University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Gem
A scanned copy of the 1853 publication of Gem, a nonfiction book for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Animals of the Farm
A scanned copy of the 1880 publication Animals of the Farm, a nonfiction book for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Bird and Animal Series: Domestic Animals by Mc Loughlin Bros.
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Bird and Animal Series: Domestic Animals by McLoughlin Bros. (1886), a nonfiction book of illustrated stories about cats, dogs, and farm animals.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Pioneers
A scanned copy of the 1872 publication of The Pioneers by Robert Michael Ballantyne, a nonfiction book for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: A Child's History of England
A scanned copy of the 1853 publication of A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens, a nonfiction book for children.
Read Works
Read Works: 2nd Grade Lesson: Compare/contrast Genres
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use fiction and nonfiction books from a classroom library to identify the similarities and differences between fiction and nonfiction and to create a Venn diagram...
Read Works
Read Works: Columbus Was an Explorer
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short nonfiction book passage is about Christopher Columbus and his contributions to exploration. This book in the SummerReads series, intended to work against the summer reading slide, reinforces...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: Thomas Carlyle
This site features the author Thomas Carlyle including a biography and the full text of the nonfiction book The French Revolution.
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind
This is an online study guide for the nonfiction book A Hope In the Unseen by Ron Suskind including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Introduction to the Dewey Decimal System
This instructional activity introduces the Dewey Decimal System of numbering used for arranging nonfiction books on the shelves of an elementary school library.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Mathematical Recipe Metaphors
For this lesson, Barry Lane's books entitled Reviser's Toolbox and 51 Wacky We-Search Reports are used as mentor texts. Used as a refeference, the concept of recipe poems can be instructed to the students and the genre of "how to" books,...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Exploring Owls
During this lesson, students will visit Internet sites to research facts about owls and food chains. They will use this information to complete a picture of an owl food chain, dissect owl pellets, and write a class book about owls.
Read Works
Read Works: 1st Grade Lesson: Classifying Texts
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use the books Froggy Goes to School by Jonathan London and Life Cycle of a Frog by Angela Royston to learn to classify texts as fiction or nonfiction. Lesson includes direct...
Read Works
Read Works: 1st Grade Lesson: Purposes for Reading
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use the books Nature's Food Chains: What Polar Animals Eat by Joanne Mattern, Life Cycle of a Frog by Angela Royston, and Froggy Goes to School by Jonathan London to learn to...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Bill Nye's Chestnuts Old and New by Bill Nye
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Bill Nye's Chestnuts Old and New by Bill Nye (1894), a collection of nonfiction, humorous stories, sketches, photographs, and memoranda from the Harvard Series.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Boy Travellers in the Far East by Thomas W. Knox
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book The Boy Travellers in the Far East by Thomas W. Knox, (1880?) a nonfiction account of the adventures of two boys in a journey to Japan and China.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Uncle John's First Shipwreck by Charles Bruce
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Uncle John's First Shipwreck or The Loss of the Brig "Nellie" by Charles Bruce, a nonfiction story of Uncle John's shipwreck and the loss of his ship.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: From Many Lands, Asia by Raphael Tuck & Sons
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book From Many Lands, Asia by Raphael Tuck & Sons(1890), nonfiction information about the countries in Asia.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Huc's Travels in Tartary, Thibet, & China by M. Jones
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the illustrated children's book Huc's Travels in Tartary, Thibet, & China by M. Jones (1888), a nonfiction narrative of the Abbe Huc's Travels in the Far East with a Roman Catholic...
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Database of Award Winning Children's Literature
This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Eric Carle
What do you know about Eric Carle, the author? This Carol Hurst site highlights some interesting facts about this author's life and refers to some of his books.
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Africa Access Review
Find an extensive list of children's books about Africa and African cultures.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Beauties and Wonders of Vegetable Life Religious Tract Soc.
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Beauties and Wonders of Vegetable Life, or, Rambles in Parks, Forests, Conservatories, Orchards, Gardens, Fields, and Heaths by Religious Tract Society (1866), a...
Utah State University
Teacher Link: South Africa: The Day the Apartheid Ended: Background Information
This article provides background information about the end of the South African Arpatheid in April of 1994. It mentions the book The Day Gogo Went to Vote: South Africa, April 1994 by Elinor Batezat Sisulu which is about a respected...
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