Picture Book Nonfiction reading list

17 books in this genre assigned in US schools

A Seed Grows Antoinette Portis Grades K–1
Action!: How Movies Began Meghan McCarthy Grades 2–3
Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond Grades 2–3
Brave Baby Hummingbird Sy Montgomery Grades K–2
Building an Orchestra of Hope: How Favio Chavez Taught Children to Make Music from Trash Carmen Oliver Grades K–1
Concrete: From the Ground Up Larissa Theule Grades 2–3
Daughter of the Light-Footed People Belen Medina Grades K–2
Gifts from the Garbage Truck Andrew Larsen Grades K–2
Growing an Artist: The Story of a Landscaper and His Son John Parra Grades 2–3
Ice Cream Everywhere: Sweet Stories from Around the World Judy Campbell-Smith Grades K–3
Jose Feeds the World David Unger Grades K–2
One Day This Tree Will Fall Leslie Barnard Booth Grades K–2