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Find Out!  Nonfiction for Every Reader

Nonfiction for Younger Readers  
   
Paranormal  
It's a Mystery J 001.942 Dalgleish, Sharon
   
Mythology  
The Mythology Handbook J 292.13 Evan, Hestia
   
Science  
The Moon J 523.3 Lassieur, Allison
Volcanoes J 551.21 Walker, Sally
Oceans J 551.46 Gray, Susan
Tornadoes J 551.553 Thoron, Joe
Dinosaur Hunt J 567.91 Carr, Karen
Tropical Rain Forests J 574.52642 Lepthien, Emilie
   
Animals  
Spiders J 595.44 Murray, Peter
Sharks Biggest! Littlest! J 597.31 Markle, Sandra
Endangered Komodo Dragons J 597.95 Kalman, Bobbie
Penguins J 598.47 Stone, Lynn
Owls J 598.97 Swanson, Diane
Koalas J 599.2 Riley, Joelle
Whales J 599.5 Greenberg, Daniel
Giraffes J 599.638 Parker, Barbara
Polar Bear J 599.74446 Markel, Sandra
Tigers J 599.756 Middleton, Dan
Gorillas J 599.884 Martin, Patricia
   
Technology and Medicine  
The Heart J 612. LeVert, Suzanne
Blood J 612.11 Sandeman, Anna
My Ears J 612.85 Furgang, Kathy
Your Body Battles a Cold J 616.205 Cobb, Vicki
Bridges J 624.2 Landau, Elaine
Plane J 629.13 Oxlade, Chris
Choppers! J 629.133352 Goodman, Susan
Space Stations J 629.442 Gallant, Roy
Extreme Machines J 629.47 Armentrout, Patricia
   
Agriculture  
Growing Vegetables J 635.04 Mauer, Tracey
   
Animals  
Horses J 636.1 Patent, Dorothy
Dogs J 636.7 Simon, Seymour
Why Do Cats Meow J 636.8 Holub, Joan
Rabbits J 636.9322 Miller, Michaela
Ants J 638.5 Watts, Barrie
   
Cooking  
What Food Is This? J 641.3 Hausherr, Rosemarie
   
Architecture  
Skyscrapers J 720.483 Landau, Elaine
   
Graphic Novels  
Garfield Books J 741.5 Davis
Star Wars Clone Wars J 741.5 Star Wars
1-2-3 Draw Cartoon Wildlife J 743.3 Barr, Steve
   
Art  
Claude Monet J 759.4 Monet
   
Riddles  
Hoaxes, Fibs, and Fakes J 791.092 Thompson, Lisa
Silly School Riddles J 793.7 Eisenberg, Lisa
   
Sports  
Basketball for Fun J 796.323 Eule, Brian
Super Bowl Heroes J 796.332 Buckley, James
A Horse Named Seabiscuit J 798.4 Duboswki, Mark
   
Poetry  
A Light in the Attic J 811 Silverstein, Shel
   
Geography  
Hottest, Coldes, Highest, Deepest J 910 Jenkins, Steve
   
Exploration  
Pirates J 910.4 Nickles, Greg
Magellan Ferdinand J910.92 Magellan
   
United States  
Spotlight on the Fifty States of America J 917.3 Kalman, Bobbie
Oregon J 917.95 Heinrichs, Ann
Stars & Stripes the Story of the American Flag J 929.92 Thomson, Sarah
   
History  
Archaeologists Dig for Clues J 930 Duke, Kate
The Egyptians:  Life in Ancient Egypt J 932 Sonneborn, Liz
Gladiators J 937 Martin, Michael
Knights & Armor j 940.1 Kerr, Daisy
The Renaissance J 940.21 Shuter, Jane
Welcome to Molly's World, 1944 J 940.5373 American
Vikings J 948 Thomson, Ruth
Samurai:  Warlords of Japan J 952 Dean, Arlan
   
Series for Young Readers  
American Girl Kaleidescope
Early Bird Nature Books Living Things
Edge Books New True Book
First Facts Rockets
First Reports True Book
Footsteps in Time  
   
   

Nonfiction for Older Readers

*Denotes short book

 
Social Science  
Heroes of the Environment J 333.7 Rohmer, Harriet
An Inconvenient Truth:  The Crisis of Global Warming J 363.738 Gore, Albert

Listen to the Wind:  The Story of Dr. Gregg and Three

     Cup of Tea*

J 371.822 Mortenson, Greg

The Omnivore's Dilemma:  The Secrets Behind What

     You Eat

J 394.1 Pollan, Micahel
   
Science  
Extreme Scientists J 509.22 Jackson, Donna
Volcano:  The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens

J 551.2 Lauber, Patricia

     (Newbery Honor book)

The Frog Scientist J 597.89 Turner, Pamela S.
   
