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Finding Nonfiction

By ILA Staff
 | Aug 30, 2024
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During their ILA Webinar From Facts to Fascination: Using Nonfiction to Drive Curriculum and Enthusiasm, speakers Patricia Newman and Kirsten W. Larson (find her on all social media as @KirstenWLarson) shared how effective nonfiction can be at engaging young readers. This naturally leads to the question: Where can I find high-quality nonfiction books to bring into my classroom?

Larson, who has a newsletter you can sign up for, provided a list of some of her sources.

Blogs

Celebrate Nonfiction blog by Melissa Stewart. Her posts include topics such as "15 Favorite STEM Books of 2023" and the "Sibert Smackdown," a mock Sibert activity.

A Fuse Eight Production blog by Betsy Bird. Though not exclusively about nonfiction, librarian Betsy Bird has a heart for truly excellent nonfiction. She has an end-of-year, 31 Days, 31 Lists feature, which always includes nonfiction lists.

You can still watch the on-demand recording of From Facts to Fascination: Using Nonfiction to Drive Curriculum and Enthusiasm and learn all about the different categories and styles of nonfiction.

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Book awards

Check out these book awards, listed by the month the awards are given, for quality nonfiction titles:

Databases

Junior Library Guild - The Junior Library Guild puts its gold seal on some amazing nonfiction books. TeachingBooks.net and Junior Library Guild maintain a searchable database of books you can sort by year and category.

Year-end best books lists

Many of the review publications and large public libraries put out annual "best books" lists in November/December; here are a few of the major ones:

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