Nonfiction Education

This audiobook provides an introduction to taxes, and discusses some of the products and services that citizens may receive including schools, roads, and national defense.

Learn how a tower crane is operated.

A group of children go on a field trip for a guided tour of a public library, where they learn how to find and check out books and other materials.

Learn how a bulldozer is operated.

This audiobook provides a small business scenario using a lemonade stand. Topics discussed include capital, gross profit, net profit, marketing, supply and demand, monopoly, and competition.

This audiobook provides an introduction to money, including the use of trading, and the origins of coins and paper money.

A group of children go on a field trip for a guided tour of a bank, where they learn about how money is stored and distributed.

Learn about street sweepers.

This audiobook provides an example of children getting their allowance, and how they decide to spend, save, and donate their earnings.

This book looks at the rich diversity of clothes around the world. It introduces children to similarities found in clothes in different cultures, and honors differences.

Why do good manners matter in the library? Can you guess who is using bad manners? Take a peek at children in a library to see how they use good manners to get their work done, be respectful, and take care of library materials.

Welcome to Cuba! Hear the strong dance beat of salsa music. Walk city streets lined with colorful buildings. Learn about the people, places, and traditions of this hot island country.

A sweeping and deeply personal account of Native American boarding schools in the United States, and the legacy of abuse wrought by them in an attempt to destroy Native culture and life “With a government that is rewriting history in real time, Medicine River stands as a testament to the truth...

Imagine your 7th grader confidently navigating allowances, saving for their dream bike, and understanding the basics of budgeting – all while having fun! "7th Grade Financial Education for Beginners" makes it possible. This engaging guide uses relatable examples and kid-friendly language to explain essential money concepts, turning your child into a savvy money manager. Follow along with relatable characters like "Sam" who learns how to save for a new video game, and "Maria" who discovers the benefits of a checking account.

In Mules and Men, some of the rich cultural heritage of black America is revealed and preserved. In the 1930s, Zora Neale Hurston returned to her home town of Eatonville, Florida, to collect and record the oral histories, songs, and sermons, many dating back to slavery times, that she remembered hearing as a child. These highly metaphorical folktales, "big old lies", and powerful songs helped her to recover her history, and preserve an important part of American culture.

101 Business Ideas for Kids is the ultimate guide designed to inspire young minds to explore, create, and launch their own ventures. Whether your child dreams of running a lemonade stand, starting a pet-sitting service, or launching an online store, this book provides the tools and inspiration they need to turn their ideas into reality.

What role does Scripture play in counseling? Today, we face a weakening of confidence in the Bible. This is just as true for the pastor offering counsel in his office as it is for the person in the pew talking with a struggling friend. We need to regain our confidence in God's living Word as...

After a decade of teaching writing using the same methods he'd experienced as a student many years before, writer, editor, and educator John Warner realized he could do better. Drawing on his classroom experience and the most persuasive research in contemporary composition studies, he devised an innovative new framework: a step-by-step method that moves the student through a series of writing problems, an organic, bottom-up writing process that exposes and acculturates them to the ways writers work in the world.

Writing fact-based nonfiction for large general audiences requires two different skills: the ability to conduct rigorous research and to craft engaging prose. Tilar J. Mazzeo is one of the few people with extensive experience in both arenas, as a tenured academic and a New York Times best-selling author whose books have been made into a major motion picture and translated into more than 15 languages. She is also a sought-after writing coach with a passion for helping others communicate their expertise more broadly.

Distinguished author Phillip Lopate, editor of the celebrated anthology The Art of the Personal Essay, is universally acclaimed as “one of our best personal essayists” ( Dallas Morning News). Here, combining more than 40 years of lessons from his storied career as a writer and professor, he brings us this highly anticipated nuts-and-bolts guide to writing literary nonfiction. A phenomenal master class shaped by Lopate’s informative, accessible tone, and immense gift for storytelling.