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11 Nonfiction Books Your Elementary Student Will Love. Written by Kaitlin Coulter in Ages 6-8, Book Lists, Skills for School (5+) Reading nonfiction books is one of the best ways your elementary school student can expand their vocabulary, work on reading comprehension and learn techniques of how to read a book for understanding, rather than for ...
- "A Fish Named Dog" by Christyne Morrell (3rd Grade) In this short story for 3rd graders, the narrator receives a goldfish instead of the dog she asked from her parents.
- "Impossible to Train" by David Hill (3rd Grade) In this short story for 3rd graders, Bea, Jesse, and Sammy describe how difficult it is to train their pets, but also what they love about them.
- "MVP" by Clare Mishica (3rd Grade) In this short story for 3rd graders, Derek is determined to outscore his teammate Cole and become his basketball’s team MVP, or most valuable player.
- "An Honest Mistake" by Karen Meissner (4th Grade) In this short story for 4th graders, Karie receives a prize for getting a perfect score on her spelling test.
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- The Marvelous Thing That Came from A Spring
- The Elephant’s New Shoe: A True Rescue Story by Laurel Neme
- Nacho’s Nachos: The Story Behind The World’S Favorite Snack by Sandra Nickel
- A True Wonder: The Comic Book Hero Who Changed Everything by Kirsten W Larson
Most of us are familiar with what is called “expository nonfiction.” These are the texts that explain the "Bill of Rights" or describe the planets of the solar system. But what exactly is narrative nonfiction? Simply put, it’s a text that gets factual information across in a form that uses many of the elements of storytelling. An author of narrativ...
After falling in love with narrative nonfiction books while writing this article, I kept reading and making lists of all the new books I could find. You can find all the lists if you search the interenet for "Adele Jeunnette Hubpages. You will find links to all the articles I have written. Keep scrolling down; I've written quite a few articles on q...
Ages 5-8; Format: picture book nonfiction;Subjects: toys, inventions, creativity; Pages: 40 It would be great fun to bring in a Slinky and have it walk down an incline as a way of introducing The Marvelous Thing That Came From a Spring to children. The Slinky was a toy that took the U.S. by storm in 1945, but, like many other inventions, it started...
The Elephant’s New Shoeintroduces children to animal conservation and tells the heartwarming tale of a baby elephant, injured terribly by a snare, and the people who worked to save him and help him walk again. The story starts with animal rescuer Nick Marx finding the wounded elephant and working to gain his trust, feeding him and inching closer un...
Most kids are familiar with nachos, but I’ll bet they don’t know that the snacks are actually named after someone, a fellow who worked at a restaurant on the Texas/Mexico border in 1940. InNacho’s Nachos, author Sandra Nickel follows through on her absolutely inspired idea to find out where nachos came from. Turns out, they were devised by a fellow...
Ages 6-10; Format: picture book nonfiction; Subjects: women superheroes, women’s movement, comic book characters, women superheroes; Pages: 40 In the process of telling the story of the Wonder Woman character,A True Wonder also gives a good introduction to the history of the women’s movement in the mid-20thcentury. At the beginning of the book, aut...
While some kids naturally gravitate toward informational writing, those who love a good story often feel that reading nonfiction is a chore. Here are 16 nonfiction books that have gotten rave reviews from young readers.
Learn more about the characteristics of traditional nonfiction, browse-able nonfiction, narrative nonfiction, expository literature, and active nonfiction. Five Kinds of STEM-themed Nonfiction Books for Kids
Nov 15, 2021 · Kids may enjoy different types of nonfiction that attract and keep their interest, including narrative nonfiction, which tells about people and events in a captivating “story”...
Some kids are naturally drawn to nonfiction. These kids might love to read everything from how-to books to biographies, from science books to history stories. If kids read plenty of...
