TE 511: Advanced Studies in Children's Literature: Non-fiction/Informational

Arts

• Dan Zanes' house party: a family roots musical treasury by Dan Zanes

Economics

• Lily learns about wants and needs by Lisa Bullard
• M is for money: an economics alphabet by Michael Shoulders

Emotions / Mental Health

• On the news: our first talk about tragedy by Jillian Roberts
• Stay cool and in control with the keep-calm guru: wise ways for children to regulate their emotions and senses by Lauren Brukner
• The stress survival guide for teens: CBT skills to worry less, develop grit, and live your best life by Jeffrey Bernstein 

Families

• LGBTQ families: the ultimate teen guide by Eva Apelqvist

Geography

• Ours to share: coexisting in a crowded world by Kari Jones

History (American)

• Capital days: Michael Shiner's journal and the growth of our nation's capital by Tonya Bolden
• The Civil War and Reconstruction Eras by Tracey Baptiste
• The Cold War by R. G. Grant
• Opening the road: Victor Hugo Green and his Green Book by Keila Dawson
• The rise of the Jim Crow era edited by Maria Hussey
• Women heroes of the American Revolution: 20 stories of espionage, sabotage, defiance, and rescue by Susan Casey
• Vote! Women's fight for access to the ballot box by Coral Celeste Frazer

History (World)

• The Armenian genocide by Jeri Freedman
• The printing press: transforming power of technology by Samuel Willard Crompton
• Sea Disasters by Ann Weil

Holidays (World)

• The festival of bones: el festival de las calaveras: the little-bitty book for the day of the dead by Luis San Vicente

Information Literacy

• Debunk it! Fake News Edition: How to stay sane in a world of misinformation by John Grant
• The teen's guide to debating and public speaking by Claire Duffy

Literature (Poetry)

• Bow-tie pasta: acrostic poems by Brian P. Cleary
• The ghostly carousel: delightfully frightful poems by Calef Brown

Science

• Climate change: Discover how it impacts spaceship Earth by Joshua Sneideman
• Food: 25 amazing projects: investigate the history and science of what we eat by Kathleen M. Reilly
• Good night, sleep tight by Luana K. Mitten
• How to build an insect by Roberta Gibson
• How have animals evolved and adapted? by Jennifer Swanson
• Ours to share: coexisting in a crowded world by Kari Jones
• Planets by Lynn M. Stone
• Snowy owl invasion!: Tracking an unusual migration by Sandra Markle 
• Whose tracks are these?: A clue book for familiar forest animals by James Nail

Shapes

• Making shapes with Monkey by Melissa Boyd
• Play with shapes! by Joyce Markovics

Sports

• Are some sports too dangerous for kids? by Amy Rogers
• More than a game: race, gender, and politics in sport by Matt Doeden
• Adaptive sports and the paralympic games by Barbara Gottfried

Social Situations

• A-Z of being the best leader you can be by Yvonne Bleam
• Exposing hate: prejudice, hatred, and violence in action by Michael Miller
• The young adult's guide to stop bullying: understanding bullies and their actions by Rebekah Sack
• Defeating gangs in your neighborhood and online by Philip Wolny
• Real talk about sex and consent: what every teen needs to know by Cheryl Bradshaw

Technology/Digital Literacy

• Cited! Identifying credible information online by Larry Gerber
• A Garfield guide to posting online: pause before you post by Scott Nickel

World Cultures

• Religions around the world (Encyclopedia Britannica)
• This is how we do it: one day in the lives of seven kids from around the world by Matt Lamothe