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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Branch Builders by j.g. Wood

For Students 2nd - 4th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Branch-Builders by J.G. Wood (1887), a nonfiction book about animals and insects.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Beasts and Birds of Africa by American Tract Society

For Students 2nd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Beasts and Birds of Africa by American Tract Society (1884), an illustrated, nonfiction book about the birds and animals in Africa.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Heroism of Boyhood, Or, What Boys Have Done by Samuel Goodrich

For Students 2nd - 4th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Heroism of Boyhood, or, What Boys Have Done by Samuel Goodrich (1890), a nonfiction book of stories about the boyhood of various historic and Biblical figures.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Shhh! Bear's Sleeping: Learning About Nonfiction and Fiction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore the distinction between the fiction story Bear Snores On and the nonfiction book Every Autumn Comes the Bear.
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Activity
University of Calgary

The Children's Literature Web Guide

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This resource is a children's literature web guide.
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Professional Doc
Harold D. Underdown

Open Minds: Nonfiction for the Very Young

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An interesting article from The Purple Crayon, a website for children's literature. Discusses the recent trend in children's books toward nonfiction and offers terrific insight into the realities of exposing young children to it.
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Handout
Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers

Canscaip: Deborah Hodge

For Students 3rd - 5th
Deborah Hodge is a Canadian children's author of both fiction and nonfiction. This page has biographical information and a list of her published works.