Technology and Medicine  

An American Plague:  The True and Terrifying Story of the

     Yellow Fever Epidemic

J 614.541 Murphy, Jim

     (Newbery Honor book)

Team Moon:  How 400,00 People Landed Apollo 11 on the

     Moon

J 629.45 Thimmesh, Catherine
   
Animals  

Owen and Mzee:  The True Story of a Remarkable

     Freindship*

J 599.635 Hatkoff, Isabella
Travels with Tarra J 599.67 Buckley, Carol
Tarra & Bella*  

Saving the Ghost of the Mountain:  An Expedition Among

     Snow Leopards

J 599.755 Montgomery, Sy
Koko-Love!  Conversations With a Signing Gorilla J 599.88 Patterson, Francine
Looking for Miza* J 599.884 Hatkoff, Isabella
Gorilla Doctors:  Saving Endangered Great Apes J 599.884 Turner, Pamela S.
The Chimpanzees I Love:  Saving Their World and Ours J 599.885 Goodall, Jane
With Love J 599.885 Goodall, Jane
Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine and a Miracle* J 636.7 Dennis, Brian
Hachiko:  The True Story of a Loyal Dog* J636.7 Turner, Pamela
Marley:  A Dog Like No Other J 636.7527 Gorgan, John
   
Sports  
We Are the Ship:  The Story of Negro League Baseball J 796.357 Nelson, Kadir
Teammates* J 796.357092 Golenbock, Peter
   
Biography  
The Voice That Challenged a Nation

J 921 Anderson, Marian

     (Newbery Honor book)

Bylines:  A Photobiography of Nellie Bly J 921 Bly, Nellie
Claudette Colvin:  Twice Toward Justice

J 921 Colvin, Claudette

    (National Book Award,

      Newbery Honor book)

The Boy Who Invented TV:  The Story of Philo Farnsworth J 921 Farnsworth, Philo
Red Scarf Girl:  A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution J 921 Jiang, Ji-li
Small Steps:  The Year I Got Polio J 921 Kehret, Peg
Lincoln:  A Photobiography

J 921 Lincoln, Abraham

     (Newbery Award)

Three Cups of Tea J 921 Mortenson, Greg
Caught by the Sea:  My Life on Boats J 921 Paulsen, Gary
Eleanor Roosevelt:  a Life of Discovery

J 921 Roosevelt, Eleanor

     (Newbery Honor book)

Knucklehead J 921 Scieszka, Jon
The Wall:  Growing up Behind the Iron Curtain

J 921 Sis, Peter

     (Caldecott Honor book)

Wilma Unlimited* J 921 Rudolph, Wilma
The Wright Brothers:  How They Invented the Airplane

J 921 Wright Brothers

     (Newbery Honor book)

   
History  
The Great Fire

J 917.7311 Murphy, Jim

     (Newbery Honor book)

After the Last Dog Died J 919.89 Bredeson, Carmen
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World J 919.9 Armstrong, Jennifer
Baseball Save Us* J 940.53 Mochizuki
War Boy:  A Country Childhood J 940.54 Foreman, Ken
Flags of Our Fathers:  Heroes of Iwo Jima J 940.5426 Bradley, James

Left for Dead:  A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS

     Indianopolis

J 940.545973 Nelson, Peter
Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine J 941.5 Bartoletti, Susan
Hitler Youth:  Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow

J 943.086 Bartoletti, Susan

     (Newbery Honor book)

Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun J 952 Blumberg, Rhoda
To Be a Slave J 973.0496 Lester, Julius
Amistad:  A Long Road to Freedom J 973.0496 Myers, Walter Dean
Photo by Brady:  A Picture of the Civil War J 973.7 Armstrong, Jennifer
Years of Dust: The Story of the Dust Bowl J 978.032 Marrin, Albert
   
   
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