# Picture Book Nonfiction books assigned in US schools

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

**Grade span:** K–3
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/genre/picture-book-nonfiction
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## Authors in this genre

- Amy Ignatow
- Andrew Larsen
- Antoinette Portis
- Belen Medina
- Carmen Oliver
- Carole Boston Weatherford
- David Unger
- John Parra
- Judy Campbell-Smith
- Larissa Theule

## Picture Book Nonfiction titles

- [A Seed Grows](https://readinglist.school/book/a-seed-grows) by Antoinette Portis _(Grades K–1)_
- [Action!: How Movies Began](https://readinglist.school/book/action-how-movies-began) by Meghan McCarthy _(Grades 2–3)_
- [Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky](https://readinglist.school/book/blue) by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond _(Grades 2–3)_
- [Brave Baby Hummingbird](https://readinglist.school/book/brave-baby-hummingbird) by Sy Montgomery _(Grades K–2)_
- [Building an Orchestra of Hope: How Favio Chavez Taught Children to Make Music from Trash](https://readinglist.school/book/building-an-orchestra-of-hope) by Carmen Oliver _(Grades K–1)_
- [Concrete: From the Ground Up](https://readinglist.school/book/concrete-from-the-ground-up) by Larissa Theule _(Grades 2–3)_
- [Daughter of the Light-Footed People](https://readinglist.school/book/daughter-of-the-light-footed-people) by Belen Medina _(Grades K–2)_
- [Gifts from the Garbage Truck](https://readinglist.school/book/gifts-from-the-garbage-truck) by Andrew Larsen _(Grades K–2)_
- [Growing an Artist: The Story of a Landscaper and His Son](https://readinglist.school/book/growing-an-artist) by John Parra _(Grades 2–3)_
- [Ice Cream Everywhere: Sweet Stories from Around the World](https://readinglist.school/book/ice-cream-everywhere) by Judy Campbell-Smith _(Grades K–3)_
- [Jose Feeds the World](https://readinglist.school/book/jose-feeds-the-world) by David Unger _(Grades K–2)_
- [One Day This Tree Will Fall](https://readinglist.school/book/one-day-this-tree-will-fall) by Leslie Barnard Booth _(Grades K–2)_
- [Symphony for a Broken Orchestra: How Philadelphia Collected Sounds to Save Music](https://readinglist.school/book/symphony-for-a-broken-orchestra-how-philadelphia-collected-sounds-to-save-music) by Amy Ignatow _(Grades 2–3)_
- [Whalesong: The True Story of the Musician Who Talked to Orcas](https://readinglist.school/book/whalesong-the-true-story-of-the-musician-who-talked-to-orcas) by Zachariah OHora _(Grades K–3)_
- [Where Butterflies Fill the Sky: A Story of Immigration, Family, and Finding Home](https://readinglist.school/book/where-butterflies-fill-the-sky) by Zahra Marwan _(Grades 2–3)_
- [Whirligigs: The Wondrous Windmills of Vollis Simpson's Imagination](https://readinglist.school/book/whirligigs) by Carole Boston Weatherford _(Grades K–3)_
- [Zap! Clap! Boom!: The Story of a Thunderstorm](https://readinglist.school/book/zap-clap-boom) by Laura Purdie Salas _(Grades K–3)_

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