5KN: Traditional Nonfiction

Swish! Women have been playing basketball for more than 130 years. Ever since its first season in 1997, the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) has been home to fierce competition… Read More →

You're out! People all over the world love to play fastpitch softball. But did you know the world’s best players compete in exciting professional leagues? Explore Women’s Professional… Read More →

In 1950, 13 women golfers started the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). Since it began, the league has grown to include golfers who compete at tournaments all over the world. Learn Read More →

On January 1, 2024, the first season of the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) began. Explore the history of pro women’s hockey and the key people who helped form the PWHL. Then learn… Read More →

In 1999, the US Women’s National team won the World Cup. Americans everywhere were hungry for more women’s soccer, and in 2012, the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) was formed. Since it… Read More →

Each year, fans pack into stadiums to watch their favorite tennis players compete in the biggest Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tournaments. Learn about the history of the four major… Read More →

Winter is the time for bundling up, playing in the snow with a new snowman friend. And catching snowflakes on your tongue before they disappear as Wonderful Winter fades into Spring. Read More →

Learn about snakes that swallow their meals whole and massive saltwater crocodiles! Take a journey in search of the largest reptiles on Earth with full-color illustrations designed to keep… Read More →

Travel to Africa to meet the longest snake on the continent, the black mamba, which is also one of the fastest in the world. A dangerous cast of characters with comic-style illustrated… Read More →

These gross animals are fleshy, slimy, and deadly! Learn about bloodsucking fish, stinky skunks, scary goblin sharks and more. Discover how disgusting traits help these animals survive. Take… Read More →

These creepy creatures will make your skin crawl! Learn about blood-sucking leeches, smelly stinkbugs, giant centipedes, and more. See how their disgusting behaviors keep these animals alive. Read More →

The past was disgusting. Sewage ran into the rivers people bathed in. Doctors drank their patients' urine to diagnose them. This title has plenty of nasty facts to gross you out. Take a tour… Read More →

From earwax and bad breath to boogers and burps, the human body is a disgusting place. Learn about your body's sticky, smelly functions that help you stay healthy. Take a tour of the ugly,… Read More →

Get to work on the world's most disgusting jobs. Discover what sewer inspectors, pet food tasters, and crime scene cleaners must do on the job. Sometimes it pays to get your hands dirty. Take Read More →

Berries that look like eyeballs? Green jaws that eat flies? Plants can be just plain gross! Check out flowers that smell like rotten meat, shrubs that make you sick, and more in this… Read More →

Discover the clever ways different creatures find dinner—or avoid becoming dinner! You wouldn't want to play hide-and-seek with these reptiles. Learn all about them with illustrated spreads… Read More →

There are so many amazing soccer leagues in the world! Readers learn about the best players, thrilling rivalries, and exhilarating matchups from leagues across the globe. Read More →

Find out where the world's weirdest reptiles live and hunt, along with some of their most bizarre behaviors. Illustrated spreads engage young readers and keep them captivated as they learn… Read More →

Chances are, when you think of sharks, it's the great white or hammerhead that swim into view! But the world's oceans hold around 500 different species of sharks, and some are extremely… Read More →

Discover the true stories of code breakers who worked behind the scenes during World War II. Men and women cracked enemy codes in order to gain information that helped the Allies win the war. Read More →