmy Carter didn't expect to get involved in politics. He joined the US Navy after high school and intended to have a military career. But… Read More →

Jim Thorpe, an Oklahoma-born Native American, played pro baseball in New York, Cincinnati, and Boston, but he was an even better football player. In the 1912 Olympic Games, he won gold medals Read More →

J is for Justice. U is for Union Army. J Is for Juneteenth was written by three young writers as part of a collaborative youth writing competition hosted by Planting People Growing Justice… Read More →

How we get to work, how we find work, and how we do our work has changed a lot. With engaging photographs and text, readers will learn about how different jobs used to be. Read More →

Having a job and paying taxes go hand-in-hand, and both are essential financial literacy tools. This book shows teenagers how to earn money and navigate the taxes they may have to pay. Learn Read More →

A Timely Biography of the 46th President Former Vice President Joe Biden played an essential role in the Obama administration. As the 47th vice president of the United States, he helped… Read More →

Joe Burrow became the Cincinnati Bengals’ quarterback in 2020. The NFL team chose him with their first draft pick after Burrow played one of the greatest seasons in college football history… Read More →

Quarterbacks Joe Burrow and Dan Marino succeeded with strong arms, pinpoint passes, and great leadership skills. Choose a favorite by reliving their greatest throws and white-knuckle… Read More →

Center Joel Embiid racks up points for the Philadelphia 76ers. Readers will learn how this All-Star National Basketball Association (NBA) player stays at the top of his game and how he spends Read More →

Joe Rogan has entertained millions of people throughout his career. After showing early promise in his stand-up comedy acts, Rogan found success in acting and hosting reality television… Read More →

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) was a German Baroque composer and musician. Admired for his intricate and expressive compositions, he crafted masterpieces such as the Brandenburg Concertos Read More →

Ever since he was a boy, John Brown had hated slavery. He was an abolitionist, a person who believed that no one should be able to own others. Many abolitionists hope that strong words would… Read More →

Gunfire rang out across the countryside as fifteen-year-old John Cook watched his unit struggle during the Battle of Antietam. Union troops were falling fast as they tried to push Confederate Read More →

On June 2, 2014, more than 1,200 fans wildly cheered the arrival of author John Green at the premiere of The Fault in Our Stars—the blockbuster movie based on his young adult novel of the… Read More →

John Lewis was known as one of the most courageous leaders of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Inspired as a boy by the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., Lewis would go on to Read More →

This timely title examines the remarkable life and death of John McCain, from his time as a decorated war veteran to elder statesman. Accessible text and plentiful photos cover McCain's early Read More →

John Chapman loved all forms of nature, and he worked throughout his lifetime to improve it by planting apple trees. Known as the folk hero Johnny Appleseed, John helped to build America--not Read More →

Bullets whizzed overhead, narrowly missing twelve-year-old Johnny Clem. The Confederate army was winning the Battle of Chickamauga, and Johnny's unit had begun to retreat. Although he had… Read More →