Wait until you see this collection of new nonfiction books for middle-grade readers, ages 7 to 13. You’ll find a wide variety of topics, too from a compelling book about ostriches to a well-written graphic novel about RBG to a super cool showcase of great classical composers. As you know, it’s vitally important that kids […]
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11 Impressive STEM Nonfiction Books for Ages 3 – 8 (New in 2019!)
Don’t miss these 11 new STEM picture books for readers ages three to eight! You’ll find so many fantastic, engaging books about math, animals, fungus, and inventors. New STEM Nonfiction Books for Ages 3 – 8 How Many? A Different Kind of Counting Book by Christopher Danielson MATH Brilliant! This book doesn’t tell kids what to […]
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Struggling readers, reluctant readers, and wiggly readers all benefit from exposure to short nonfiction books. Primarily because in these books, they can jump around in their reading sequence. That means that kids can read whatever strikes their fancy in any order that they wish. For those wiggly readers, they can take breaks in nonfiction without […]
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If you’re like me, you will want to read these middle-grade nonfiction books and then recommend them to the young readers you know. You might also want to read: Nonfiction Books for 8-Year-Olds Nonfiction Books for 9-Year-Olds Nonfiction Books for 10-Year-Olds Nonfiction Books for 11-Year-Olds Nonfiction Books for 12-Year-Olds New Middle-Grade Nonfiction Winter 2019 Rocket […]
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These best 2018 nonfiction children’s books –picture books, chapter books, and biographies– merit reading and re-reading and buying for your home, classroom, or library as they are all high-quality with engaging writing that makes the book’s information relevant, memorable, and interesting. Happy reading! Don’t miss: Best Picture Books of 2018 Best Chapter Books of 2018 […]
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Some researchers have theorized that the reading decline after 3rd grade is because children are not able to comprehend nonfiction as well as they comprehend fiction. True or not, we know that kids are expected to read informational texts much more in the upper grades, middle school, and high school so we must be intentional […]
Continue ReadingOutstanding Beginning Nonfiction Biographies for Ages 7 – 10
I want to highlight two excellent nonfiction biography series for beginning readers, ages 7 to 10, one called Little Guides to Great Lives and the other called The Story Of. Having taught this age group, I always struggled to find interesting nonfiction text for my students to read. Because, as you know, kids need to […]
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