# Juvenile Nonfiction books assigned in US schools

**21** books in the Juvenile Nonfiction genre that US schools assign. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Grade span:** K–12
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/genre/juvenile-nonfiction
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Authors in this genre

- Carole Boston Weatherford (2)
- Alice Provensen
- Amar Shah
- Candace Fleming
- Estelle Nadel
- Hendrik Willem van Loon
- Jacqueline Briggs Martin
- Jamie Sumner
- Jay Jay Patton
- Kwame Alexander

## Juvenile Nonfiction titles

- [Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass](https://readinglist.school/book/lincoln-a-photobiography) by Russell Freedman _(Grades 3–7)_
- [Baboushka and the Three Kings](https://readinglist.school/book/baboushka-and-the-three-kings) by Ruth Robbins _(Grades K–3)_
- [Cactus Queen: Minerva Hoyt Establishes Joshua Tree National Park](https://readinglist.school/book/cactus-queen-minerva-hoyt-establishes-joshua-tree-national-park) by Lori Alexander _(Grades 2–3)_
- [Dear Dad: Growing Up With a Parent in Prison - And How We Stayed Connected](https://readinglist.school/book/dear-dad-growing-up-with-a-parent-in-prison-and-how-we-stayed-connected) by Jay Jay Patton _(Grades 4–5)_
- [Forests](https://readinglist.school/book/forests) by Nell Cross Beckerman _(Grades 2–3)_
- [Is It Real?: The Loch Ness Monster](https://readinglist.school/book/is-it-real-the-loch-ness-monster) by Candace Fleming _(Grades 4–5)_
- [Maid for It](https://readinglist.school/book/maid-for-it) by Jamie Sumner _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom](https://readinglist.school/book/moses-when-harriet-tubman-led-her-people-to-freedom) by Carole Boston Weatherford _(Grades K–3)_
- [Now Is Your Time](https://readinglist.school/book/now-is-your-time) by Walter Dean Myers _(Grades 4–8)_
- [Out of Wonder](https://readinglist.school/book/out-of-wonder) by Kwame Alexander _(Grades K–3)_
- [Polar: Wildlife at the Ends of the Earth](https://readinglist.school/book/polar-wildlife-at-the-ends-of-the-earth) by L. E. Carmichael _(Grades 4–5)_
- [R-E-S-P-E-C-T](https://readinglist.school/book/r-e-s-p-e-c-t) by Carole Boston Weatherford _(Grades K–3)_
- [Snowflake Bentley](https://readinglist.school/book/snowflake-bentley) by Jacqueline Briggs Martin _(Grades K–3)_
- [The Astronaut's Guide to Leaving the Planet](https://readinglist.school/book/the-astronauts-guide-to-leaving-the-planet) by Terry Virts _(Grades 6–8)_
- [The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival](https://readinglist.school/book/the-girl-who-sang-a-holocaust-memoir-of-hope-and-survival) by Estelle Nadel _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Glorious Flight](https://readinglist.school/book/the-glorious-flight) by Alice Provensen _(Grades K–3)_
- [The Hello, Goodbye Window](https://readinglist.school/book/the-hello-goodbye-window) by Norton Juster _(Grades K–2)_
- [The Story of Mankind](https://readinglist.school/book/the-story-of-mankind) by Hendrik Willem van Loon _(Grades 3–7)_
- [Trombone Shorty](https://readinglist.school/book/trombone-shorty) by Troy Andrews _(Grades K–3)_
- [Weirdo](https://readinglist.school/book/weirdo) by Tony Weaver, Jr. _(Grades 6–8)_
- [Wish I Was a Baller](https://readinglist.school/book/wish-i-was-a-baller) by Amar Shah _(Grades 6–8)_

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