Juvenile Nonfiction
Explore a selection of juvenile non-fiction books, including classic juvenile literature and the best non-fiction titles for young adults.
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Que Fue La Gran Depresion?On October 29, 1929, life in the United States took a turn for the worst. The stock market plunged to a record low. But this event was only the beginning of many bad years to come. By the early 1930s, one out of three...
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What Was Hurricane Katrina?On August 25th, 2005, one of the deadliest and most destructive hurricanes in history hit the Gulf of Mexico. High winds and rain pummeled coastal communities, including the City of New Orleans, which was left under 15 feet of water in some areas after...
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Where Is Mount Everest?As the recent deaths of sixteen Sherpas underscore, climbing Mount Everest remains a daunting challenge. Located in the Himalayas, Everest is the highest mountain in the world at a whopping 29,029 feet. In this compelling narrative, Nico Medina guides readers through the mountain's ancient...
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Who Was Beatrix Potter?Born into wealth in 1860's London, Beatrix Potter always had a vivid imagination. Her early interests included natural history and archaeology, and Potter delighted in sketching fossils and fungi. After briefly illustrating Christmas cards with her brother, Bertram, Potter wrote and illustrated her well-known...
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China: Land of the Emperor's Great Wall: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree HoTrack the facts with Jack and Annie When Jack and Annie came back from their adventure in Magic Tree House(R) #14: "Day of the Dragon King, " they had lots of questions. Who was the Dragon King? How did he build the Great Wall?...
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What Was the Hindenburg?At 800-feet long, the Hindenburg was the largest airship ever built--just slightly smaller than the Titanic Also of a disastrous end, the zeppelin burst into flame as spectators watched it attempt to land in Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937. In under a...
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What Was the Lewis and Clark Expedition?When Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the "Corp of Discovery" left St. Louis, Missouri, on May 21, 1804, their mission was to explore the vast, unknown territory acquired a year earlier in the Louisiana Purchase. The travelers hoped to find a waterway that crossed...
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Who Is Gloria Steinem?As a field reporter in the 1960s, Gloria Steinem worked hard to dig up important stories. She went undercover to expose the grim realities of gender inequality in America. As her message continued to grow, she became the spokeswoman of the women's liberation movement...
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The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible... on Schindler's List"Much like "The Boy In the Striped Pajamas" or "The Book Thief,"" this remarkable memoir from Leon Leyson, one of the youngest children to survive the Holocaust on Oskar Schindler's list, "brings to readers a story of bravery and the fight for a chance...
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Lego Movie: Calling All Master BuildersWho are the Master Builders? Do they have what it takes to stop an evil LEGO(R) tyrant from ending the LEGO world? This all-new Level 1 reader from DK's levelled reading program follows the adventures of "The LEGO(R) Movie," assembling in February 2014. DK...
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Who Is Steven Spielberg?While other kids played sports, Steven Spielberg was writing scripts and figuring out camera angles. He went from entertaining his Boy Scout troop with home movies to amazing audiences around the world with epic blockbusters. He has directed four of the most successful films...
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Who Was Queen Victoria?Her reign of 63 years and seven months is known as the Victorian Era, a period of industrial, cultural, scientific, and political change that was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. But Victoria was raised under close supervision and near isolation...
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What Was Pompeii?The morning of August 24, AD 79, seemed like any other in the Roman city of Pompeii. So no one was prepared when the nearby volcano Mount Vesuvius suddenly erupted, spouting ash that buried the city and its inhabitants. The disaster left thousands dead,...
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Can You Spot a Jedi?DK's "Star Wars" Readers are packed full of images, new information, familiar character poses, and fascinating facts to engage young fans. Imaginative heroes and villains and exciting adventure themes, combined with DK's nonfiction approach, encourage reluctant readers. "Can You Spot a Jedi?" Now young...
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Who Was Davy Crockett?Davy Crockett, the King of the Wild Frontier, is a man of legend. He is said to have killed his first bear when he was three years old. His smile alone killed another, and he skinned a bear by forcing him to run between...
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Who Was Roald Dahl?For use in schools and libraries only. An introduction to the adventurous life of the famous children's author responsible for such classics as Charlie and the Chocolate Factor includes coverage of his military service, his marriage to an Academy Award-winning actress and his accomplishments...
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What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?A nose for digging? Ears for seeing? Eyes that squirt blood? Explore the many amazing things animals can do with their ears, eyes, mouths, noses, feet, and tails in this beautifully illustrated interactive guessing book by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page.Author: Steve Jenkins, Robin...
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How to Help the Earth--By the LoraxThe star of "The Lorax" by Dr. Seuss makes his Step into Reading debut in this rhymed reader that offers kids easy suggestions for going green After explaining how the trash in a wastbasket ultimately ends up in a landfill or incinerator, the Lorax...
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Dog Heroes: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #46: Dogs in the Dead of NightMagic Tree House Research Guides are now Magic Tree House Fact Trackers Track the facts with Jack and Annie When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in "Magic Tree House #46: Dogs in the Dead of Night, " they had lots of...
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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice""When it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You can't sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say, 'This is not right.'"--Claudette Colvin"On March 2, 1955, an impassioned teenager, fed up with the daily injustices of Jim...
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