Nonfiction Learning

When Clara arrived in America, she couldn't speak English. She didn't know that young women had to go to work, that they traded an education for long hours of labor, that she was expected to grow up fast. But that didn't stop Clara. She went to night school, spent hours studying English, and helped support her family by sewing in a shirtwaist factory. Clara never quit, and she never accepted that girls should be treated poorly and paid little.

With the groundbreaking Caldecott winner The Snowy Day, the first mainstream picture book to feature an African American child, Ezra Jack Keats became part of children's literature history. Keats's best-loved books are the ones that portray the neighborhood where he grew up. He was an inspiration to many artists of color, who, for the first time, saw themselves reflected in his books.

Hello! Allow me to introduce myself... I'm Brian Brain. Welcome to my National Curriculum Series. As with all Brian's quizzes, The National Curriculum Series contains his Unique Formula: The questions always come in pairs: one for the Budding Brains (youngsters) and one for the Boffs (adults). It's this stroke of genius that allows the whole family to join in the fun! How well do you know your plants? With my family friendly interactive National Curriculum Series, you can now find out!

Alan loves animals, but the great cat house at the Bronx Zoo makes him sad. Why are they all alone in empty cages? Are they being punished? More than anything, he wants to be their champion--their voice--but he stutters uncontrollably. Except when he talks to animals... Then he is fluent. Follow the life of the man Time Magazine calls, "the Indiana Jones of wildlife conservation" as he searches for his voice and fulfills a promise to speak for animals, and people, who cannot speak for themselves.

Carefully leveled text engages young readers in learning about how pilots help their community. Age-appropriate critical thinking questions help build nonfiction learning skills.

Prepare for a dazzling encounter with the solar system's most glamorous resident in VENUS!—the latest stellar "autobiography" in the OUR UNIVERSE series from the dynamic duo of Stacy McAnulty and Stevie Lewis! Hello, darling neighbors! It's me, Venus! Get ready to be utterly charmed as Venus...

Julia and Raph come back in this beautiful Valentine’s Day edition audiobook about opposites. Help your children build their Spanish vocabulary, compare two different things, and develop descriptive skills with things they see around them during this special holiday.

Consider school days the worst days. Don't consider school a necessary evil because we don't need school. Break free from school. Unschooling is the way out so these poems hopefully will inspire you to unschool yourself and the world.

A beautiful collection of five-minute bedtime stories about the wildlife that comes out at night. Every night reveals a thousand secrets. In this charming anthology of children’s stories by Alicia Klepeis, listeners will be guided under the light of the moon to meet the amazing animals that...

Do you plan how much money you’ll use to buy candy? Or how much you’ll save for a new video game? Then you’re budgeting! A budget is a plan for spending and saving. Budgets help people decide how to use their money wisely. What do you need to buy? What do you want? And how can you make a budget? Listen to this audiobook to find out.

Almost 10 years before Brown vs. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez and her parents helped end school segregation in California. An American citizen of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage who spoke and wrote perfect English, Mendez was denied enrollment to a whites-only school. Her parents took action by organizing the Hispanic community and filing a lawsuit in federal district court. Their success eventually brought an end to the era of segregated education in California.

You have decided you want to be a writer. But where do you go from here? What should you do next? In Five Keys to Successful Nonfiction Writing, Matthew shares how he produces a quality book every month.

You've been talking about writing your book for years. Ideas are swirling around in your mind, but how will you begin? In Non-Fiction Formula, Shelley Kaehr breaks down the process she and hundreds of her students have used to successfully write books. Shelley gives you a series of simple steps to outline your book so you can finally make your writing dream come true.

Fifty Things to Know About Writing Nonfiction Articles for Magazines by author, Donna Patton, offers a quick and easy approach to teach you the basics for writing saleable, nonfiction articles in no time. Most books on writing nonfiction articles for magazines begin with asking whether you have what it takes to become a writer.

Read Woke™ Books are created in partnership with Cicely Lewis, the Read Woke librarian. Inspired by a belief that knowledge is power, Read Woke™ Books seek to amplify the voices of people of the global majority (people who are of African, Arab, Asian, and Latin American descent and identify as not white), provide information about groups that have been disenfranchised, share perspectives of people who have been underrepresented or oppressed, challenge social norms and disrupt the status quo, and encourage readers to take action in their community.

Is it time to talk about sexuality with your kids? With this simple-to-implement method, you can get rid of the awkwardness. Do you dislike having "The Talk" with your children? Are you having trouble starting a conversation about puberty with your rapidly maturing children? Do you feel unprepared to assist your children in learning about their changing bodies? When should I start discussing sex and relationships with my child? What are some age-appropriate topics to discuss? How can I get over my awkwardness?

In this key civil rights and social justice book for young listeners, Scipio Africanus Jones—a self-taught attorney who was born enslaved—leads a momentous series of court cases to save twelve Black men who'd been unjustly sentenced to death.

Recess is many kids' favorite part of the school day. Kid-friendly information on safety and expected behavior make this book perfect for young learners.

Join Andy Stanley for Twisting the Truth, a six-session audio bible study developed to help you understand how truth can get twisted and distorted, and how that impacts your life. Throughout the study Stanley exposes four destructive and all-too-prevalent lies about authority, pain, sex, and sin...

Everyone's favorite folk song, written by Woody Guthrie and sung by his son, Arlo, is brought to glorious, toe-tapping life in this rich production. Includes a biographical segment about Woody Guthrie narrated by his daughter Nora Guthrie.